Andrew Garfield
Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He is known for his work in a variety of genres, from superhero to musicals in independent films. His accolades include a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
After his breakout role in Boy A (2007), he came to international attention with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network (2010). Garfield achieved wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the Sony superhero films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He reprised the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The latter became the highest-grossing film of 2021 and earned him the Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie.
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 and the AACTA Award for Best Actor for the former. 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 miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
On stage, Garfield made his Broadway debut playing Biff Loman in the 2012 revival of Death of a Salesman, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He played Prior Walter in Angels in America in the West End in 2017, receiving a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role on Broadway in 2018, winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
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