Andrew Garfield British Actor Known for The Social Network

Andrew Garfield is a British actor born on 20 August 1983 in Los Angeles. He is known for The Social Network (2010) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Early life

He studied at City of London Freemen's School and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Records list Boy A (2007) as his earliest screen credit. In the 2000s, he appeared in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008, as Francis Weston) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, as Anton). The 2010s brought The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014, as Peter Parker) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016, as Desmond Doss). His 2020s credits include Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021, as Peter Parker) and Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021, as Jonathan Larson).

In all, 29 films and one TV series appear in his credits from 2007 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (6), followed by science fiction (5) and action (4). The newest title on record is The Uprising, from 2026. Of his six titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) has the highest, at $1.92 billion.

Jamie Foxx appears in three of his listed titles, including Spider-Man: No Way Home - The More Fun Stuff Version (2022). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Benedict Cumberbatch (three titles) and Emma Stone (two titles). Jon Watts directed two of his titles on record. Marc Webb is credited as director on two of them. The records associate him with shakespearean comedy.

Recognition

Andrew Garfield received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 2008 for Boy A. Further recognition came with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (2021) for Tick, Tick... Boom! and the Time 100 (2022). He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2017 for Hacksaw Ridge. His awards record shows 4 wins and 4 nominations.