[PAR] [TLE] Black Hawk Down (film) [SEP] Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan.  It is based on the 1999 non-fiction book of the same name by Mark Bowden, which in turn is based on the 29-part series of articles published in "The Philadelphia Inquirer", chronicling the events of a 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and the ensuing firefight, known as the Battle of Mogadishu.  The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs, Tom Hardy in his feature film debut, and Sam Shepard. [PAR] [TLE] Tom Hardy [SEP] (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer.  His motion picture debut was in Ridley Scott's 2001 action film "Black Hawk Down".  Hardy's other notable films include the science fiction film "" (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.  He portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic film "" (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), the superhero film "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), as Bane, and the action-thriller "Dunkirk" (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II.  Hardy has been cast as Eddie Brock/Venom in a live-action film adaptation of the same name, set to be released in 2018.
[PAR] [TLE] Black Hawk Down ( film ) [ SEP ] Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film co - produced and directed by Ridley Scott , from a screenplay by Ken Nolan . It is based on the 1999 non - fiction book of the same name by Mark Bowden , which in turn is based on the 29-part series of articles published in " The Philadelphia Inquirer " , chronicling the events of a 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid , and the ensuing firefight , known as the Battle of Mogadishu . The film features a large ensemble cast , including Josh Hartnett , Ewan McGregor , Eric Bana , Tom Sizemore , William Fichtner , Jason Isaacs , Tom Hardy in his feature film debut , and Sam Shepard . [PAR] [TLE] Tom Hardy [ SEP ] ( born 15 September 1977 ) is an English actor and producer . His motion picture debut was in Ridley Scott 's 2001 action film " Black Hawk Down " . Hardy 's other notable films include the science fiction film " " ( 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 . He portrayed " Mad " Max Rockatansky in the post - apocalyptic film " " ( 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 ) , the superhero film " The Dark Knight Rises " ( 2012 ) , as Bane , and the action - thriller " Dunkirk " ( 2017 ) , based on the British evacuation in World War II . Hardy has been cast as Eddie Brock / Venom in a live - action film adaptation of the same name , set to be released in 2018 .
Whose motion picture debut was in a film based on a screenplay by Ken Nolan?
Whose motion picture debut was in a film based on a screenplay by Ken Nolan ?
Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy