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Quick Facts

Born:
1983-08-20

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Credits:
76 Total Roles

Andrew Garfield

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Biography

Andrew Russell Garfield (born August 20, 1983) is an British-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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 The Magic Faraway Tree MOVIE Tim Thompson
2025 After the Hunt MOVIE Hank Gibson
2024 Celebrity Substitute TV Self
2024 We Live in Time MOVIE Tobias Durand
2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home MOVIE Self
2022 Under the Banner of Heaven TV Detective Jeb Pyre
2022 Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! MOVIE Self
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home MOVIE Peter Parker / Spider-Man
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! MOVIE Jonathan Larson
2021 Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! MOVIE Self - Actor

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