[5][6] He returned to the screen ten years later in 2019, appearing in the science fiction film Vivarium[6] and making his television debut in an episode of the Syfy series Krypton.
[citation needed] In 2020, Hardwicke played Rob Hegarty, Connell's (Paul Mescal) school friend, in the BBC Three and Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People.
[7][6] In 2022, Hardwicke joined the cast of the Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga for its second season[8] and starred in the sports drama film Lakelands, the latter of which earned him and Danielle Galligan the Galway Film Fleadh's Bingham Ray New Talent Award, in addition to IFTA nominations.
[citation needed] He also appeared in The Sparrow and played a younger version of Stanley Townsend's character in the film About Joan.
[citation needed] Hardwicke played the murderer Ben Field in the BBC One series The Sixth Commandment[9] and Silas in the Paramount+ adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal's The Doll Factory.