- Andrew Garfield
Infobox actor
caption = promotional photo of Andrew Garfield
birthdate = birth date and age|1983|8|20|mf=y
birthplace =Los Angeles, California ,U.S.
baftaawards = Best Actor
2008 "Boy A "Andrew Garfield (born
August 20 ,1983 ) is aBAFTA award-winning British actor, known for his roles on stage, film, and television, including the 2007 release "Lions for Lambs ".Biography
Personal life
Garfield was born in
Los Angeles, California , the son of a British mother fromEssex and an American father from California.cite news|last=Shenton|first=Mark|coauthors=|title=Andrew Garfield|pages=|publisher=Broadway.com in London|date=2006-05-15 |url=http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3002258|accessdate=2007-11-08] cite news|last=Fielder|first=Miles|coauthors=|title=Andrew Garfield|pages=|publisher=The List|date=2007-11-01 |url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/5447-andrew-garfield/|accessdate=2007-11-08] His family moved to England three years after he was born. Garfield isJew ish and was raised in a "middle class home".cite news|last=Carnevale|first=Rob|coauthors=|title=Lions For Lambs - Andrew Garfield interview|pages=|publisher=IndieLondon|date=11/07|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/lions-for-lambs-andrew-garfield-interview|accessdate=2007-11-12] Garfield's parents ran a smallinterior design business; his father now works as head coach of a successful swimming club and his mother as a teaching assistant at a nursery school.cite news|last=Albiston|first=Isabel|coauthors=|title=Andrew Garfield: ready for take-off|pages=|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2007-10-27 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=WSQFGY0PZW2A5QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2007/10/27/sm_andrewgarfield.xml&page=1|accessdate=2007-11-08] He was raised inSurrey, England and attended theCity of London Freemen's School in Ashtead before training at theCentral School of Speech and Drama . Andrew is currently dating American actressShannon Woodward . He is highly allergic to all types of nuts.Career
Garfield began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a MEN Theatre Award for his performance in "Kes" at Manchester's
Royal Exchange Theatre (where he also playedRomeo the year after), 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 theBAFTA for Best Actor in 2008. He appears in the film "The Other Boleyn Girl"cite news|last=Idelson|first=Karen|coauthors=|title=Andrew Garfield: 'Lions' actor certainly not a lamb anymore|pages=|publisher=Variety.com|date=2007-11-12 |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974420.html?categoryid=2816&cs=1|accessdate=2007-10-19] and is currently filmingTerry Gilliam 's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus".At the Berlinale 2008 (Berlin International Filmfestival) he was one of the shooting stars.Filmography
Radio credits
References
External links
*imdb|1940449
* [http://themovie-fanatic.com/hotlist/rising_stars/andrew_garfield/ Andrew Garfield comprehensive profile ]
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