Tom Hardy has acted in an adaptation of a novel.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film) . The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan , based on John le Carré 's 1974 novel of the same name . The film , starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley , along with Colin Firth , Tom Hardy , John Hurt , Toby Jones , Mark Strong , Benedict Cumberbatch , and Ciarán Hinds , is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service . Tom Hardy . Hardy 's other notable films include the science fiction film Star Trek : Nemesis ( 2002 ) , the crime film RocknRolla ( 2008 ) , biographical psychological drama Bronson ( 2008 ) , sports drama Warrior ( 2011 ) , Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 ) , crime drama Lawless ( 2012 ) , drama Locke ( 2013 ) , mobster film The Drop ( 2014 ) , and the biographical western thriller The Revenant ( 2015 ) , for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor .