Andrew Garfield

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

  • After the Hunt

    After the Hunt

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

  • The Amazing Spider-Man

    The Amazing Spider-Man

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • The Social Network

    The Social Network

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

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

    Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

  • Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

    Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

  • Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

    Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK

    RuPaul's Drag Race UK

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

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

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

  • Under the Banner of Heaven

    Under the Banner of Heaven

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'

    The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'

  • How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

    How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

  • Silence

    Silence

  • The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Other Boleyn Girl

  • The Magic Faraway Tree

    The Magic Faraway Tree

  • Voyagers

    Voyagers

  • Chicken Shop Date

    Chicken Shop Date

  • Chicken Shop Date

    Chicken Shop Date

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Under the Silver Lake

    Under the Silver Lake

  • Instrumental

    Instrumental

  • Lions for Lambs

    Lions for Lambs

  • 99 Homes

    99 Homes

  • Mainstream

    Mainstream

  • Artificial

    Artificial

  • Boy A

    Boy A

  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

  • tick, tick... BOOM!

    tick, tick... BOOM!

  • Heroes and Demons

    Heroes and Demons

  • Sugar Rush

    Sugar Rush

  • 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

  • Mumbo Jumbo

    Mumbo Jumbo

  • Breathe

    Breathe

  • Red Riding

    Red Riding

  • Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

  • Celebrity Substitute

    Celebrity Substitute

  • Simon Schama's Power of Art

    Simon Schama's Power of Art

  • Wild Things

    Wild Things

  • I'm Here

    I'm Here

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

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

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

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

  • Swinging

    Swinging

  • The Uprising

    The Uprising

  • Air

    Air

  • Arcade Fire: We Exist

    Arcade Fire: We Exist