Tom Holland

Acting

Born 1996-06-01 · Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK

Thomas Stanley Holland is a British actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award as well as two Critics' Choice Awards nominations. His films as a lead actor have grossed over $9.9 billion worldwide. He was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list of 2019. Holland's career began at the age of nine when he enrolled in a dancing class. A choreographer noticed him and arranged for him to audition for a role in Billy Elliot the Musical at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. After two years of training, he secured a supporting part in 2008. Later that year, he was upgraded to the title role, which he played until 2010. He made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) followed by roles in the romance drama How I Live Now (2013) and the historical adventure dramas In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and The Lost City of Z (2016). Holland achieved international recognition playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Its sequels, Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide; the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. Holland played against-type roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021), and starred in the big-budget films Uncharted (2022) and The Odyssey (2026). Holland has voiced roles in the animated features Spies in Disguise (2019) and Onward (2020). On television, he took roles in the PBS historical miniseries Wolf Hall (2015) and the Apple TV+ psychological thriller limited series The Crowded Room (2023). He returned to the stage starring as one of the title roles in the West End revival of Romeo and Juliet (2024). He is married to his longtime co-star Zendaya.