Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield is an English and American actor. Born August 20, 1983, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Educated at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and City of London Freemen's School. Awards include Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Time 100.
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- Described as
- English and American actor (born 1983)
- Other names
- Andrew Russell Garfield, Garfield, Andrew Russell, Garfield, Andrew
- Born
- August 20, 1983 · 2 references
- Born in
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Andrew Russell Garfield · 3 references
- Citizen of
- United Kingdom · 1 reference; United States · 1 reference
- Occupation
- film actor · 1 reference; model; stage actor; television actor; singer; actor · 1 reference
- Education
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · 1 reference; City of London Freemen's School
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Awards
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play; Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (2021) · 1 reference; Time 100 (2022) · 1 reference; British Academy Television Award for Best Actor (2008)
- Field
- acting · 1 reference
- Siblings
- Ben Garfield
- Religion
- Judaism · 1 reference
- Lived in
- London; Los Angeles
- Wikipedias with a page
- 126
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384710346
Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He is known for his work across a variety of genres, from biographical dramas to action films, spanning both independent and blockbuster productions. His accolades include a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Television Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2022, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Garfield began his career on West End stage and British television. His breakout roles came as a juvenile convict in the television film Boy A (2007), followed by David Fincher's biographical drama The Social Network (2010) and as a dim young man caught in a love triangle in Mark Romanek's dystopian romance Never Let Me Go (2010). Garfield achieved wider recognition for starring as the title character in Marc Webb's Spider-Man films (2012–2014) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Garfield received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor 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 Silence (2016), Under the Silver Lake (2018), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and We Live in Time (2024). On television, he starred in the crime drama miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series.
On stage, Garfield made his Broadway debut as Biff Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman (2012), which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. For his performance as Prior Walter in the National Theatre revival of Angels in America on Broadway, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and later won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
- Born, in its opening lines
- August 20, 1983
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