Andrew Garfield

Andrew Russell Garfield is a BritishAmerican actor. Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Epsom, Surrey, Garfield began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He made his featurefilm debut in the 2007 ensemble drama Lions for Lambs. Garfield first came to international attention in 2010 with supporting roles in the drama films The Social Network, for which he received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, and Never Let Me Go, for which he received a Saturn Award and another BAFTA nomination.

Garfield was born in Los Angeles County, California. His mother, Lynn , is from Essex, England, and his father, Richard Garfield, is from California. Garfields paternal grandparents were also from the United Kingdom. His parents moved the family from Los Angeles to Britain when he was three years old, and Garfield was raised in Epsom, Surrey, in a middleclass home. Garfield is Jewish. His paternal grandparents were from Jewish immigrant families who had moved to London from Central and Eastern Europe , and the family surname was originally Garfinkel.

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