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Tom Hiddleston

Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981)[1] is an English actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), starting with Thor in 2011 and most recently headlining the Disney+ series Loki since 2021.

Not to be confused with Tom Huddlestone.

Tom Hiddleston

Thomas William Hiddleston

(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981
London, England

Actor

2001–present

Zawe Ashton
(2019–present; engaged)

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He started his film career in the Joanna Hogg films Unrelated (2007) and Archipelago (2010). In 2011, Hiddleston portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris, and appeared in Steven Spielberg's War Horse. That year, he won the Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He continued working with auteurs in independent films including Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea (2012), Jim Jarmusch's romantic vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015). He also starred in Ben Wheatley's action film High Rise, and played the troubled country music singer Hank Williams in the biopic I Saw The Light. The film Kong: Skull Island (2017) marked his first big-budget leading role outside the MCU.


Hiddleston made his stage debut in Journey's End in 1999. He continued acting in theatre including the West End productions of Cymbeline (2007) and Ivanov (2008). He won the Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his role in Cymbeline and was also nominated for the same award for his role as Cassio in Othello (2008). Hiddleston starred as the title character in a production of Coriolanus (2013–14), winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor and receiving a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He made his Broadway debut in a 2019 revival of Harold Pinter's classic drama Betrayal, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.


Hiddleston's also known for his performances in television including his part in the 2012 BBC series The Hollow Crown's Henry IV and Henry V. Hiddleston starred in and executive-produced the AMC / BBC limited series The Night Manager (2016), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

Early life

Thomas William Hiddleston was born on 9 February 1981 in the Westminster district of London,[2] to Diana Patricia (née Servaes) Hiddleston, an arts administrator and former stage manager, and Dr. James Norman Hiddleston, a physical chemist and former managing director of a biotechnology company that liaised with Oxford University.[3][4] His father is from Greenock in Renfrewshire in the west of Scotland,[5] and his mother is from Suffolk.[6] His younger sister, Emma, is also an actress, whilst his older sister, Sarah, is a journalist in India.[7] Through his mother, he is a great-grandson of Vice Admiral Reginald Servaes and a great-great-grandson of food producer Sir Edmund Vestey.[8] His paternal grandfather, Alexander, served in the Royal Artillery and worked as a plater in the shipyards. He shares the same name as his great-great uncle, Tom Hiddleston, a shipyard plater from Greenock and a member of Royal Artillery's 51st (Highland) Division, who died after the Battle of the Somme and whose name is engraved in the Broomhill war memorial.[9]


Hiddleston was raised in Wimbledon in his early years, and later moved to a village near Oxford.[6] He began boarding at Windlesham House School at age seven, moving to the Dragon School in Oxford a year later.[10][11] His parents divorced when he was twelve.[12] Regarding his parents' divorce, he said, "I like to think it made me more compassionate in my understanding of human frailty."[13]


At age thirteen, Hiddleston started at Eton College, again as a boarder. He continued on to Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he earned a double first in Classics.[5][14][15] During his second term at Cambridge, he was seen in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire by talent agent Lorraine Hamilton of Hamilton Hodell.[16] He proceeded to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2005.[17]

Public image and acting style

One of the most high-profile actors in contemporary British popular culture, Hiddleston appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom.[98] In 2015, he was named the British Film Institute's first official founding ambassador.[99] In 2016, Hiddleston was awarded the male Rear of the Year title, a light-hearted accolade that recognises British celebrities who are found to have a notable posterior.[100] He has been named most stylish/best dressed man in several listings.[101] Taffy Brodesser-Akner of GQ describes his off-screen persona as "a sweet-natured bookworm given the face and body of the only man who should ever be allowed to wear a suit".[102] His Crimson Peak director Guillermo del Toro and the comic book writer Stan Lee have called him "the nicest guy on earth/you'll ever meet" with del Toro adding that he breaks the usual barrier of being either nice or good-looking.[103]


Kenneth Branagh noted that the first time he ever saw Hiddleston, playing Cassio in Othello, it was quite clear to him that he was an utterly naturalistic speaker of Shakespeare.[104] Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote that Hiddleston's key acting quality is "his ability to combine a sweet sadness with an incandescent fury, suggesting a fierce intellect gnawed by intense melancholy and yet subjecting to bouts of intemperate rage."[105] Charles McNulty of the Los Angeles Times describes Hiddleston as "an actor of uncommon intelligence and Pre-Raphaelite beauty."[106] Hiddleston spent nearly five weeks preparing for the role of Hank Williams, performing seven of the film's soundtrack songs.[107] He claims that method acting is not easy for him because it does not help him as a collaborator.[108] The Daily Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish suggested that Hiddleston "has got the theatrical acting chops to head up there among the greats", while The Independent's Paul Taylor remarked that "his range is beginning to look pretty limitless".[109] David Fear of Rolling Stone opined that there are two sides to Hiddleston, the old-school movie star of Midnight in Paris, War Horse or The Night Manager, and the "unpredictable, borderline weirdo version" of him seen in characters like Loki or in High-Rise, adding that Hiddleston refuses to settle on one specific kind of role.[110][111]


In October 2022, Madame Tussauds New York unveiled a wax figure of Loki, inspired by Hiddleston's portrayal during the 'Battle of New York' sequence from The Avengers. The unveiling, following an official debut at New York Comic Con and a special display in front of Grand Central Terminal, celebrates Loki's standing as a pivotal figure in Marvel's cinematic universe and the God of Mischief's enduring popularity. The figure is adorned in Loki's iconic green and gold cloak, complete with his classic headpiece and glowing scepter, mirroring the Asgardian's appearance as crafted by Marvel Studios.[112]

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Tom Hiddleston