From drama school to a household name! Andrew Garfield took the world by storm in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and has since become one of the most successful actors in Hollywood.
The Doctor Who alum was born in Los Angeles in August 1983 but spent his formative years in Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom. Garfield took up an interest in acting after trying many other creative pursuits.
“I felt like I was on an acid trip,” the Never Let Me Go actor told the Irish Times in February 2022. “My brain was melting. The doors of perception just opened and I realized I needed to be on stage with these freaks and lunatics who were creating worlds out of nothing. That was exactly where I wanted to be.”
After graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London in 2004, Garfield primarily worked in theater and made his film debut in 2007’s Lion for Lambs alongside such iconic actors as Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Garfield went on to star in several other major motion pictures, including 2010’s The Social Network, which earned him numerous nominations including a Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Supporting Role.
In 2012, Garfield was cast as Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man, which gained him worldwide recognition. He reprised his role as the web-slinging hero in the 2014 and 2021 sequels.
“It was only beautiful,” the Los Angeles native told Variety in a September 2021 interview. “I got to meet Emma [Stone] and work with her and Sally Field.”
Stone played Garfield’s onscreen love interest in the franchise, also dating the actor offscreen for four years before they split in October 2015.
“We care about each other so much, and that’s a given, that’s kind of this unconditional thing,” Garfield explained on Vanity Fair’s “Little Gold Men” podcast in January 2017. “There’s so much love between us and so much respect. … I’m her biggest fan as an artist. So for me, it’s been bliss to be able to watch her success and watch her bloom into the actress that she is. And it’s been wonderful to have that kind of support for each other.”
The Eyes of Tammy Faye star moved on with Christine Gabel from 2019 to 2021 and later began a relationship with model Alyssa Miller from 2021 to 2022. The La La Land actress, for her part, tied the knot with Dave McCary in 2020.
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Keep scrolling for a look back at Garfield’s life and career over the years:
Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1983, however, his parents moved the family to the U.K. when he was only 3 years old. After trying many other hobbies, the Breathe actor took up acting classes and went on to study drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he graduated from in 2004. Alan Davidson/Shutterstock
After performing in several theater productions, Garfield garnered public attention with his role in series three of Doctor Who. He then made his film debut in Lions for Lambs and Boy A, the latter of which earned the 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Actor. David James/Mgm/Ua/Kobal/Shutterstock
The Under the Silver Lake actor co-starred opposite Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network. His performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. “I’m very rarely satisfied with how something turns out. I suffer from that kind of queer, divine dissatisfaction that most creative people have,” Garfield told Total Film in September 2021. “I remember watching The Social Network for the first time, and me and Jesse were like, ‘Oh, we hate this s–t. We hate it.’ Everyone around us was going, ‘What the f–k is wrong with you? It’s incredible.’ We were like, ‘No, I ruined it. They should have cast someone else.’ There’s a healthy version of that, which is the growing down thing. But then sometimes it turns into an indulgence.” Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock
Following his performance in The Social Network, Garfield was cast as Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man, a role in which he reprised in 2014 and 2021. The Mainstream star also made his Broadway debut that same year in the revival of Death of a Salesman, which earned him a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock
Amid their star turns in the Spider-Man franchise, Garfield and Stone dated from 2012 to 2015. Alexandre Meneghini/AP/Shutterstock
During this year, the 99 Homes actor starred in Martin Scorsese’s Silence and Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, the latter earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Cross Creek/Kobal/Shutterstock
Garfield went back to his theater roots and performed in the London and Broadway production of Angels in America, winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Gabel and Garfield began dating in the summer of 2019 and the duo were spotted holding hands in November 2021. However, their romance soon fizzled. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
The I’m Here star appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Tick, Tick … Boom!, which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and a second Oscar nomination for Best Actor. “When I heard that [Lin] wanted to talk to me, it was an immediate ‘Yes,’ no matter what the project was, because I knew that he was going to be making something that was rich and deep and complex, and intelligent and emotional and joyful, and thematically meaningful,” Garfield explained to The Hollywood Reporter in February 2022. Netflix/Moviestore/Shutterstock
After several years, Garfield reprised his role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring alongside his successor Tom Holland and predecessor Tobey Maguire. “I watched the movie with Tobey for the first time, and I was in pieces,” he revealed in a January 2022 Deadline interview. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Garfield and Miller were spotted holding hands in November 2021 and made their red carpet debut in February 2022. After nearly a year of dating, a source told Us Weekly in April 2022 that the duo had called it quits. ZapatA/MEGA
The Spider-Man actor starred in the miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven, earning him an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup for FX/Shutterstock
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