
Andrew Garfield
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1983-08-20 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Andrew Garfield
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.
Known For
Acting
Artificial
as Sam Altman
Instrumental
as James Rhodes
Voyagers
as Carl Sagan
(2025)
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Tim Thompson
(2025)
After the Hunt
as Hank Gibson
(2024)
We Live in Time
as Tobias Durand
(2023)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
(2021)
Mainstream
as Link
(2021)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Jim Bakker
(2021)
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Jonathan Larson
(2021)
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Actor
(2018)
Under the Silver Lake
as Sam
(2017)
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Prior Walter/The Man In The Park
(2017)
(2017)
Breathe
as Robin Cavendish
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Hacksaw Ridge
as Desmond T. Doss
(2016)
Silence
as Rodrigues
(2015)
99 Homes
as Dennis Nash
(2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
(2014)
(2014)
Arcade Fire: We Exist
as Lead
(2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Heroes and Demons
as Tom
(2011)
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
as Self / Eduardo Saverin
(2010)
The Social Network
as Eduardo Saverin
(2010)
Never Let Me Go
as Tommy D.
(2010)
I'm Here
as Sheldon
(2010)
Air
as Tom
(2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Eddie Dunford
(2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Eddie Dunford
(2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Eddie Dunford
(2009)
(2008)
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Francis Weston
(2007)
Lions for Lambs
as Todd Hayes
(2007)
Boy A
as Jack Burridge
(2005)
Mumbo Jumbo
as Simmo
Crew
(2021)
Mainstream
Producer
(2013)
Her
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