A Tom Hardy appreciation gallery for your viewing pleasure

Right, let's cut to the chase people. Tom Hardy is and forever will be one of the fittest men in British history. Not only is he a very talented actor and producer, but he's also one of the rare few who can pull off both a tracksuit and a suit, as well as a beard and no-beard. Basically, he's a man of many talents.

And these are talents which need to be celebrated. So, we've taken it upon ourselves to gather as many excellent pictures of Tom Hardy as we could (as well as a few dog pictures thrown in), to create an appreciation gallery just for you. So sit back, relax, and admire Tom Hardy in all of his glory...

Now, we don't know about you but we feel it's been far too long since one of Blighty's fiiiiiiinest exports has done anything on t'tellybox.

From Hollywood blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max and Inception, to British cult hit Peaky Blinders and (our personal favourite) a couple of guest appearances on Paul O'Grady's Love of Dogs, we can help get all of a tither when we find out that Tom will be turning up on screen (remember when he read bedtime stories on Ceebeebies and dedicated it to his dead dog? Be still, our beating, erm, hearts).

Turns out the Hammersmith born hottie has been laying low during lockdown just like the rest of us, seemingly enjoying a staycation by the coast as a Norfolk-based pizza joint served him pizza earlier this month.

"He came to order pizzas and was asking about places to go in the area. He was very friendly and because he was in a hat and sunglasses it took a couple of minutes for us to realise who he was," the owner of Wood Fired Food Company in Burnham Deepdale told local news site Lynn news.

"He was happy for us to take the photo but asked us not to post it on social media for a week, which we respected.

"We hope he enjoyed our wood fired sourdough pizzas and his time in Norfolk. We’d love to serve him again if he was to visit the area in the future!"