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Andrew Garfield
Garfield at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International.
Born
Andrew Russell Garfield

(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
CitizenshipAmerican and British
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Andrew Russell Garfield[1] (born 20 August 1983) is an actor, of dual American and British citizenship.[2][3][4] He began his career in English television, appearing in the teen drama Sugar Rush in 2005, and gained further exposure appearing in the BBC's Doctor Who in 2007. His early film roles include Lions for Lambs, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and the Channel 4 drama Boy A, which garnered him the 2008 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor. Garfield achieved wider recognition and critical acclaim for his role as Eduardo Saverin in the 2010 film The Social Network, a role which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.[5] He played the title character in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of the Spider-Man film series.

Early life

Garfield was born in Los Angeles, the son of a British mother from Essex and an American father from California.[6][7] His family moved to Britain when he was three years old.[6] Garfield is Jewish[8] and was brought up in a "middle class home".[8] His parents ran a small interior design business; his father, Richard, later became head coach of the Guildford Swimming Club, and his mother, Lynn, is a teaching assistant at a nursery school.[9][10] He has an older brother who is a doctor.[11] Garfield was brought up in Surrey, England, and was a gymnast and a swimmer during his early years.[7][9] He had originally intended to study business, but became interested in acting at the age of sixteen.[12]

Garfield attended Priory Preparatory School in Banstead and later City of London Freemen's School in nearby Ashtead, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, from which he graduated in 2004.[9][13]

Career

Garfield at the Toronto International Film Festival, 11 September 2010

Garfield started taking acting classes in Guildford, Surrey, when he was twelve, and appeared in a youth theatre production of Bugsy Malone.[11] He also joined a small youth theatre workshop group in Epsom, and began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Newcomer, for his performance in Kes at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (where he also played Romeo the year after), and won the Outstanding Newcomer Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006.[14]

Garfield made his British television debut in 2005, appearing in the Channel 4 teenage drama Sugar Rush.[14] In Summer 2007, he grabbed public attention when he appeared in the third series of the BBC's Doctor Who, in the episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks". In October 2007, he was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch",[15] and in November 2007, appeared in the ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, playing an American university student. Also that month, he starred in the Channel 4 drama Boy A, for which he won the 2008 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.[16] In 2008, he had a minor role in the film The Other Boleyn Girl,[15] and was named one of the shooting stars at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Garfield appeared in Vogue's December 2009 issue, modelling alongside Lily Cole, in a photographed retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Also that year, Garfield had a supporting role in the Terry Gilliam film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus[8] and the Red Riding television trilogy. In 2010 he co-starred in the British film based on the novel by Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go,[17] as well as in David Fincher's The Social Network, alongside Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, about the founders of Facebook. For the film, he received two BAFTA award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the BAFTA Rising Star. On 14 December 2010, The Social Network received six nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, four of which it won, including Best Motion Picture-Drama, on 16 December 2011. Garfield was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.[18]

On 5 January 2010, Garfield appeared briefly as Terry Gilliam's assistant in the Arcade Fire webcast pre-show at Madison Square Garden. On 12 September 2010, he co-presented at the 2010 MTV VMAs with Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake.[19]

In March 2012, Garfield made his Broadway debut as Biff Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman, directed by Tony winner Mike Nichols at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The production also stars Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tony Award nominee Linda Emond.[20] Garfield was nominated for a Tony Award as a best featured actor in a play for the role.[21]

Garfield played Spider-Man, opposite Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, in director Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man,[22][23][24] which began filming in December 2010 and was released on 3 July 2012.[25] On fans' expectations of his portrayal of the role, Garfield has joked; "This is a beloved character and, you know, ironically, I'm gonna be the person in the audience going, 'Who cast this English fool?'"[26] Garfield's performance received positive reviews.[27][28] Days before release, Garfield stated, "If we do [a sequel], I hope I can do it — I hope they'd let me do it. ... They already have a release date for the second one. But no script! So we have our priorities in order."[29] The second film is slated for release in May 2014.[30]

Filmography

Garfield at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 18, 2009

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2007 Lions for Lambs Todd Hayes
Boy A Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Francis Weston
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Anton
Red Riding Eddie Dunford
2010 I'm Here Sheldon Short film
Never Let Me Go Tommy Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Actor (also for The Social Network)
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Rising Star (also for The Social Network)
Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Social Network Eduardo Saverin Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Actor (also for Never Let Me Go)
Hollywood Film Award for Best Ensemble of the Year
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — BAFTA Rising Star Award (also for Never Let Me Go)
Nominated — Boston Society of Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Scene Stealer Male
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated — Teen Choice Awards for Choice Summer Movie Star Male

Television

Year TV Series/Film Role Notes
2005 Swinging Various characters
Sugar Rush Tom
2006 Simon Schama's Power of Art: Caravaggio Boy
2007 Doctor Who Frank Episode: "Daleks in Manhattan"
Episode: "Evolution of the Daleks"
Freezing Kit
Bash
Trial & Retribution XI: Closure Martin Douglas
2009 Red Riding Eddie Dunford
2011 Saturday Night Live Himself Cameo

Stage

Year Play Role Notes
2004 Mercy Deccy Soho Theatre
Kes[11] Billy Manchester Royal Exchange
2005 The Laramie Project various characters Sound Theatre
Romeo & Juliet Romeo Manchester Royal Exchange
2006 Beautiful Thing Jamie Sound Theatre
Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship Birdman / Jim / Stephen Royal National Theatre
The Overwhelming Geoffrey UK tour
2012 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman Broadway Revival
Nominated — Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance[31]
Nominated — Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play[32]
Nominated — Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play[33]

Radio

Year Programme Role
2005 Church Robert
Caesar Antinous

References

  1. ^ "Baftas: The Actors". Metro. April 15, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/11/16/spider-man-star-andrew-garfield-who-cast-this-english-fool-tobey-maguire-is-genius/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Donaldson, Brian (February 15, 2009). "Rising Star". The Sunday Herald. Retrieved July 15, 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

    "Q: You were born in California but moved to Britain at the age of three. How American do you feel?

    Andrew Garfield: ... I feel equally at home in both places. I don't feel any more or less either one, but enjoy having a varied cultural existence."
  4. ^ Paskin, Willa (December 25, 2009). "The New Leading Man: Andrew Garfield". Black Book Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

    Andrew Garfield: I have two nationalities, so I can be either here or there, so it doesn’t really matter. I’m ok with being kind of slightly nomadic.
  5. ^ Associated Press (August 1, 2008). "Andrew Garfield: From unknown to 'Boy A'". MSNBC. Retrieved May 27, 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ a b Shenton, Mark (May 15, 2006). "Andrew Garfield". Broadway.com in London. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  7. ^ a b Fielder, Miles (November 1, 2007). "Andrew Garfield". The List. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2007. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b c Carnevale, Rob (11/07). "Lions For Lambs – Andrew Garfield interview". IndieLondon. Retrieved November 12, 2007. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ a b c Singh, Anita (July 2, 2010). "Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man: who is he?". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Andrew Garfield's Parents On How Their Son Is Handling Spider-Man Fame". accesshollywood.com. June 29, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c Albiston, Isabel (October 27, 2007). "Andrew Garfield: ready for take-off". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  12. ^ "Emma & Andrew's Amazing Adventure". usaweekend.com. June 21, 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Frontpage" ignored (help); Text "text" ignored (help); Text "topnews" ignored (help)
  13. ^ "Priory Preparatory school in Banstead celebrates 90 years". yourlocalguardian.co.uk. June 8, 2011. {{cite news}}: Text "Frontpage" ignored (help); Text "text" ignored (help); Text "topnews" ignored (help)
  14. ^ a b Graham, Jane (October 7, 2010). "Andrew Garfield: our No 1 hottest young British movie talent". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ a b Idelson, Karen (November 12, 2007). "Andrew Garfield: 'Lions' actor certainly not a lamb anymore". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
  16. ^ "Spider-Man comes to London". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2012
  17. ^ Jaafar, Ali (March 1, 2009). "Keira Knightley set for 'Never'". Variety. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ UKPA (December 14, 2010). "Firth film leads Golden Globe nods". The Press Association. Retrieved December 25, 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)[dead link]
  19. ^ "Andrew Garfield". TVGuide.com. September 9, 2010.
  20. ^ "Death of a Salesman, Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield, Opens on Broadway". Broadway.com. March 15, 2012.
  21. ^ David Rooney (May 10, 2012). "His Own Network of Tortured Souls". The New York Times.
  22. ^ "It's Official! Andrew Garfield to Play Spider-Man!". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. July 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "British actor Andrew Garfield cast as new Spider-Man". BBC. July 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ Dave, Itzoff (July 2, 2010). "New 'Spider-Man' Finds Its New Spider-Man". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "'The Amazing Spider-Man': The Early Reviews Are In!". MTV.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  26. ^ "'Spider-Man' star Andrew Garfield: 'Who cast this English fool? ... Tobey Maguire is genius'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  27. ^ "Amazing Spider-Man' Reviews In: How Do Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire's Spideys Stack Up?". celebuzz.com. July 3, 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Frontpage" ignored (help); Text "text" ignored (help); Text "topnews" ignored (help)
  28. ^ "Amazing Spider-Man' Reviews: Critics Weigh In On Andrew Garfield's New Film". huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Frontpage" ignored (help); Text "text" ignored (help); Text "topnews" ignored (help)
  29. ^ Carlson, Erin (June 27, 2012). "Andrew Garfield Hopes to Star in 'Spider-Man' Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ "Spider-Man reboot to be a trilogy". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2012
  31. ^ Ricky Martin, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and 52 Others Earn 2012 Drama League Nominations. Broadway.com.
  32. ^ Nice Work If You Can Get It, Newsies & Once Lead 2012 Outer Critics Circle Nominations. Broadway.com.
  33. ^ Once, Porgy and Bess, Nice Work & Peter and the Starcatcher Top List of 2012 Tony Award Nominations. Broadway.com.
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