Best Tom Hardy Haircut: 46 Most Trending Hairstyles In 2020

You don’t have to be an actor to look as clean-cut and stylish as one. Take 2019 by storm with one of these unbeatable 46 Tom Hardy hairstyles.

People say that actors have it all: the money, the houses, and the looks. One of their most noticeable features is their hairstyles and how they always seem to look so perfect. However, you’ll be happy to know that you don’t need to live in Hollywood in order to have a hairstyle that is worthy of a world-class actor.

To help you look your best this year and boost your appearance like never before, below are 46 hairstyles that have been inspired and directly taken from Tom Hardy, one of Hollywood’s best looking actors. There will be hairstyles that can suit anyone: beard, no beard, long hair, short hair, short sides, long sides, and everything in between.

That all being said, keep going to check them out…

1Clean Messy

Clean Messy - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @CLASSICMENLIFE

This hairstyle allows you to keep your hair at a medium length while still maintaining a clean style. To properly grow this style and maintain it, keep the top of your head long and keep the sides short while blending as you go up.

2 Messy Short

Messy Short - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @NDTVPRODUCTION

This hairstyle is very similar to the “Clean Messy”, however it includes short hair rather than medium-length hair. The key to keeping it a Messy Short and not a Clean Messy is to ensure the top of your head is kept short, as well.

3Clean Straight

Clean Straight - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @HARDY.EA7

This hairstyle is great for people with thin, very straight hair. Keep the hair on top of your head short while getting a number one or two on the sides and blending it evenly. Using gel, push the hair to the side.

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4Spiked Up with Beard

Spiked Up with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @HARDY.TRACK

This is another hairstyle for people with medium hair but want to go for a more aggressive look. Keeping the sides short and blended near the top, use gel to spike your hair up with your hands and keep the beard well groomed.

5Short Hair with Fade

Short Hair with Fade - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This hairstyle is perfect for people with short hair. Keep the top at the short length you want while fading the sides. Depending on the type of fade you want, start with a 0.5 at the bottom and gradually fade upwards.

6Clean Cut with Beard

Clean Cut with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOMYESHARDY

This hairstyle is appropriate for almost all occasions. The hair on top of your head can be almost any length. Gradually blend the sides into it while keeping a medium-length beard nicely groomed.

7Long Slicked Back with Beard

Long Slicked Back with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @XOTOMXOHARDYXO

This is a perfect way to keep control of long hair. Using gel or paste, comb back all of your hair and keep it slicked back; do this with the side hair if it is long, as well. Keep your beard well groomed and at a medium length.

8Slicked Back with Long Beard

Slicked Back with Long Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @JASONLED_GER

This is a little bit more of an aggressive hairstyle compared to others. Comb and gel your hair back to give it that sleek style, keep the sides slicked back as well, and grow out your beard. Make sure to keep it clean around the edges.

9Slicked Back No Beard

Slicked Back No Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @MO.MULBERRY

If you have longer hair but can’t or don’t want to grow facial hair, this hairstyle is perfect for you. Once it’s at your desired length, use gel or another grooming product and comb back your hair (sides included).

10Clean-Cut Slicked Back

Clean-Cut Slicked Back
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.CZ

This is a little more of a “gentleman’s haircut”. Once your hair is at the desired length, gel it back and make sure it’s combed down. Once this is done, get a barber to shave the edges to give it a nice, clean look.

11Short Cut with Beard

Short Cut with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @MAN__VOICE

This haircut incorporates a beard with a relatively short hairstyle. Once your hair is at its desired length, gel it up and back or to the side (it all depends on what you want). Grow out your beard and aim for volume, not size.

12Clean Cut with Stubble

Clean Cut with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @DAVIDOFF_519

This hairstyle is perfect for people who want to grow out a little bit of a facial hair (not a beard) while maintaining a clean haircut. Keep the sides and top of your hair short while ensuring your stubble doesn’t get too long.

13Short Front Spike with Beard

Short Front Spike with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Source / @PINTEREST

For this haircut, you’ll need to grow out your bangs a little bit while keeping the rest of your hair short. Once this is done, gel your bangs up and into a bit of a spike. Keep your beard at a short-medium length.

14High Fade Clean Cut

High Fade Clean Cut - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TUT.HOMIE

Begin the fade 2 / 3 the way up the side of your head and ensure that the top of your head is kept short. If you’re growing out stubble, ensure it keeps short and doesn’t pass half way up your ear.

15Clean Cut with Short Beard

Clean Cut with Short Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This haircut is relaxed, professional, and clean. Keep your sides short and gradually blend them to the length of the hair on top of your head. Grow out your beard and ensure it’s groomed and trimmed so it stays short.

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16Side Slicked with Beard

Side Slicked with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @VENOMSBOY

To get this hairstyle, ensure that the hair on top of your head is grown out and at a medium length beforehand. Gel the hair on the top of your hair up and slightly to the side. Don’t let the beard grow past a medium length.

17Short Straight

Short Straight - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @OLGA.COSMO

This is a very basic haircut for people who don’t want to get too flashy. Ensure to properly grow out your bangs so they become long. When your hair is still wet after a shower, use a comb to make it straight.

18Short Messy

Short Messy - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @SONJALOVESTOM

This is very similar to the “Clean Messy” hairstyle. Keep the hair on top of your head and around the sides short and blended properly. Use gel and shake your hand back in forth to “mess” up your hair. Adjust as needed.

19Fully Bald

Fully Bald - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Source / @PINTEREST

This hairstyle perfect accommodates people who have no desire to grow their hair out or who have troubles doing it in the first place. Use an electric razor to get it as short as possible and shave the rest off.

20Sharp Slick-Back with Beard

Sharp Slick-Back with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @LEGENDTOMHARDY

Keeping the sides short, grow out the hair on top of your head and slick it back using gel (you can slick it back using your hand or a comb). Grow out your beard but no longer than a medium-length.

21Buzz Cut with Beard

Buzz Cut with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @LUX.TERM

This hairstyle can suit all kinds of people, especially those who have troubles styling their hair or those who like buzz cuts. Get all of your hair cut down to a “one”, grow out your beard, and keep it nice and groomed.

22Clean Cut with Short Sides

Clean Cut with Short Sides - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.FANBASE

This is a very neutral hairstyle and avoids all the flash of some of the others. Keep the hair on top of your head at a desirable length and keep the sides very short, gradually blending the hair as it goes up.

23Short Cut with Stubble

Short Cut with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This hairstyle is perfect for people who want to look clean and groomed but can’t grow a beard or don’t want to go clean-shaven. Keep the sides and top of your head short while trimming your stubble as needed.

24Shaved Sides with Slicked Back

Shaved Sides with Slicked Back - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @HOTHARDYTOM

This haircut puts a lot of emphasis on the hair on top of your head. Once your hair has been grown out to your desired length, slick it back with gel. As for the sides, keep them very short all the way up.

25Short Clean Cut with Beard

Short Clean Cut with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOMHARDY.XL

This is a very neutral and conservative hairstyle. Keep the sides short and gradually blend them into the hair on top. Comb and gel your hair back and to the side while growing out a short and groomed beard.

26Messy Short Cut with Beard

Messy Short Cut with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @VENOMSBOY

This is perfect for people who are aiming for a relaxed and clean cut. Don’t worry so much about the ratio of hair on top to the hair on the sides, just keep them short. Using gel, mess your hair up and keep your beard trimmed.

27Medium Fade with Beard

Medium Fade with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOMYESHARDY

Make sure to have the hair on top of your head grown out to your desired length. Begin fading your hair halfway up your head, giving it that “medium” location. Keep the beard short and properly groomed.

28Clean 20th Century Cut

Clean 20th Century Cut - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @EDWARDTOMHARDY1

This hairstyle is perfect for people who prefer something a little old fashioned and slicked back. Using gel, slick the side and top of your head back. Similar to the “Clean Cut Slicked Back”, clean up the edges.

29Low Fade Short Messy Cut

Low Fade Short Messy Cut - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @LEGENDTOMHARDY

Grow out the hair on the top of your head as much as you’d like. Begin fading the hair close to the ears and around the edges of your natural hair boundaries. Use gel to mess up your hair as you wish.

30Short Messy Bangs with Stubble

Short Messy Bangs with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @VENOMSBOY

Grow out your bangs a little more than usual while still maintaining a clean-cut and short overall hairstyle. Use gel to mess your bangs up as you wish. Ensure that you use a trimmer to keep your stubble short.

31Messy Spiked with Stubble 

Messy Spiked with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @HARDYHUMOUR

Ensure the hair on the top of your head is grown out to your desired length. Using gel, spike it up while keeping the sides short and blended. Grow out your stubble and trim it so you avoid growing a short beard.

32Long Slicked Back with Beard

Long Slicked Back with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @VENOMSBOY

This style is great for people who want to look aggressive yet modern. Let your hair grow out until it’s really long and slick it back using gel. As for your beard, make sure to keep it groomed and as long as you want.

33Clean Cut with Part

Clean Cut with Part - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.CZ

Keep your face clean shaven and avoid letting any beard or stubble develop. Let the top of your hair grow out a little and keep the sides short. Slick everything back with gel and comb your hair along your hair’s natural part.

34Gelled Up with Short Sides

Gelled Up with Short Sides - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

In order to get this very popular hairstyle, keep your sides short while allowing the hair on top of your head to grow out a little (allow the bangs to grow a little longer). Using gel, spike your bangs up and create the spike.

35High Fade Messy Spikes

High Fade Messy Spikes - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This is very similar to the “Gelled Up with Short Sides” hairstyle. However, with this style, you’re going to want to keep the sides even shorter and, when gelling your hair, do it straight up and use your hands to mess it up.

36Gelled Back Medium Cut

Gelled Back Medium Cut - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.CZ

This haircut is perfect for people with long hair who want to look clean and professional. Simply comb all your hair down when you just get out of the shower and, using gel, comb it all back to slick it out.

37High Fade Messy Hair

High Fade Messy Hair - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @AVIANCAENREVISTA

This is more of an aggressive hairstyle. To get it, let the hair on top of your head grow out to your desired length and skin fade the sides right up to it. Using your hand and some gel, mess your hair up as you wish.

38Almost Bald with Beard

Almost Bald with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This is very close to the bald cut. Simply ask for a 0.5 all over your head, but don’t shave it off manually. Once this is done, grow and groom your beard to a medium length (don’t let the sideburns go higher than your ear).

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39Buzz Cut with Long Beard

Buzz Cut with Long Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOMHARDYMX

For this style, you’ll want to get a buzz cut by asking for a “one” all over your head. While this is done, start growing out your beard and keep it clean and groomed. Ensure to cut your hair every week or so to keep the length.

40Buzz Cut with Stubble

Buzz Cut with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

To get this aggressive style, ask your barber to give you a “one” all around. Keep your facial hair trimmed, seeing as it will grow out rather fast, and expect to visit the barber every week or two for a new buzz cut.

41Short Gel to the Side

Short Gel to the Side - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.CZ

To get this style, simply cut your sides short while leaving a little bit of hair on top (as much as you want to slick back). With gel and a comb, slick your hair back and slightly to the side to give it some depth.

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42Messy Long with Beard

Messy Long with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @CURSEDTOMHARDY

Make sure to grow your hair out until it is long before starting this style. When you have it, gel it up and back a little, therefore creating a messy look. Your beard will want to be long and well kept to match the hair.

43Very Long Messy Bangs

Very Long Messy Bangs - Best Tom Hardy Haircut
Instagram / @TOM.HARDY.CZ

To get this style, you’ll want to grow out your bangs so that they run almost to your eyebrows (depending on how big your forehead is) while keeping the sides short. Use gel and your hand to mess them up a little.

44Long Fade with Beard

Long Fade with Beard - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

This is very similar to the “Shaved Sides, Slicked Back” look, however your sides aren’t shaved all the way down- they’re cut short. Keep the top of your head long and keep your beard at a medium length.

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45Medium Gelled with Stubble

Medium Gelled with Stubble - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

For this style, have the hair on top of your head at a medium length all around and have the sides longer as well. Gel it to the side and move it around as you wish. Keep the stubble trimmed to avoid a short beard.

46Low Fade Clean Cut

Low Fade Clean Cut - Best Tom Hardy Haircut

Let the hair on the top of your head grow out a little and gel it up into a spike. Start the fade near the edge of your ears and have it fade into the length at the top of your head. If growing a beard, ensure to keep it short.

As said before, you don’t need to be in Hollywood to enjoy the benefits of having a haircut so good a movie star would have it. Tom Hardy has had so many hairstyles that it’s not only hard to count, but anyone can enjoy one. Make sure to try a few out and, if one doesn’t and you’re not happy, try another and keep trying; there’s no shortage of hairstyles. And when you’ve found it, wear it proudly!


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