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Andrew Garfield

Acting

Born August 20, 1983 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Andrew Russell Garfield

Biography

Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He is known for his work across a variety of genres, from superhero films to musicals, in independent films. His accolades include a Tony Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.  Garfield began his acting career on the West End stage and British television. His breakout roles came as a juvenile convict in the television film Boy A (2007) and later as Eduardo Saverin in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010). Garfield achieved wider recognition for starring as the title character in Marc Webb's Spider-Man films(2012–2014) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe(MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Garfield received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his performances as Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Jonathan Larson in the musical drama Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021). His other film credits include Never Let Me Go (2010), Silence (2016), Under the Silver Lake (2018), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and We Live in Time (2024). On television, he starred in the crime drama miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. On stage, Garfield made his Broadway debut as Biff Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman (2012), which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. For his performance as Prior Walter in the West End and Broadway revivals of Angels in America, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. He later won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Garfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Time 100 · 2022
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 2021
  • British Academy Television AwardBest Actor · 2008
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actor in a Play
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 2023 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2022 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2017 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2012 · nominated

Filmography42 titles

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hacksaw Ridge

2016as Desmond T. Doss

Simon Schama's Power of Art

2006as Boy with Fruit

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Her

2013Thanks

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021as Jonathan Larson

Doctor Who

2005as Frank

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022as Detective Jeb Pyre

Breathe

2017as Robin Cavendish

The Social Network

2010as Eduardo Saverin

We Live in Time

2024as Tobias Durand

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019as Self - Guest Judge

Silence

2016as Rodrigues

Boy A

2007as Jack Burridge

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009as Eddie Dunford

Never Let Me Go

2010as Tommy D.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009as Eddie Dunford

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

99 Homes

2014as Dennis Nash

Jeopardy!

1984as Self - Clue Presenter

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012as Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009as Eddie Dunford

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008as Francis Weston

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014as Spider-Man / Peter Parker

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021as Jim Bakker

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2009as Anton

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Mainstream

2020as Link

Under the Silver Lake

2018as Sam

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Attack of the Hollywood Cliches!

2021as Self - Actor

Lions for Lambs

2007as Todd Hayes

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

After the Hunt

2025as Hank Gibson

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

The View

1997as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self