In addition to being a member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, Tom Hardy can also add a rapper to his already impressive resume.
The 48-year-old Venom star absolutely shocked fans when he revealed a very surprising career pivot while under a mask to hide his identity.
On Friday, it was revealed that Hardy had released a rap album under the pseudonym Frankie Pulitzer, as he also wears a full face covering in the music videos and promotional materials for the project.
The release was made in collaboration with the group Czarface, which, in addition to rap duo 7L & Esoteric, consists of Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck.
In unveiling Hardy’s latest career move, one Reddit user wrote: ‘All of his secret side quests are incredible.’
Another commenter on The Ringer’s The Big Picture subreddit wrote, “he always had songs on SoundCloud, remember one was pretty good but they were all in the style of a different rapper
In addition to being a member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, Tom Hardy can also add a rapper to his already impressive resume
The 48-year-old Venom star (pictured in London in March 2025) absolutely shocked fans when he revealed a very surprising career pivot while under a mask to hide his identity.
“He had an eminem-style song, but mainly New York – strangely not grime or garage.”
This isn’t Hardy’s first time tapping into a project, as he played a rapper in the 1999 short film Get A Grip. He also rapped as a teenager in the 1990s.
In recent years, Hardy has made music under various aliases, such as Frankie Pulitzer and Face Puller.
Around 2021, Czarface started with an anonymous guest rapper named Frankie Pulitzer and on Friday the group released the collaborative album Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer with Hardy.
The music video for the group’s single Mad Technology was also released Friday, featuring Hardy under a mask as he references Stephen King novels-turned-movies and says something rather rude about actress Kathy Bates.
Hardy rapped: “You s***-for-brain no-name lame, who bites like Cujo / I’d rather masturbate to Kathy Bates than hear you gush / And you know Misery, it loves company.”
Those were not the only references from the film industry he made on the album, because on the song Raw Forever he touches on Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film Bringing Out the Dead.
He then references Willem Dafoe’s 2002 Spider-Man supervillain Green Goblin and 1975’s Dog Day Afternoon.
On Friday, it was revealed that Hardy had released a rap album under the pseudonym Frankie Pulitzer, as he also wears a full face covering in the music videos and promotional materials for the project.
The release was made in collaboration with the group Czarface, which consists of Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck (second from left) and rap duo 7L (left) and Esoteric (right); they were also joined by Method Man (second from right) in the new music video
Following the revelation of Hardy’s latest career move, Reddit users went wild on The Ringer’s The Big Picture subreddit
This isn’t Hardy’s first time tapping into a project, as he played a rapper in the 1999 short film Get A Grip. He also rapped as a teenager in the 1990s
Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer is now on all streaming platforms
Hardy rapped: ‘I bring the dead out like a paramedic out of the cage, directed by Marty/Frank Pierce, the gang is here welcome to the party
‘I’m a bit of a scientist like Willem Dafoe / If you know, then you know / Goblin up crumbs / Hit ’em with the fly kill ’em with the low / Profile, no smile, balling the old style / So despicable, exhale the cloud of smoke, blow test / Dog Day Afternoon / When I talk Sgt. Rock on the block with the Glock aftershock of the boom.”
The Venom star then finishes his verse by making a few more comic book references.
He raps, “Take off your costume / Put you in the smallest locker, lock you in the locker room / Doctor Doom, how I am the Conqueror of Scripture.”
Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer is now on all streaming platforms.
