Andrew Russell Garfield is an English and American actor. He is known for his work in a variety of genres, from superhero to musicals in independent films. His accolades include a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Garfield began his acting career on stage and television. His breakout roles came as a juvenile convict in the television film Boy A (2007) and later as Eduardo Saverin in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010). Garfield achieved wider recognition for starring as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marc Webb's Spider-Man films (2012–2014) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Garfield received Academy Award nominations for his performances as Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Jonathan Larson in the musical drama Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021). His other film credits include Never Let Me Go (2010), Silence (2016), Under the Silver Lake (2018), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and We Live in Time (2024).