Although he only has one Oscar nomination to his name, Tom Hardy has become one of the most prominent action and sci-fi actors in the world over the last 20 years. Around 2009 would have been a great time to invest in Tom Hardy stock, as he was soon to go on a run of four movies in five years that are still considered some of the most famous works of his career. This stretch began in 2010 with Inception, the mind-bending sci-fi movie directed by Christopher Nolan, and he reunited with the director just two years later to play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. In 2013, Hardy starred opposite Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott in the psychological thriller Locke, which is currently streaming on Netflix in America.