He has an older brother who is an NHS doctor at Royal Brompton Hospital. His mother was also a teaching assistant at a nursery school, and his father became head coach of the Guildford City Swimming Club. Garfield's parents ran a small interior-design business. He is Jewish on his father's side, and describes himself as a " Jewish artist." His paternal grandparents were from Jewish immigrant families who moved to London from Poland, Russia and Romania, and the family surname was originally " Garfinkel." Garfield's parents moved the family from Los Angeles to the UK when he was three years old, and he was brought up in Epsom, Surrey. Richard's parents were also from the United Kingdom. His mother, Lynn (née Hillman), was from Essex, England, and his father, Richard Garfield, is from California.
He also won a Golden Globe Award for the latter. He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring as Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and as Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick. Garfield gained wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the superhero films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and later in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He came to international attention in 2010 with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network, for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. He made his feature film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama Lions for Lambs and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in the television film Boy A (2007). Time included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.īorn in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, England, Garfield trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, a British Academy Television Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, two Academy Awards and three British Academy Film Awards. Andrew Garfield is the proud winner of a Tony Award! He won in 2018 for his role as Prior Walter in the revival of “Angels in America.Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. But, if I were to identify, I would identify as heterosexual, and being someone who identifies that way, and who’s taking on this seminal role, my scariest thought was, Am I allowed to do this?”ġ5. I want to know as much of the garden as possible before I pass - I have an openness to any impulses that may arise within me at any time. I think most people - we’re intrinsically trying to control our experience here, and manage it, and put walls around what we are and who we are. “ My stance toward life, though, is that I always try to surrender to the mystery of not being in charge. “Up until this point, I’ve only been sexually attracted to women,” Garfield told Out Magazine, in reference to his playing a gay character. He has an interesting answer when it comes to his sexuality: “There were so many things in the Exercises that changed me and transformed me, that showed me who I was… and where I believe God wants me to be,” he told an interviewer.ġ4. Ignatius Loyola as preparation for his role as Jesuit priest Sebastião Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.” Andrew completed the Spiritual Exercises of St. “ When we met, I got to know the real Mel, the six-years-sober Mel, and I experienced a good soul, a man who has done a lot of work on himself.”ġ3. But I needed to sit with him to get to know him, as a person, because no one can avoid the news and celebrity gossip,” Andrew explained. “I read the script and I heard Mel was directing it, and I felt excitement about him as a film-maker. This wasn’t a decision he made lightly, however. In 2014, Andrew worked on “Hacksaw Ridge,” a film directed by known antisemite Mel Gibson. Spiderman creator Stan Lee did have a complicated relationship to Judaism, so Spiderman very well could be!ġ2. It’s a defining feature…I hope Jewish people won’t mind the cliché, because my father’s Jewish. He ums and ahs about his future because he’s neurotic. He can’t just switch off,” Garfield said in an interview. Sorry Andrew, Fred is definitely the cuter one in this video.