 Thomas William Hiddleston was born on 9 February 1981 in Westminster, London, the son of Diana Patricia ("née" Servaes) Hiddleston, an arts administrator and former stage manager, and Dr. James Norman Hiddleston, a physical chemist and former managing director of a biotech company that liaised with Oxford University.His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother is from Suffolk.His younger sister, Emma, is also an actress, whilst his older sister, Sarah, is a journalist in India.