Andrew Garfield

Andrew Russell Garfield born August 20 1983 is an English and American actor He has received various accolades including a Tony Award a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award a Laurence Olivier Award and two Academy Awards Time included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022 Born in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom England Garfield trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began his career on the UK stage and in television productions He made his feature film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama Lions for Lambs He won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his performance in the television film Boy A 2007 He came to international attention in 2010 with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Film Award and a Golden Globe Award Garfield gained wider recognition for playing SpiderMan in the superhero films The Amazing SpiderMan 2012 The Amazing SpiderMan 2 2014 and later in SpiderMan No Way Home 2021 He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring as Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge 2016 and as Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick Tick Boom 2021 Garfield also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the latter In 2022 he starred as a Mormon detective in the crime drama miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven earning nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award On stage Garfield appeared in the 2012 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman which garnered him a Tony Award nomination For playing Prior Walter in a 2017 London production of Angels in America Garfield was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award he reprised the role on Broadway the following year and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play