Andrew Garfield
Known For
Acting
Born
1983-08-20 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Frank
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Jeopardy!
as Self - Clue Presenter
The View
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Hacksaw Ridge
as Desmond T. Doss
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Spider-Man / Peter Parker