Andrew Garfield

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-08-20 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Andrew Garfield

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.

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Amazing Spider-Man

    The Amazing Spider-Man

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Social Network

    The Social Network

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Chicken Shop Date

    Chicken Shop Date

  • Chicken Shop Date

    Chicken Shop Date

  • After the Hunt

    After the Hunt

  • Under the Banner of Heaven

    Under the Banner of Heaven

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK

    RuPaul's Drag Race UK

  • Boy A

    Boy A

  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

  • Artificial

    Artificial

  • Silence

    Silence

  • The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Other Boleyn Girl

  • Mumbo Jumbo

    Mumbo Jumbo

  • Instrumental

    Instrumental

  • 99 Homes

    99 Homes

  • Under the Silver Lake

    Under the Silver Lake

  • Simon Schama's Power of Art

    Simon Schama's Power of Art

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

  • tick, tick... BOOM!

    tick, tick... BOOM!

  • Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

  • Lions for Lambs

    Lions for Lambs

  • Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

    Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

  • Red Riding

    Red Riding

  • Sugar Rush

    Sugar Rush

  • Mainstream

    Mainstream

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

  • The Magic Faraway Tree

    The Magic Faraway Tree

  • Breathe

    Breathe

  • The Uprising

    The Uprising

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

  • I'm Here

    I'm Here

  • Swinging

    Swinging

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

  • Celebrity Substitute

    Celebrity Substitute

  • Air

    Air

  • Wild Things

    Wild Things

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

  • Heroes and Demons

    Heroes and Demons

  • Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

    Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

  • Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

    Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

  • National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

    National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

  • Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

    Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

  • The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'

    The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'

  • The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special

    The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special

  • National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

    National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

  • How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

    How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

  • Voyagers

    Voyagers

  • Arcade Fire: We Exist

    Arcade Fire: We Exist