Thomas William 'Tom' Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English actor.He is perhaps best known for playing Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor. Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, the son of Diana Patricia (ne Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother from Suffolk, England. His maternal great-great-grandfather was importer Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Baronet. He was educated at two independent schools: The Dragon School in Oxford and Eton College in Eton (near Windsor) in Berkshire, where he boarded in Durnford House.He read Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge, gaining a double first.He then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2005. This book is your ultimate resource for Tom Hiddleston. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Tom Hiddleston, The Gathering Storm (2002 film), A Waste of Shame, Unrelated, Miss Austen Regrets, Wallander (British TV series), Return to Cranford, Archipelago (film), Thor (film), Midnight in Paris, War Horse (film), The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film), The Avengers (2012 film).