Bronson (film) Bronson (film) Bronson is a 2008 British biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson, known from 1987 as Charles Bronson. The film follows the life of this notorious prisoner, known for violent attacks against other prisoners, guards, and governors in prison; protests, armed robbery, and art. He was renamed Charles Bronson by his fight promoter, for his bare-knuckle fighting years. Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson became known as one of the United Kingdom's most dangerous prisoners. Because of his violence, Bronson was repeatedly put into isolation or
Gordon Fraser (actor) Gordon Fraser (actor) Gordon Duncan Simon Fraser (born 16 May 1977) is a Scottish actor. Gordon who is of Scottish descent, was born in Ayr and brought up in Glasgow. An only child, his parents moved around Scotland living firstly in Ayr, then Dumbarton, Glasgow before returning again to Ayr. Fraser attended Glasgow Academy until the age of 16. His first stage appearance was at the age of three at Ayr's Gaiety Theatre, when he appeared with the Scottish Entertainer Glen Michael in his Cavalcade Show. Following that were various appearances in Scottish professional and semi-professional theatre and TV. However,