Thomas William Hiddleston born 9 February 1981 is an English actor He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU starting with Thor in 2011 and most recently in the Disney series Loki in 2021 He started his film career in the Joanna Hogg films Unrelated 2007 and Archipelago 2010 In 2011 Hiddleston portrayed F Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allens romantic comedy Midnight in Paris and appeared in Steven Spielbergs 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 Jarmuschs romantic vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive 2013 and Guillermo del Toros Crimson Peak 2015 He also starred in Ben Wheatleys 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 bigbudget leading role outside the MCU Hiddleston made his stage debut in Journeys 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 201314 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 Pinters classic drama Betrayal for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Hiddlestons also known for his performances in television including his part in the 2012 BBC series The Hollow Crowns Henry IV and Henry V Hiddleston starred in and executiveproduced 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
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