Andrew Garfield

Andrew Russell Garfield ( born August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles ) is an American- British actor.

Life

Garfield was born the son of an American father and a British woman in Los Angeles. The family moved to Britain when Garfield was three years old; he grew up in Epsom in Surrey, England, on. After the completion of London's Central School of Speech and Drama Garfield began to act as a stage actor. In 2004 he received the Best Newcomer Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for his performance in the play Kes at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. In 2007, he was honored at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006 with the Milton Shulman Award for Best Newcomer.

In 2007 he was engaged Robert Redford for the role of a student in the film Lions for Lambs. In 2008 he was awarded the BAFTA for his performance in the TV movie A Boy; In the same year he took over the role of Anton in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, where he starred alongside Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer and Lily Cole.

In the honored with the Golden Globe Award film The Social Network, in which it comes to the creation of the Facebook social network, co-founder Eduardo Saverin, he embodies the. His performance earned him, among others, in 2011 a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Garfield starred in The Amazing Spider -Man, the first part of a reboot of the Spider- Man films, the role of the once embodied by Tobey Maguire superhero. The film had its premiere in June 2012.

He is in a relationship with his fellow actress Emma Stone.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: Doctor Who ( episodes 3x04 and 3x05 )
  • 2007: Boy A
  • 2007: Lions for Lambs (Lions for Lambs )
  • 2008: The Other Boleyn Girl ( The Other Boleyn Girl)
  • 2009: Yorkshire Killer ( Red Riding )
  • 2009: The Cabinet of Dr. Parnassus ( The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus )
  • 2009: Air (Short Film )
  • 2010: I'm Here ( short film )
  • 2010: Everything, Never Let Me Go ( Never Let Me Go )
  • 2010: The Social Network
  • 2012: The Amazing Spider -Man

Theater performances (selection)

  • 2004: Kes - Role: Billy (Manchester Royal Exchange)
  • 2005: Romeo and Juliet - Role: Romeo (Manchester Royal Exchange)
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