Andrew Garfield
Acting
Biography
Andrew Russell Garfield (born August 20, 1983) is an English-American actor and producer. He came to international attention when he co-starred in Never Let Me Go (2010) alongside Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, as well as the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network (2010). He gained wider recognition for playing Peter Parker in the superhero films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He is Jewish on his father's side, and describes himself as a "Jewish artist". Garfield began taking acting classes in Guildford, Surrey, when he was nine, and appeared in a youth theatre production of Bugsy Malone. Garfield made his British television debut in 2005 appearing in the Channel 4 teen drama Sugar Rush. In 2007, he garnered public attention when he appeared in the series three of the BBC's Doctor Who, in the episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks". Garfield received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Jonathan Larson in the musical drama Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021). He also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the latter. His other film credits include Never Let Me Go (2010), Silence (2016), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and We Live in Time (2024). On television, he starred as a Mormon detective in the crime drama mini-series Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
Born: August 20, 1983
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Tim Thompson
as Hank Gibson
as Self
as Tobias Durand
as Detective Jeb Pyre
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
as Jonathan Larson
as Self - Actor
as Jim Bakker
as Link
as Self - Guest Judge
as Sam
as Robin Cavendish
as Prior Walter/The Man In The Park
as Rodrigues
as Desmond T. Doss
as Dennis Nash
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
as Self
as Self
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
as Tom
as Self / Eduardo Saverin
as Tom
as Eduardo Saverin
as Tommy D.
as Sheldon
as Eddie Dunford
as Eddie Dunford
as Eddie Dunford
as Eddie Dunford
as Francis Weston
as Jack Burridge
as Todd Hayes
as Self
as Boy with Fruit
as Various Roles
as Simmo
as Tom
as Frank
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Wat Tyler