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Andrew Garfield

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Biography

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 superhero films to musicals, in independent films. His accolades include a Tony Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, 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 the West End stage and British 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 the title character 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 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 Never Let Me Go (2010), 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 West End and Broadway revivals of Angels in America, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. He later won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Garfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

As Peter Parker / Spider-Man

The Magic Faraway Tree

Appears in a KinoChain journey

tick, tick... BOOM!

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Amazing Spider-Man

As Spider-Man / Peter Parker

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

As Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Hacksaw Ridge

As Desmond T. Doss

The Social Network

As Eduardo Saverin

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Price of Devotion

From the riverbank to the desert, a journey through American cinema's darkest portraits of faith, charisma, and the corruption that follows.

8 films

Into the Woods We Go

From Enid Blyton's enchanted tree to the haunted forests of world cinema, a journey through the woods where magic, memory, and transformation await.

8 films

Unmasked: Living in the Aftermath of Exposure

The secret is out, and the thrill of anonymity is gone. This collection skips the suspense of a secret identity to focus on the unglamorous aftermath of total e...

7 films

The Path to La La Land & Its Legacy

A decade on from its 2016 debut, La La Land remains a landmark achievement in modern cinema: a dazzling, bittersweet love letter to big dreams and hard choices....

7 films

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