Tom Hardy wins TWO gold medals at a Wolverhampton Jiu-Jitsu competition as video shows him dominating his opponents. Check it out here.
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Edward Thomas Hardy CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, and former model.
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Edward Thomas Hardy
15 September 1977 London, England
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| Years active | 1998–present |
After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down (2001).
He has since been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, two Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards, and received the 2011 BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Tom Hardy news
He’s a Hollywood action man, playing a Marvel villain and Mad Max over his 20 year career.
And Tom Hardy, 44, proved his skills in real life as he won two gold medals in a charity Jiu-Jitsu championship over the weekend.
Footage of the actor has emerged showing him dominating the competition and winning all his matches at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton on Saturday.
Tom was competing in his role as a trustee for the REORG Charity, which work with people with life-altering physical injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, training them in Brazilian jiu-jitsu to help aid their mental and physical recovery.
The charity’s latest championship which raised funds for the organisation featured Tom as a competitor.
Gold medal
Tom Hardy is hardy by name, hardy by nature – as well as playing a tough guy on screen, the actor won a gold medal in Jiu-Jitsu over the weekend.
The Peaky Blinders star took to the mat at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship at Aldersley Leisure Village on Saturday (20 August), where he absolutely dominated the competition.
In addition to proving his skills in the sport, Hardy is an ambassador for the REORG Charity, which teaches those with life-altering injuries or those who are suffering from PTSD and depression the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Jiu-Jitsu
The 44-year-old was competing at the REORG Open Jiu-jitsu Championship at Aldersley Leisure Village.
And not only did Hardy win the tournament, but he then also went on to make a six-year-old boy’s year.
Mum Carla Frost revealed after the event that her son and huge Venom fan Ollie was able to meet Hardy and pose for pictures with the Hollywood A-lister.
More recently, as part of his preparation for his role in 2018 Venom film, he transformed his physique with mixed martial arts workouts.
Net worth
Tom Hardy is an English actor who has a net worth of $55 million dollars.
| Net Worth: | $55 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Sep 15, 1977 (44 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m) |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
For “Venom 3,” Tom Hardy earned a salary of $20 million. That was a career high for Tom and enough to make him one of 10 highest-paid actors in the world in terms of per-salary earnings in the year he made the film.