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Tom Hardy's life and his acting career is all here in pictures - from his birthday on 15th September, 1977 and his roles in Band Of Brothers, Star Trek, Inception and Warrior to The Dark Knight Rises, Lawless and Mad Max: Fury Road. On October 9th, 2012, we updated the slideshow to 70 HOT pictures and facts about Tom. In the future he'll star in Doug Liman's Everest, Greg Williams' Samarkand, Al Capone biopic Cicero, The Long Red Road, and maybe even the Fifty Shades Of Grey movie now his best friend Kelly Marcel is writing the script.

Tom's workout secrets are searched daily by men wanting the same body he built for Warrior, Bronson and The Dark Knight Rises - so what are his fitness secrets? The handsome British actor has been on our radar ever since starring in Nicolas Winding-Refn's Bronson, and has starred alongside actors including Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Josh Hartnett, Gary Oldman, Shia LaBeouf and many more.

Tom's had some amazing leading ladies too, including his fiancee Charlotte Riley, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and CharlIze Theron. His bad boy tattoos and past just add to his allure, although the body ink has to be covered for his role as Batman villain Bane. Tom is also a devoted father to Louis Hardy too, (whose godfather is his personal trainer, Patrick P-Nut Monroe), and is set to get married soon to boot!

Click through our gallery of Tom Hardy pictures and facts and find out more about the hot British actor - will he play Christian Grey in the 50 Shades Of Grey movie?