Tom Hardy has appeared in only one film directed by Christopher Nolan.
Dunkirk is an upcoming English-language war film written , co-produced , and directed by Christopher Nolan . Tom Hardy . His motion picture debut was in Ridley Scott 's 2001 action film Black Hawk Down . He portrayed `` Mad '' Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic film Mad Max : Fury Road ( 2015 ) , and both of the Kray twins in the crime thriller Legend ( 2015 ) . He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films : the science fiction thriller Inception ( 2010 ) , portrayed Bane in the superhero film The Dark Knight Rises ( 2012 ) , and the action-thriller Dunkirk ( 2017 ) based on the British evacuation in World War II .