Thomas Stanley "Tom" Holland is an British-American actor and voice actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Outside of his work for Disney, Holland is also known for his roles as the titular character of Billy Elliot the Musical on the West End (a role for which he was first cast in 2008), Lucas Bennett in the 2012 film The Impossible (which marked his film debut), Arvin Russell in the 2020 Netflix film The Devil All the Time, the titular character of the 2021 Apple TV+ film Cherry, and Nathan Drake in the 2022 Sony Pictures film adaptation of Uncharted.
In 2011, he made his Disney debut voicing Shō in the UK dub of The Secret World of Arrietty that was produced by Optimum/StudioCanal.
While working on the 2015 film In the Heart of the Sea, Holland met Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When it was announced that The Amazing Spider-Man franchise would be rebooted, and the character joining the franchise in co-productions between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, Holland emailed Hemsworth to ask if he could put a good word in to Marvel Studios for his audition. As of April 2015, he was one of five actors reported to be on the shortlist for the role, a list that included Asa Butterfield and Timothée Chalamet. On June 23, Tom Holland was cast as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War. He reprised the role in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers 5, Spider-Man 4 and an as-yet unannounced Marvel Studios production. He also portrayed the character in the Avengers Campus attraction WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure. In 2021, it was confirmed Holland will continue playing Spider-Man for another trilogy in the MCU.
In 2019, Holland voiced Walter Beckett in the Fox/Blue Sky film Spies in Disguise.
In 2020, he voiced Ian Lightfoot in Disney/Pixar's Onward with Infinity War co-star Chris Pratt.
Filmography[]
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026) - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Spies in Disguise (2019) - Walter Beckett
- Onward (2020) - Ian Lightfoot
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Trivia[]
- Holland's first acting role was when he was cast as the titular character of the musical adaptation of Billy Elliot.
- He has been a fan of Spider-Man since he was a child, and he described getting the role as a "dream come true".
- Due to COVID-19, Holland had to be tested for coronavirus before resuming filming on his movie Uncharted, as well as Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- He managed to convince Sony and Disney to continue working together in order to allow Spider-Man to stay in the MCU.
- He received the Spider-Man: No Way Home script on October 26, 2020.
- Even though Holland is friends with Remy Hii, he dislikes the actor Brad Davis.
- Holland is a fan of the show WandaVision.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home is his favorite film out of the trilogy.
- He started dating his Spider-Man co-star, and on-screen girlfriend, Zendaya in 2021.
- Holland isn't the first Spider-Man actor to date the actresses of their on-screen love. Tobey Maguire dated Kirsten Dunst who played Mary Jane Watson in the Sam Raimi trilogy, and Andrew Garfield dated Emma Stone who played Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man films.
- Holland is the first Spider-Man and MCU actor to get a double trilogy.
- He also portrayed Nolan North's character Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie, alongside Mark Wahlberg.
- He won a the "Favorite Movie Actor" award at the 2022 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Holland's Spider-Man trilogy is the highest-grossing trilogy of all time.
- He signed another contract to return as Spider-Man in November 2022.