Andrew Garfield's Real Name: Andrew Russell Garfield

Quick answer: Andrew Garfield's full name is Andrew Russell Garfield. He was born on August 20, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Epsom, Surrey, England. He holds both American and British citizenship and acts under his birth name (Britannica).

Early life

Garfield's American father, Richard, and English mother, Lynn, moved the family to England when Andrew was about three. He took up gymnastics and swimming, then drama as a teenager. He trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2004.

Stage start and breakthrough

He began on the British stage, winning an Evening Standard Theatre Award as an outstanding newcomer in 2006. His British TV film Boy A (2007) won him a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor (BAFTA). His international breakthrough came as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010), which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.

Spider-Man

Garfield played Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He returned to the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), alongside Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland.

Awards run

• Hacksaw Ridge (2016): Best Actor Oscar nomination as conscientious objector Desmond Doss.
• Angels in America (2018 Broadway): Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play as Prior Walter (Tony Awards).
• Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021): a Golden Globe and a second Oscar nomination as composer Jonathan Larson.
• Under the Banner of Heaven (2022): Emmy nomination.
• We Live in Time (2024), with Florence Pugh.
• After the Hunt (2025), directed by Luca Guadagnino.

He also starred in Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016).