Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield

  • Born: 1983-8-20
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, USA
  • Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
  • Profession: actor
  • Nationality: U.K
  • Graduate School: Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
  • Representative Works: Hacksaw Ridge, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Social Network, Silence, Under the Silver Lake, Crazy Hormone
  • Andrew Garfield (Andrew Garfield), born in Los Angeles, USA on August 20, 1983, is a British film actor and stage actor.
    In 2005, starred in his first TV series " Sugar Rush " [4]  . In 2007, starred in the crime film " Boy A ", and won the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Actor for this film. In 2009, the fantasy movie " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus " starring him was released [31]  . In 2010, the drama film " The Social Network " co-starring with Jesse Eisenberg premiered at the New York Film Festival [29] . From 2012 to 2014, starred in the superhero reboots " The Amazing Spider-Man " and " The Amazing Spider-man 2 " directed by Marc Preston Webb , and won the 14th Youth Choice Award for Best Summer Movie Actor Nomination. 
    In 2016, the drama film " Hacksaw Ridge " starring in the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival [26]  . With this film, it was nominated for the best actor in a drama film at the 74th Golden Globe Awards [8]  ; in November of the same year, he participated The drama film " Silence " was released in the Vatican [25]  . In 2017, the starring feature films " National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches " and " National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two-Perestroika " were released, and won the London Evening Standard Drama Award for this film. The Best Actor Award [10]  and the 72nd Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play [13]  . In 2020, the comedy film " Mainstream " co-starring with Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke premiered at the Venice Film Festival [24] . In 2021, the starring biopic " The Eyes of Tammy Faye " premiered at the Toronto Film Festival [23] .  

    Early Experience

    In 1986, he moved back to England with his parents and grew up in Salisbury, England. Andrew was Jewish and was raised in a middle-class family. His parents did some interior design business. Later, his father Richard became the head coach of the Guildford Swimming Club. His brother became a doctor. When Andrew was a teenager, he practiced gymnastics and swimming   . In 1999, he found that he was more interested in acting. After graduating from high school, Andrew was admitted to the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

    Performing Experience

    On October 19, 1997, the first crime movie "Trial and Punishment" was released. In 2004, he starred in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Kes" at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and won the Manchester Evening News Drama Award for Best Newcomer for his brilliant performance in "Kes". In 2005, starred in his first TV series " Sugar Rush "   .
    In 2006, for his performance on the West End of London, he won the Outstanding Newcomer Award of the Evening Standard Theater Awards and the Most Promising Newcomer Award issued by the London Theatre Critics Association.
    On March 31, 2007, the drama " Doctor Who Season 3 " co-starred with David Tennant was broadcast; on September 8, the crime movie " Boy A " starring him was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and played in the film A 24-year-old boy, Jack, who has spent most of his life in a junior school, won the British Film and Television Academy's Best Television Actor Award for this film. On November 9th, he co-starred in the feature film " Lions " with Robert Redford. "for Lambs " was released and played a college student Todd Hines in the film.  
    On February 29, 2008, the love movie " The Other Boleyn Girl " in which he participated was released. On October 16, 2009, the fantasy movie " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus " starring   him was released , playing the role of young Anton, a member of the fantasy circus.
    On September 15, 2010, he co-starred with Keira Christina Knightley and Carey Mulligan in the British science fiction film " Never Let Me Go " adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel . He   played the role of Tommy, a student at Heelsham School in the film. For this film, he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor; On September 24, the drama film " The Social Network " co-starring with Jesse Eisenberg premiered at the New York Film Festival , playing the role of Mark’s roommate Eduardo Savi in ​​the film Lin, and for this film won the Golden Globe Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations .  
    In 2011, the TV short film " Heroes & Demons " in which he participated was released. In May 2012, a stage play based on Arthur Miller's 1949 classic " Death of a Salesman " was staged in New York. Andrew played Biff Lowman, the eldest son of the protagonist Willie Lowman. This is also Garfield's Broadway debut, and for this stage play was nominated for the 66th American Tony Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Play.
    From 2012 to 2014, he starred in Marc Preston Webb 's superhero reboot " The Amazing Spider-Man " and the second " The Amazing Spider-man 2 "   , playing the role of Spider-Man Peter Parker in the film   .
    On August 29, 2014, the starring drama " 99 Homes " premiered at the Venice Film Festival   , playing the role of construction worker Dennis Nash in the film. This is also the first time Andrew Garfield has played the role of father.
    On September 4, 2016, the drama " Hacksaw Ridge " co-starring with Sam Worthington premiered at the Venice Film Festival . In the film, he played the thin, introverted Christian and military doctor Desmond Dawes. The film was nominated for the Best Actor in a Dramatic Movie at the 74th Golden Globe Awards ; on November 29, the drama film " Silence " co-starring with Adam Douglas Driver was released in the Vatican , playing the role of a Jesuit missionary Luo Father Drigoz.   
    In July 2017, the feature films " National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches " and " National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two-Perestroika " starring in the film were released and won the London Evening Standard for this film. "Best Actor in Drama Awards, Best Actor in a Drama   at the 72nd Tony Awards   ; On October 27, the romantic movie " Breathe " starring him was released   .
    In 2018, the movie " Under the Silver Lake " co-starring with Riley Keough and Christopher John Grace was released , playing a lazy dick Sam in the film. On September 5, 2020, the comedy movie " Mainstream " co-starring with Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke premiered at the Venice Film Festival .  
    On September 12, 2021, the biopic " The Eyes of Tammy Faye " starring with Jessica Michelle Chastain premiered at the Toronto Film Festival . 

    Personal Life

    family
    Andrew Garfield was born in Los Angeles   , USA . His father is from California, while his mother is from Essex County in southeastern England. Andrew Garfield’s father is Jewish and his grandparents are Jewish immigrant families. They moved to London from Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia and Romania) . The original family name was Garfinkel.
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    In 2012, Andrew Garfield and Emma Jean Stone fell in love while filming the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man". In 2015, the two broke up   .
    Garfield and Emma

    Character Evaluation

    Andrew Garfield, who grew up in the UK, is full of British taste and speech. "The Social Network" allows Sony Pictures to see Garfield's talent. In the superhero movie "The Amazing Spider-Man", he seems to have just come from school. The big boy who came out of it was just as casual and natural. From "The Social Network" to "The Amazing Spider-Man", from the wonderful performances on Broadway to the dream of acting as a boy, from the theater stage of the school to the spotlight of Hollywood, Garfield has said goodbye to the "little people". Life, joined the Hollywood community.
    "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", this line seems to be a footnote to Garfield's struggle, but for Andrew, his responsibility is not to let Spider-Man's clothes limit his vision and change To his truest appearance. It seems that if Andrew Garfield wants to continue to maintain his record, he really needs to put in more effort   .