Biographic - Sunday August 7, 2016 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Tom Hiddleston Born in London on February 9, 1981, Tom Hiddleston was a boarder at the exclusive Eton College before rearning a degree at Cambridge University. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. By the time he graduated in 2005, he had already cracked up credits on a number of U.K TV productions. Over the next few years, he continued to land TV roles while working extensively on the London stage. In 2008, he won the Laurence Olivier award for best newcomer in a play. Following roles in TV's "Return To Cranford" and "Miss Austen Regrets," his movie work included playing Loki in "Thor" and F. Scott Fitzgerald in "Midnight In Paris" and appearing alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Speilberg's "War Horse." He reprised the role of Loki in 2012's "The Avengers" and 2013's "Thor: The Dark World." His other movie credits range from the drama "The Deep Blue Sea" to "Muppets Most Wanted" and a voice role in "The Pirate Fairy" his classical training was put to good use with starring roles in TV versions of Shakespeare's "Henry IV Part I and Part II" and "Henry V." and he won the evening standard theatre award for best actor for his "Coriolanus." Following his portrayal of music legend Hank Williams in "I Saw The Light" his starring role opposite a villainous Hugh Laurie in "The Night Manager" TV miniseries has earned him legions of new admirers, and a whirlwind romance with Taylor Swift has made him a tabloid star.

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