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Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield was born in Los Angeles on 20 August 1983, the son of a British mother from Essex and an American father from California. He was raised in Surrey, England and attended the City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
He began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a MEN Theatre Award for his performance in Kes at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and won the outstanding newcomer award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006.
In October 2007, he was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch". In November 2007, he featured in the ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, playing an American university student, as well as the Channel 4 drama Boy A, for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 2008. He appears in the film The Other Boleyn Girl
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Andrew Garfield delivers spider to New York history museum -
27 June 2012
-Actor Andrew Garfield turned real-life Spider-Man on Wednesday (27Jun12) when he hand delivered a live tarantula to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.-The Social Network star, who plays the web-slinging superhero in new movie The Amazing Spider-Man, han
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Andrew Garfield 'disappointed' with Spider-Man fame -
26 June 2012
-The Social Network star Andrew Garfield has become disillusioned after finding fame and now dreams of "simpler times" when he struggled to land jobs.-The actor is set to become a Hollywood leading man following the release of his latest project The Amazing Spider-Man,
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Andrew Garfield almost suffocated on Spider-Man set -
24 June 2012
-Actor Andrew Garfield almost suffocated on the set of new movie The Amazing Spider-Man after failing to realise his iconic spandex suit wasn't water-proof.-The Social Network star plays lead character Peter Parker in the upcoming superhero reboot and Garfield confesses
Andrew Garfield - what members say
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Makes you think... 8 March 2009
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The Wondorium of Mr. Gilliam 19 October 2009
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Superior to the other Spiderman films 4 July 2012
Andrew Garfield - filmography
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The Amazing Spider-Man - 3D Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Director: Marc Webb
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he ..read more »
 
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The Amazing Spider-Man
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Director: Marc Webb
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he ..read more »
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from 13,547 members
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The Amazing Spider-Man - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Director: Marc Webb
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he ..read more »
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from 6,318 members
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The Social Network - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Brenda Song, Joseph Mazzello, Rooney Mara
Director: David Fincher
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David Fincher's The Social Network is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever. Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humour, this superbly crafted ..read more »
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from 23,931 members
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The Social Network
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Brenda Song, Joseph Mazzello, Rooney Mara
Director: David Fincher
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David Fincher's The Social Network is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever. Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humour, this superbly crafted ..read more »
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from 78,145 members
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I'm Here
(2010)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sienna Guillory
Director: Spike Jonze
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A unique collaboration between Jonze and ABSOLUT Vodka, I’m Here, is a robot love story that recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Jonze’s short film brings to life ABSOLUT’’s vision that ‘In An ABSOLUT World, ordinary is no place to be’.
A robot library assistant plods through an ..read more »
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from 71 members
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Never Let Me Go - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield
Director: Mark Romanek
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As children, Ruth (Knightley), Kathy (Mulligan) and Tommy (Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves ..read more »
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from 214 members
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Never Let Me Go
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield
Director: Mark Romanek
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As children, Ruth (Knightley), Kathy (Mulligan) and Tommy (Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves ..read more »
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from 29,201 members
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Fantasy adventure directed by Terry Gilliam. Christopher Plummer stars as Dr Parnassus, leader of the extraordinary Imaginarium: a travelling theatre where members of the audience are given the irresistible opportunity to go beyond reality by means of a magical mirror and explore the limitless ..read more »
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from 34,808 members
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Lions for Lambs
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
Director: Robert Redford
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Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman (Cruise), a journalist (Streep) and a professor (Redford).
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from 23,984 members
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Boy A
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Alfie Owen, Katie Lyons
Director: Dimitry Cruelle, John Crowley
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A young man (Andrew Garfield, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Other Boleyn Girl) is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a ..read more »
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