Andrew Garfield
Birthdate: August 20, 1983 (43 Years Old)
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Andrew Garfield (birthname: Andrew Russell Garfield), an acclaimed theater-trained British American actor who has been twice nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, is best known for his recurring role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in a successful franchise that catapulted him to movie stardom. Garfield’s first movie role was under the direction of star Robert Redford in the drama, Lions for Lambs (2007), written and produced (in part) by Matthew Michael Carnahan and co-starring Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena, Peter Berg and Derek Luke, backed (partly) by MGM and United Artists and released by MGM (U.S., Canada) and 20th Century Fox (International).
Garfield performed in scenes cut from The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) (though he received a credit), and then had his first major role in director/co-writer/producer Terry Gilliam’s British-Canadian-French-backed fantasy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, premiering out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and released by Lionsgate/Metropolitan Filmexport (France)/E1 Entertainment (Canada)/Mandate International (International). Garfield co-starred with Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Ella Purnell in the Mark Romanek-directed drama, Never Let Me Go (2010), adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel by writer Alex Garland, produced by DNA Films and Film4, launching at the Telluride Film Festival and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Andrew Garfield co-starred with Jesse Eisenberg in the David Fincher-directed drama about the creation of Facebook, The Social Network (2010), written by Aaron Sorkin (who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar) adapting Ben Mezrich’s 2009 non-fiction chronicle, The Accidental Billionaires, produced (in part) by Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca, with Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella, premiering at the New York Film Festival and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing via Columbia Pictures to a $225 million box office return. Garfield then landed the coveted starring role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in, first, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and the sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), both directed by Marc Webb and co-starring (in the combined movies’ casts) Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, Martin Sheen and Sally Field, produced (in part) by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment and grossing a cumulative $1.47 billion; Garfield returned as Spider-Man (an alternate Spider-Man to star Tom Holland’s superhero) in the new iteration that launched a rebooted series, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), with Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch under Jon Watts’s direction, and then Garfield appeared in a cameo as the alternate Peter Parker in the animated sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Garfield joined co-star Michael Shannon and director/co-writer/producer Ramin Bahrani’s drama, 99 Homes (2014), co-written by Amir Naderi, with Laura Dern and Tim Guinee, premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival and released by Broad Green Pictures, and then Garfield earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his lead role in the Mel Gibson-directed Best Picture Oscar-nominated WW2 biographical drama, Hacksaw Ridge (2016), adapted by writers Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight from Terry Benedict’s documentary, The Conscientious Objector (2004), co-starring Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths and Vince Vaughn, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and released by Summit Entertainment via Lionsgate Films (U.S.)/Icon Film Distribution (Australia) to a $180.6 million return. Garfield co-starred with Adam Driver and Liam Neeson in director/co-writer/producer Martin Scorsese’s fascinating film version of Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel, Silence (2016), co-written by Jay Cocks, with Tadanobu Asano and Ciaran Hinds, and released by Paramount Pictures (U.S.)/StudioCanal (U.K.)/CatchPlay Films (Taiwan)/Gussi Cinema (Mexico).
Andrew Garfield joined co-star Claire Foy and debuting director Andy Serkis in the William Nicholson-written biopic, Breathe (2017), with Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Dean-Charles Chapman and Ed Speleers, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and distributed by Bleecker Street and Participant Media (U.S.)/STXInternational (U.K.), and then Garfield co-starred with Riley Keough in director/writer/producer David Robert Mitchell’s comedy thriller, Under the Silver Lake (2018), produced (in part) by Michael De Luca, with Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez, Don McManus and Zosia Mamet, and which premiered in the Main Selection competition of the Cannes Film Festival and then released by A24. Garfield was star-producer of director/writer Gia Coppola’s comedy drama, Mainstream (2020), with Maya Hawke and Nat Wolff, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and released by IFC Films, and then Garfield portrayed a memorable Jim Bakker in the biopic based on Fenton Bailey’s and Randy Barbaro’s 2000 docu-portrait, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), starring and produced (in part) by Jessica Chastain (who won the Best Actress Oscar), with Cherry Jones and Vincent D’Onofrio, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and distributed by Searchlight Pictures.
Garfield earned his second Best Actor Oscar nomination for his dynamic performance in director/producer Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature debut of Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical, Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021), adapted by writer Steven Lawrence, produced (in part) by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and featuring Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, Joshua Henry, Judith Light and Vanessa Hudgens, and theatrically released by Netflix before streaming. Garfield co-starred with Florence Pugh in the British/French-produced romantic drama, We Live in Time (2024), directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Payne, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and then grossing $58.7 million for distributors A24 (U.S.)/StudioCanal (International), and then Garfield joined the ensemble of director/producer Luca Guadagnino’s widely panned thriller, After the Hunt (2025), co-starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny, produced (in part) by Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, premiering out of competition at the Venice Film Festival and released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Andrew Garfield co-starred with Claire Foy in the U.K./U.S.-produced fantasy adventure, The Magic Faraway Tree (2026), written by Simon Farnaby adapting from Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree book series, starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nonso Anozie, Jennifer Saunders and Rebecca Ferguson, and which was first released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom in the spring of 2026 and then by Vertical in the United States in August 2026. Garfield starred in director/writer/producer Paul Greengrass’s U.K./Germany/U.S.-produced historical drama about the 1381 English Peasants’ Revolt, The Uprising (2026), produced (in part) by Jason Blum, co-starring Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman and Katherine Waterston, and distributed by Focus Features (U.S.)/Entertainment Film Distributors (U.K.)/Leonine Studios (Germany).
Garfield reunited with director/producer Luca Guadagnino to portray controversial OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the comedy drama biopic, Artificial (2026), written and produced (in part) by Simon Rich, co-starring Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Mark Rylance, Ike Barinholtz, Jason Schwartzman, Zosia Mamet, Cooper Hoffman, Chris O’Dowd and Billie Lourd, and released by Neon.
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- 2026 |
The Uprising
asPloughman
Based on the true story of the uprising that inspired the legend of Robin Hood, Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II in a fight for justice.
- 2026 |
The Magic Faraway Tree
asTim Thompson
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
- 2025 |
After the Hunt
asHank
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
- 2024 |
We Live in Time
asTobias
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
- 2021 |
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
asJim Bakker
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
- 2021 |
Mainstream
asLink
In this cautionary tale, three people struggle to preserve their identities as they form an eccentric love triangle within the fast-moving internet age.
- 2021 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home
asPeter Parker
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear.
- 2019 |
Under the Silver Lake
asSam
Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
- 2017 |
- 2016 |
Hacksaw Ridge
asDesmond Doss
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
- 2016 |
- 2014 |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
asSpider-Man
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
- 2012 |
The Amazing Spider-Man
asSpider-Man
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
- 2010 |
The Social Network
asEduardo Saverin
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
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Facts About Andrew Garfield
Faith: Andrew Garfield identifies as Jewish (on his father’s side) while describing himself as an “agnostic pantheist,” while noting that he “fell in love with Jesus Christ” after reading the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola (1522-1524) to prepare for his role in Martin Scorsese’s spiritual-Christian drama, Silence.
Dual Citizen: Garfield is a joint citizen, by way of birth, of the United Kingdom and United States.
Self-Reflection: “I think too much,” Andrew Garfield has observed. “Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head.”
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