Tom Hardy’s 2025 action thriller Havoc is full of heart-pumping shootouts, high-speed chases, and a strong ensemble cast with a slate of impressive actors, including an Oscar winner. Written and directed by Gareth Evans of The Raid acclaim, Havoc follows Hardy’s homicide detective Walker as he tries to rescue a politician’s son from a dangerous situation. Along the way, Walker runs into several major obstacles and violent threats as he unravels a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that infects his entire city.

Havoc is the first feature film from the Welsh writer/director since 2018’s Apostle and his first action movie in over a decade following 2014’s The Raid 2. Similar to The Raid movies, Havoc is considered to be a “gun fu” type of action film that is set to feature many elaborate and mesmerizing stunts. Havoc was released exclusively on Netflix on Friday, April 25, 2025, after it had initially wrapped production back in 2021 before a number of reshoots forced the film to be delayed. It’s Hardy’s first non-franchise film since 2023’s The Bikeriders.

Tom Hardy As Walker

DOB: September 15, 1977

• Active Since: 1998

Actor: Tom Hardy, 47, is a world-famous actor from London, England. He rose to prominence after appearing in two episodes of the celebrated HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Ridley Scott’s classic war movie Black Hawk Down, which were both released in 2001. He is also a prominent theater actor. He catapulted to Hollywood stardom after appearing in Christopher Nolan’s 2010 mind-bender Inception, which led to him playing Bane in the highly profitable The Dark Knight Rises. He starred in other major blockbusters such as Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, which earned him an Oscar nomination, and Dunkirk before becoming the face of the Venom franchise in 2018.

Notable Works:

Character: Hardy plays a bruised cop named Walker in Havoc.

Timothy Olyphant As Vincent

DOB: May 20, 1968

• Active Since: 1995

Actor: Timothy Olyphant, 56, is an American actor who was born in Hawaii and raised in Modesto, California. He is a member of the Vanderbilt family and earned an MFA from the University of Southern California. He made his feature film debut in 1996’s The First Wives Club before gaining prominence for his roles in Scream 2, Go, The Girl Next Door, and episodes of Sєx and the City and My Name Is Earl. He gained critical acclaim as Seth Bullock in the celebrated Western series ᴅᴇᴀᴅwood, which led to his lead role in another hit Western series, Justified. His other notable credits include Damages, The Office, The Crazies, Rango, Fargo, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and The Mandalorian.

Notable Works:

Character: Olyphant plays a cop named Vincent in Havoc.

Forest Whitaker As Lawrence Beaumont

DOB: July 15, 1961

• Active Since: 1981

Actor: Forest Whitaker, 63, is an Academy Award-winning actor from Longview, Texas. With 140 film and TV credits to his name and counting, Whitaker made his feature film debut in the classic comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). He went on to star in celebrated films such as The Color of Money, Platoon, Good Morning, Vietnam, The Crying Game, and Smoke throughout the ’80s and ’90s. He starred as Jon Kavanaugh in The Shield before appearing in more recent works such as Southpaw, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Black Panther, Andor, The King of Kings, and Godfather of Harlem.

Notable Works:

Character: Whitaker plays a politician named Lawrence Beaumont in Havoc.

Jessie Mei Li As Ellie

DOB: August 27, 1995

• Active Since: 2018

Actor: Jessie Mei Li, 29, is an actress from Brighton, East SusSєx, England. She is best known for her lead role as Alina Starkov in Netflix’s supernatural fantasy series Shadow and Bone (2021-2023). She appeared in a theater performance of All About Eve in 2019, starring Lily James and Gillian Anderson, before appearing as Lara in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, and Matt Smith. She recently appeared in the Showtime series The Agency alongside Michael Fᴀssbender, Jeffery Wright, and Richard Gere.

Notable Works:

Character: Li plays Ellie, a police officer in Havoc.

Havoc Supporting Cast & Characters

Luis Guzmán as Raul: Guzmán is best known for Traffic, Boogie Nights, and Punch-Drunk Love.

Justin Cornwell as Charlie: Cornwell is best known for The Umbrella Academy, Bel-Air, and The Rookie.

Quelin Sepulveda as Mia: Sepulveda is best known for Good Omens, The Veil, and The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Jim Cesar as Wes: Cesar is best known for The Witcher, Baby Reindeer, and The Doll Factory.

Xelia Mendes-Jones as Johnny: Mendes-Jones is best known for Fallout and The Wheel of Time.

Sunny Pang as Ching: Pang is best known for HeadsH๏τ, The Night Comes for Us, and Fly by Night.

Jeremy Ang Jones as Tsui: Jones is best known for​​​​​​​ The Outpost, Hijack, and Star Wars Outlaws.

Yann Yann Yeo as Tsui’s Mother: Yann Yann is best known for​​​​​​​ American Born Chinese and Wet Season.

Jill Winternitz as Angela: Winternitz is best known for The Sandman and Good Omens.

Richard Harrington as Jake: Harrington is best known for​​​​​​​ The Crown, Gangs of London, and Hinterland.

Gordon Alexander as Hayes: Alexander is best known for No Time to Die, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and Havoc.