History Creator / AndrewGarfield

* CreatorBacklash: Although he enjoyed portraying Spider-Man, he doesn't seem particularly proud being in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. He told interviewers about WhatCouldHaveBeen prior to some ExecutiveMeddling in the editing room, and actually [[http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/05/01/spider-man-actor-andrew-garfield-got-himself-fired-from-series-by-insulting-sony-chief blew off a dinner meant to announce the third movie]]. Sony was seriously considering firing him and [[TheOtherDarrin replacing him with another actor]] a la ''Film/BatmanForever'', but the series was canceled before anything could come to fruition (and Spider-Man was recast anyway for a ContinuityReboot set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse).[[invoked]]

* ''Spider-Man''

Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is a British-American actor. With a dorky smile, a friendly disposition, and heaps of talent, it's not hard to see why Garfield is one of the most sought after young actors working today.

* IronyAsHeIsCast: Two of his biggest roles, ''Film/HacksawRidge'' and ''Film/{{Silence}}'', have him playing a devoted Christian, but Garfield himself is actually ''very'' Jewish.
** He was also cast as Jonathan Larson, the composer who famously made ''Theatre/Rent'' and trained singer in ''Film/TickTickBoom'' despite the fact that before being cast, Andrew never had any professional music experience.

His StarMakingRole was Franchise/SpiderMan in the short-lived ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. He then appeared in historical dramas such as Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/HacksawRidge'' and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Silence}}''.

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' (2012)
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' (2014)

* ''Theatre/TickTickBoom'' (2021)

* MrFanservice: Tumblr users everywhere have expressed intense appreciation for his butt.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Can you actually imagine that he is in his mid-thirties and he looks like he graduated from high school?

* RoleReprise: Portrayed Spider-Man in two films in the 2010s before eventually returning as an AlternateUniverse version of the character in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in the 2020s.

His StarMakingRole was Franchise/SpiderMan in the short-lived ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. He then appeared in historical dramas such as Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/HacksawRidge'' and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Silence}}'' before making a return as his iteration of Spider-Man in the third film of the ''Spider-Man'' series in the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse, ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' (2021) -- [[RoleReprise Reprising his role]] as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Peter Parker]]

* ''Film/UnderTheSilverLake'' (2019) * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021) -- [[RoleReprise Reprising his role]] as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Peter Parker]]

* ''Film/UnderTheSilverLake'' (2019)
%% * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
%% ** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021) -- [[RoleReprise Reprising his role]] as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Peter Parker]]

His StarMakingRole was Franchise/SpiderMan in the short-lived ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. He then appeared in historical dramas such as Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/HacksawRidge'' and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Silence}}'' before making a return as his iteration of Spider-Man in the third film of the ''Spider-Man'' series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

%% ** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021) -- Reprising his role as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Peter Parker]]

%% * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
%% ** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021) -- Reprising his role from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''

%%** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021)

* CreatorBacklash: Although he enjoyed portraying Spider-Man, he doesn't seem particularly proud being in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. He told interviewers about WhatCouldHaveBeen prior to some ExecutiveMeddling in the editing room, and actually [[http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/05/01/spider-man-actor-andrew-garfield-got-himself-fired-from-series-by-insulting-sony-chief blew off a dinner meant to announce the third movie]]. Sony was seriously considering firing him and [[TheOtherDarrin replacing him with another actor]] a la ''Film/BatmanForever'', but the series was cancelled before anything could come to fruition (and Spider-Man was recast anyway for a ContinuityReboot set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse).[[invoked]]
* FakeAmerican: Although American-born, he was raised his entire life in Surrey, predominantly speaks in a thick British accent and identifies himself as British.[[invoked]]

* MrFanservice: Tumblr users everwhere have expressed intense appreciation for his butt.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Can you actually imagine that he is in his mid thirties and he looks like he graduated from high school?

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* ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021)

* Untitled ''Spider-Man'' Sequel (2021)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Some would call him ''[[Main/AccidentalPun amazing.]]'']]

His StarMakingRole was Franchise/SpiderMan in the short-lived ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. He then appeared in historical dramas such as Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/HacksawRidge'' and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Silence}}''.

!!Films of his with pages on this wiki:

* FakeAmerican: Although American-born, he was raised his entire life in Surrey, predominantly speaks in a thick British accent and identifies himself as British. [[invoked]]

* OldShame: He doesn't seem particularly proud being in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. He told interviewers about WhatCouldHaveBeen and actually [[http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/05/01/spider-man-actor-andrew-garfield-got-himself-fired-from-series-by-insulting-sony-chief blew off a dinner meant to announce the third movie]]. Sony was seriously considering firing him and [[TheOtherDarrin replacing him with another actor]] a la ''Film/BatmanForever'', but the series was cancelled before anything could come to fruition (and Spider-Man was recast anyway for a ContinuityReboot set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse). [[invoked]]
* PromotedFanboy: To the point that he actually shed tears when he got to wear the Spider-Man suit for the first time. [[invoked]]
* RomanceOnTheSet: He dated Creator/EmmaStone, his co-star in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', for four years before they broke up in 2015. [[invoked]]

Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is a British American actor. With a dorky smile, a friendly disposition, and heaps of talent, it's not hard to see why Garfield is one of the most sought after young actors working today.

Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is a British American actor. With a dorky smile, a friendly disposition, and heaps of talent, it's not hard to see why Garfield is one of the most sought after young actors working today.