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.
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Movies (38)
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Tim Thompson
2026
After the Hunt
as Hank Gibson
2025
We Live in Time
as Tobias Durand
2024
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
as Self
2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Jonathan Larson
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Actor
2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Jim Bakker
2021
Mainstream
as Link
2021
Under the Silver Lake
as Sam
2018
Breathe
as Robin Cavendish
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Prior Walter
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Prior Walter/The Man In The Park
2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
2017
The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'
as Self
2017
Silence
as Rodrigues
2016
Hacksaw Ridge
as Desmond T. Doss
2016
99 Homes
as Dennis Nash
2015
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Self
2014
Arcade Fire: We Exist
as Lead
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
2014
Her
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
as Self
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
2012
Heroes and Demons
as Tom
2011
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
as Self / Eduardo Saverin
2011
Air
as Tom
2010
The Social Network
as Eduardo Saverin
2010
Never Let Me Go
as Tommy D.
2010
I'm Here
as Sheldon
2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Eddie Dunford
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Eddie Dunford
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Eddie Dunford
2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Anton
2009
Boy A
as Jack Burridge
2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Francis Weston
2008
TV Shows (12)
Celebrity Substitute
as Self
2024
Under the Banner of Heaven
as Detective Jeb Pyre
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Red Riding
as Eddie Dunford
2009