Tom Hiddleston - Bio

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Tom Hiddleston was born on the 9th of February 1981 to Diana and James Hiddleston. His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother is from Suffolk, East Anglia, England.  Hiddleston is the middle child of three, he has two sisters, his older sister is called Sarah and his younger sister is called Emma.

Hiddleston was born in Westminster but spent his early life in Wimbledon, then moved to a village just outside of Oxford, He attended boarding school for the majority of his education starting from seven years old. His parents divorced when he was 12 years old, and at 13 he attended Eton College.

His studies continued onto Cambridge University where he achieved a double first in Classics, then studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in 2005.

In his early work Hiddleston, while still studying appeared in multiple television series such as ITV's "Nicholas Nickleby" and the BBC's Productions "Conspiracy" and "The Gathering Storm".

Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hiddleston has had great success in theatre productions such as; "The Changeling", "Cymbeline", "Othello" and " Ivanov", he also made appearances in several feature films. However, his breakthrough to becoming a household name came when he was cast as Loki in the Marvel Studios film Thor. He would later reprise the role in "The Avengers", "Thor, The Dark World", "Thor: Ragnarok",  "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame"

Further to his role as Loki, The series "Loki" was released on the 9th of June 2021 on Disney +.

In his personal life Tom Hiddleston is a UK ambassador for UNICEF, and has also donated multi items for auctions to raise money for multiple charities.

He has previously dated Susannah Fielding and Taylor Swift, and is currently single.