Andrew Garfield
Born: 1983-08-20 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- The Magic Faraway Tree as Tim Thompson
2025
- After the Hunt as Hank Gibson
2024
- We Live in Time as Tobias Durand
- Celebrity Substitute as Self
2022
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
- Under the Banner of Heaven as Detective Jeb Pyre
- Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! as Self
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Mainstream as Link
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Jim Bakker
- Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! as Self - Actor
- tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson
2019
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
2018
- Under the Silver Lake as Sam
2017
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika as Prior Walter
- Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence as Self
- Breathe as Robin Cavendish
- The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' as Self
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches as Prior Walter/The Man In The Park
2016
- Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss
- Silence as Rodrigues
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 99 Homes as Dennis Nash
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
- The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
- Arcade Fire: We Exist as Lead
2013
- Her ... (Thanks)
2012
- The Amazing Spider-Man as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
- The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special
- Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn as Self
2011
- Heroes and Demons as Tom
- How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? as Self / Eduardo Saverin
2010
- The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
- Never Let Me Go as Tommy D.
- I'm Here as Sheldon
- Air as Tom
2009
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as Eddie Dunford
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Eddie Dunford
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Anton
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Eddie Dunford
- Red Riding as Eddie Dunford
2008
- The Other Boleyn Girl as Francis Weston
- Boy A as Jack Burridge
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Lions for Lambs as Todd Hayes
2006
- Simon Schama's Power of Art as Boy with Fruit
2005
- Doctor Who as Frank
- Mumbo Jumbo as Simmo
- Sugar Rush as Tom
- Swinging as Various Roles
2004
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
- Trial & Retribution
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1984
- Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter