[rjsimmon]

“No one cared who I was, until I put on the mask.”

Hope he was not serious about that. He was fantastic in Nemesis, Band of Brothers, Inception, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and This Means War.

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, the line is spoken by the actor Tom Hardy, but the line belonged to the character Bane. The line, I suppose, was true for Bane. But as you say, not true for Hardy at the time of “The Dark Knight Rises”. His reputation was already established.

[katana]

He's also exceptional as the London Jewish gangster Alfie Solomons in the series Peaky Blinders.