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Born | Thomas Stanley Holland 1 June 1996 London, England |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2006–present |
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Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) [1] is an English actor. A graduate of the BRIT School in London, he began his acting career on stage in the title role of Billy Elliot the Musical in the West End from 2008 to 2010. He gained further recognition for his starring role in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), receiving the London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.
Holland rose to stardom for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In 2017, 20-year-old Tom Holland won BAFTA Rising Star Award, becoming the second-youngest recipient at that time.
Thomas Stanley Holland [2] was born on 1 June 1996 in Kingston upon Thames, London, [3] [4] to Nicola Elizabeth (née Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland, a comedian and author. [5] [6] His paternal grandparents were born on the Isle of Man and Tipperary, Ireland, respectively. [7] [8] He has three younger brothers: twins Harry and Sam (b. 14 February 1999) [9] and Patrick "Paddy" (b. 6 December 2004). [5] [10]
Holland was educated at Donhead, a Roman Catholic preparatory school in Wimbledon in South West London, [11] followed by Wimbledon College, a voluntary aided Jesuit Roman Catholic comprehensive school (also in Wimbledon), up until December 2012. Holland has said he was bullied in school for being a dancer. [12] After Wimbledon College he attended The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. [6] Holland first learned gymnastics during his time performing in Billy Elliot the Musical . [13] In his late teens, during a lull in his career, Holland briefly attended carpentry school in Cardiff, Wales. [14]
Holland began dancing at a hip hop class at Nifty Feet Dance School in Wimbledon. His potential was spotted by choreographer Lynne Page (who was an associate to Peter Darling, choreographer of Billy Elliot and Billy Elliot the Musical ) when he performed with his dance school as part of the 2006 Richmond Dance Festival. [15]
After eight auditions and two subsequent years of training, [16] on 28 June 2008, Holland made his West End debut in Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael, Billy's best friend. [17] He gave his first performance in the title role on 8 September 2008, receiving positive notices. [10] [18]
In September 2008, Holland (together with co-star Tanner Pflueger) appeared on the news programme on channel FIVE and gave his first TV interview. The following year, he was featured on ITV1 show The Feel Good Factor. [19] At the premiere on 31 January, Holland and two actors also playing the title role, Pflueger and Layton Williams, performed a version of "Angry Dance" from Billy Elliot the Musical, after which Holland was interviewed by host Myleene Klass. He trained five British schoolboys for a dance routine he fronted for the final The Feel Good Factor show on 28 March 2009. [20]
On 8 March 2010, to mark the fifth anniversary of Billy Elliot the Musical, four current Billy Elliots, including Holland, were invited to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. [21] [22] Holland was chosen to be a lead at the fifth-anniversary show on 31 March 2010. [23] Holland appeared on a regular basis as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical, rotating with three other performers, [24] until 29 May 2010, when he finished his run.
In 2011, Holland was cast in the British dub of the animated fantasy film Arrietty , produced by Japan's Studio Ghibli. He provided a voice for the principal character Sho. [25] Holland made his feature film debut in The Impossible (2012), directed by J.A. Bayona, alongside Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2012 and was a critical and commercial success, earning $180.3 million worldwide and Holland received universal praise from critics and won several awards such as the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance and London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year. [26] [27]
He starred as Isaac in the drama film How I Live Now , which was released in the UK on 4 October 2013, co-starring Saoirse Ronan. Holland also appeared alongside Tom Hardy in a supporting role for the drama film Locke (2013), and made a brief appearance in Billy Elliot the Musical Live (2014) to celebrate his role as a 'former Billy'.
In 2015, Holland appeared in four episodes of BBC Two's historical miniseries Wolf Hall , as Gregory Cromwell, son of the protagonist Thomas Cromwell played by Mark Rylance. [28] He also co-starred as Thomas Nickerson in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015), directed by Ron Howard. [29]
On 23 June 2015, it was announced that Holland was cast as a teenage Peter Parker / Spider-Man, [30] and his "life was flipped upside down", as he later tweeted, [31] as part of a six-picture deal with Marvel Studios. [32] As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016). [33] The film was a massive critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2016, [34] with Holland receiving critical praise. [35] [36]
In 2016, he played Bradley Baker in the film Edge of Winter , where he co-starred with Joel Kinnaman and Percy Hynes White. In 2017, Holland co-starred alongside Charlie Hunnam in the drama film The Lost City of Z , directed by James Gray, and released in April, to positive critical reception. [37] Holland also performed as the on-set stand-in for the character of The Monster as he would reunite with director J.A Bayona in the film A Monster Calls (2016). Actor Liam Neeson provided the voice for the character, whilst Holland was credited with a special thanks. [38]
20-year-old Tom Holland won BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 70th British Academy Film Awards, becoming the second-youngest winner of the award at that time. The award acknowledges new talents in the acting industry. [39] The youngest winner in the category is a British actress Bukky Bakray, having won the award at age of only 19.
He later co-starred alongside Richard Armitage and Jon Bernthal in the film Pilgrimage . The film premiered on 23 April 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival, in its "Viewpoint" sections. Also that year, Holland played Samuel Insull alongside Avengers co-star Benedict Cumberbatch in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's The Current War , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. [40] Early reviews of The Current War was met with a mixed response; however, Holland's performance in the film was praised by critics. In May 2017, Holland appeared with Zendaya on Paramount Network's Lip Sync Battle . On the show, he performed a dance number to Rihanna's "Umbrella". [41]
In July 2017, Spider-Man: Homecoming was released, in which Holland reprised his role from Captain America: Civil War . Homecoming received positive reviews and Holland considerable praise, with his performance being called "a star performance given by a born actor." [42] The film went on the gross over $800 million worldwide. This performance earned Holland a Guinness Book of World Records title as the youngest actor to play a title role in the MCU. [43]
Holland reprised Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War , which was released on 27 April 2018, and then in that film's follow-up, Avengers: Endgame , released on 26 April 2019. Holland began shooting the sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home in July 2018, with production wrapping that October. The film was released worldwide on 2 July 2019. [44] The trailer was first shown at Sony's CCXP Brazil panel on 8 December 2018, with Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal, who portrays Mysterio, in attendance to promote the film.
Holland next co-starred with Will Smith in the Blue Sky Studios animated film Spies in Disguise , voicing the film's leads, which was released in December 2019. [45] In 2020, Holland voiced Jip, a dog, in the live action film Dolittle , alongside his MCU co-star Robert Downey Jr.. He then had the lead voice role of Ian Lightfoot, an elf, opposite Avengers co-star Chris Pratt, in the Pixar animated film Onward . [46] Holland next starred in The Devil All the Time , a psychological thriller film set post-World War II, alongside his Avengers co-star Sebastian Stan. The film, released in September 2020, was directed by Antonio Campos and produced by Gyllennhaal.
Holland also headlines Chaos Walking , an adaptation of Patrick Ness' best-selling science fiction series of the same name alongside Daisy Ridley. He plays as Todd Hewitt. The film was directed by Doug Liman and is distributed by Lionsgate. Following poor test screenings, he returned for the film's reshoots [47] [48] and was released on 5 March 2021. [49] In March 2019, it was confirmed that Holland was cast as the lead role in Cherry , based on the novel of the same name, reteaming him with his Avengers directors, the Russo brothers. [50] The movie was released in theaters on February 26, 2021, and was released digitally on Apple TV+ on March 12, 2021.
In October 2020, Holland worked on Spider-Man: No Way Home , which wrapped filming at the end of March 2021. [51] [52] Additionally, in May 2017, it was announced that he had been cast as a young Nathan Drake in the 2022 film adaptation of Naughty Dog's Uncharted video game series. [53] Principal photography began on 16 March 2020, shooting in Berlin, [54] which wrapped in October 2020. [55] He is also now cast as the lead role in the adaptation of Beneath the Scarlet Sky with Pascal Pictures producing. [56]
In 2016, Holland was cast in The Modern Ocean , an experimental epic from writer-director Shane Carruth. Holland himself stated that it is "the best script I’ve ever read". [57] The project has encountered development problems, with Holland set for a supporting role alongside an ensemble cast with Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Anne Hathaway, Jeff Goldblum and Chloë Grace Moretz. Following Carruth's announcement of retirement [58] and he himself releasing the full script and the unfinished score, [59] the project is now unlikely to begin production anytime soon. [60] He was also pushing for a lead role in Sam Mendes' 1917 in September 2018, but ultimately was not involved as he was contractually obligated to do reshoots for Chaos Walking in April 2019. [61] [62]
In 2020, Holland claimed in an interview with BBC Radio 1 that he was approached by an unnamed producer over a possible reboot of the Back to the Future franchise with him starring the lead role as Marty McFly (or a similarly new character). However, Holland stated he was reluctant to take up this offer as he described the existing films as 'perfect films', though he would be interested in re-creating scenes from the films in a deep fake homage video or short film. [63]
Holland has said that his long-term career plans include "do[ing] some more franchises," and playing "some meatier indie roles and eventually...transition to the other side of the camera and branch into directing." [64]
Holland resides in Kingston upon Thames in London, near the house of his parents and younger brothers. [65] He has a blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Tessa. [66] He was diagnosed with dyslexia at age seven. [67]
Along with his three younger brothers (Harry, Sam, and Paddy), Holland sponsors The Brothers Trust, a UK Registered Charity that raises money for various charitable causes. [68]
Holland rose to stardom for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Holland's other films include The Impossible (2012), How I Live Now (2013), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Lost City of Z (2016), The Current War (2017), Spies in Disguise (2019), Onward (2020), Cherry (2021) and Chaos Walking (2021).
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Hollywood Film Awards | Spotlight Award | The Impossible | Won | |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | |||
St. Louis Film Critics Association | Special Merit (shared with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast) | Won | |||
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | [69] | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male | Won | |||
Nevada Film Critics Society | Best Youth Performance | Won | |||
2013 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Film Artist | Nominated | ||
National Board of Review | Breakthrough Performance - Male | Won | |||
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Young Actor/Actress | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Young British Performer of the Year | Won | [26] | ||
Online Film & Television Association | Best Youth Performance | Won | |||
Online Film & Television Association | Best Breakthrough Performance - Male | Nominated | |||
Online Film & Television Association | Most Cinematic Moment (shared with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast) | Nominated | |||
Cinema Writers Circle Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | [70] | ||
Gold Derby Awards | Best Breakthrough Performer | Nominated | |||
Empire Awards | Best Male Newcomer | Won | [71] | ||
Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor | Won | [72] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Nominated | |||
2014 | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Actor - International Competition | Nominated | ||
2016 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (14-21) | In the Heart of the Sea | Nominated | |
Golden Schmoes Awards | Breakthrough Performance of the Year | Captain America: Civil War | Won | ||
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Scene Stealer | Nominated | [73] | ||
2017 | Empire Awards | Best Male Newcomer | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Won | [74] | ||
British Academy Film Awards | Rising Star Award | Himself | Won | [75] | |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | The Lost City of Z / Spider-Man: Homecoming | Nominated | [76] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakout Movie Star | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Nominated | [77] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Actor | Won | |||
2018 | Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Won | [78] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Movie Actor | Avengers: Infinity War | Nominated | [79] | |
2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Won | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Actor | Won | [80] | ||
2020 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Superhero (as Peter Parker / Spider-Man) | Avengers: Endgame / Spider-Man: Far From Home | Won | [81] |
2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Voice Actor in an Animated Movie | Onward | Nominated | [82] |
Annie Awards | Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Pending | [83] |
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Tom Holland is an English actor. Holland began his acting career on stage in the title role of Billy Elliot the Musical in London's West End from 2008 to 2010. He gained further recognition for his starring role in the disaster film The Impossible (2012). He starred alongside Chris Hemsworth in the Ron Howard-directed In the Heart of the Sea (2015).
It took me about two, two and a half years to actually get onto the stage.
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