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Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, and three Saturn Awards. Some publications have called him one of the most popular actors of his generation.^[a]

Tom Holland
Holland at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Thomas Stanley Holland 1 June 1996 (age 26) London, England
Education	BRIT School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Works	Roles and awards
Parent	Dominic Holland (father)

Holland’s career began at age nine when he enrolled in a dancing class, where 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 and was upgraded to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. Holland made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) as a teenage tourist trapped in a tsunami, for which he received a London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year. After this, Holland decided to pursue acting as a full-time career, appearing in How I Live Now (2013) and playing historical figures in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).

Holland achieved international recognition playing Spider-Man/Peter Parker in six Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and later became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequels Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021) each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. During this period, Holland gained recognition for playing darker roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021). Holland has additionally directed the short film Tweet (2015) and voiced roles in computer-animated features, including Onward (2020).

Early life

Career

Public image and personal life

Notes

References

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Holland
Holland at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Thomas Stanley Holland 1 June 1996 (age 26) London, England
Education	BRIT School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Works	Roles and awards
Parent	Dominic Holland (father)

Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, and three Saturn Awards. Some publications have called him one of the most popular actors of his generation.^[a]

Holland’s career began at age nine when he enrolled in a dancing class, where 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 and was upgraded to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. Holland made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) as a teenage tourist trapped in a tsunami, for which he received a London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year. After this, Holland decided to pursue acting as a full-time career, appearing in How I Live Now (2013) and playing historical figures in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).

Holland achieved international recognition playing Spider-Man/Peter Parker in six Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and later became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequels Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021) each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. During this period, Holland gained recognition for playing darker roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021). Holland has additionally directed the short film Tweet (2015) and voiced roles in computer-animated features, including Onward (2020).

Early life

Thomas Stanley Holland was born on 1 June 1996 in Kingston upon Thames in south west London, to photographer Nicola (née Frost) and Dominic Holland, a comedian and author.^[4] He has three younger brothers.^[5] His paternal grandmother was from Tipperary, Ireland.^[6] Holland lives in Kingston upon Thames, near the house of his parents and younger brothers.^[7] As his parents have creative professions, he is often inspired by them;^[8] he considers his father a role model who has unofficially worked as his manager due to his experience in the industry.^[9][10]

Holland was educated at Donhead, an all-male Catholic preparatory school in Wimbledon in south west London.^[11] When he was seven, he was diagnosed with dyslexia. His parents sent him and his brothers (to avoid making them feel neglected) to a private school so he could get the necessary attention. Although Holland liked the new school, this started to drain his family’s finances.^[12][13] Holland attended Wimbledon College, a voluntary aided Jesuit comprehensive school,^[14] followed by the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon.^[15]

Growing up, Holland considered several career choices. As a child, he was a fan of Janet Jackson’s songs, and would often dance to them. His mother, impressed with this, signed him up for a dancing class, which was advertised in the private school that Holland was visiting at the time.^[12][13] In his teens, Holland briefly attended carpentry school in Cardiff, Wales.^[16] At one point, he considered becoming a primary school teacher, as he enjoys being around children.^[10]

Career

2006–2014: Early stage work and film debut

At age nine, Holland began dancing at a hip hop class at Nifty Feet Dance School in Wimbledon, where he performed with his school group at the 2006 Richmond Dance Festival. There, he was spotted by choreographer Lynne Page, an associate to Peter Darling, choreographer of Billy Elliot the Musical. Page arranged an audition for Holland, where the musical’s director Stephen Daldry thought that he «had great potential and was a very natural actor».^[17] After two years of training in ballet, tap dancing and acrobatics,^[9] Holland won the role of Michael Caffrey, the protagonist’s best friend, and made his debut performance at the West End’s Victoria Palace Theatre in June 2008.^[18] During his time performing in the musical, Holland learned gymnastics.^[19] Holland says when his peers at school found out about his dancing activities, they started bullying him.^[13]

Later in 2008, Holland and co-star Tanner Pflueger were promoted to the lead role in the musical.^[20] On his first day playing Elliot, Holland developed tonsillitis but performed on stage anyway to positive reviews; he went to the doctor the next day.^[1] Following his stage success, Holland hoped to be popular in school and that his schoolmates would stop bullying him. After being in a professional environment, however, he matured earlier than his peers and struggled to fit in. As a result, his General Certificate of Secondary Education grades suffered.^[13] After his work on Billy Elliot the Musical finished in 2010,^[21] Holland voiced a role in the British dub of the Japanese animated fantasy film Arrietty (2011),^[22] and sent an audition tape to J.A. Bayona for a part in The Impossible (2012). Bayona then arranged a meeting, and had Holland write a letter to his mother and recite it as an audition. Impressed with his emotional delivery, Bayona cast Holland in the film.^[23]

In The Impossible, Holland played a teenager trapped with his family in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Transitioning from stage to screen was initially hard for Holland due to the shift from live audience to camera.^[24] He and co-star Naomi Watts filmed scenes in a 35,000-gallon water tank, which were physically and psychologically taxing for them.^[25] Working with Watts made Holland realise that he wanted to pursue an acting career permanently.^[26] The Impossible premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September to critical and commercial success,^[27] earning $180.3 million against a budget of $45 million.^[28] Holland received critical praise for his performance.^[24] A. O. Scott of The New York Times found Holland to be «a terrific young actor», praising his character’s transition from a self-involved to a responsible adolescent.^[29] He won several awards, including the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance and London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.^[30][31] Holland featured in the drama film How I Live Now (2013),^[32] lent his voice in a supporting role for the drama film Locke (2013),^[33] and had a cameo in Billy Elliot the Musical Live (2014).^[34]

2015–2017: Breakthrough as Spider-Man

Holland appeared in four episodes of BBC Two’s historical miniseries Wolf Hall (2015), as Gregory Cromwell, son of the protagonist Thomas Cromwell played by Mark Rylance.^[35] He directed Tweet (2015), a 3-minute short film about a young man building a birdhouse with his grandfather;^[23] Holland later expressed an interest in directing feature films in his 40s.^[8] Also in 2015, Holland co-starred as the teenage sailor Thomas Nickerson in Ron Howard’s historical adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea. The film is based on the namesake 2000 non-fiction book about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820. In preparation, he and co-stars, including Chris Hemsworth, lost significant weight, consuming 500–1,000 calories a day. Holland performed most of his stunts in the film.^[36] In the Heart of the Sea received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $93 million against a $100 million budget.^[37][38] Brian Truitt of the USA Today wrote that Holland «does a good job».^[39]

In June 2015, Holland signed a six-picture deal with Marvel Studios to play a teenage Peter Parker / Spider-Man.^[40] Growing up, Holland was a fan of Spider-Man; he owned 30 costumes and bed sheet covers of the character.^[9] He auditioned against 1,500 teenagers worldwide, including English actors Charlie Rowe and Asa Butterfield.^[41] While producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal were impressed with his performances in The Impossible, Wolf Hall, and In the Heart of the Sea,^[40] directors the Russo brothers cited Holland’s dancing and gymnastics background as the reasons to cast him.^[42] Stan Lee, Spider-Man’s creator, said Holland was the «exact age and height» when he envisioned the character.^[13] As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016).^[43] The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide against a budget of $250 million to become the highest-grossing film of 2016.^[44] In a review for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw praised Holland and co-star Paul Rudd (who played Ant-Man) as «seductively high-spirited and hilarious»,^[45] and Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times wrote that he made «a strong first impression» as Spider-Man.^[46]

In 2016, Holland co-starred with Joel Kinnaman and Percy Hynes White in the psychological thriller Edge of Winter. It was the first film he did without his parents’ knowledge.^[47] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter found Holland and White «excellent», describing their terrified reaction as «more emotionally wrenching than the tired thriller genre conventions to which the film ultimately succumbs».^[48] At the 70th British Academy Film Awards in 2017, Holland won the Rising Star Award.^[49] Holland’s first work that year was alongside Charlie Hunnam in James Gray’s drama The Lost City of Z, which was released to positive reviews.^[50] On his last day of filming, he broke his nose after a failed backflip attempt.^[51] Holland played the son of Percy Fawcett (Hunnam), an explorer who makes several attempts to find a supposed lost ancient city in the Amazon rainforest. Neil Soans of The Times of India praised Holland for making the film emotional towards the end and Rex Reed of The New York Observer found him «remarkably strong and self-assured».^[52][53] Later in 2017, Holland played Samuel Insull in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War, which received negative reviews and was a box-office failure.^[54][55] Clarisse Loughre of The Independent found Holland’s role insubstantial.^[56]

Holland’s second film in 2017 was his solo feature as the title character in Spider-Man: Homecoming. As a result, Holland earned an entry in Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest actor to play a title role in the MCU.^[57] Though Holland took some inspiration from previous Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, he wanted to add some newness in his reinterpretation of the character.^[58] Homecoming focused on Parker, as he tries to balance being a high-school student and a superhero.^[59] To prepare, Holland attended The Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx for a few days,^[60] although other students did not believe he was cast as Spider-Man. Holland felt this situation reflected the film’s story, in which other characters are unaware that Parker is Spider-Man.^[61] Homecoming and Holland’s performance received positive reviews.^[62] Peter Travers called it «a star performance given by a born actor».^[63] Made on a budget of $175 million, the film grossed over $800 million worldwide.^[64] Holland’s final role in 2017 was in the Irish film Pilgrimage, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.^[65] Outside film that year, Holland appeared with Zendaya on Paramount Network’s Lip Sync Battle, during which he performed a dance number to Rihanna’s «Umbrella» in drag.^[66] His parents founded The Brothers Trust, a charitable organisation, which aims to use his popularity to raise funds for humanitarian causes.^[67]

2018–present: Blockbuster films and mature roles

Holland reprised his role as Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its follow-up Avengers: Endgame (2019), which were filmed back-to-back.^[68] The pictures each earned more than $2 billion,^[69] and Endgame briefly became the highest-grossing film of all time.^[b] Holland followed with the sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), which widely received positive reviews and became the first Spider-Man film to earn $1 billion, finishing as the fourth-highest grosser of 2019.^[71][72] Ben Travis of Empire magazine found Holland «a note-perfect Spider-Man — still funnier and more believably teenage» than Maguire and Garfield who previously portrayed the character. Travis wrote, «Holland never loses the ebullient spark that makes him one of the MCU’s most endearing figures.»^[73] Holland received a third consecutive Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Far From Home, having previously won for Civil War and Homecoming.^[74] He voiced roles in the Blue Sky Studios animation Spies in Disguise (2019),^[75] the live-action film Dolittle (2020), and the Pixar animated film Onward (2020). The last two were with his MCU co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Pratt, respectively.^[76][77] Made on lucrative budgets, all three films underperformed at the box-office.^[78]

Alongside Avengers co-star Sebastian Stan, Holland starred in Antonio Campos’s The Devil All the Time (2020), a Netflix psychological thriller set after World War II. Holland said he initially worried that he lacked the depth to play a young orphaned man who goes on a killing spree, and was scared and nervous on his first day on set. Encouraged by Campos, he ultimately enjoyed playing the part, although it took a temporary toll on his mental health.^[79] Campos praised Holland’s effort to learn Southern American English for the role, described his acting process as «methodical», «thoughtful and sensitive»,^[80] and called him a kind person.^[80] Critics from IndieWire and Roger Ebert’s website opined that despite the film’s failed script, Holland gave a convincing performance and showed his range as an actor.^[81][82] By November 2020, the film was the 22nd-most watched straight-to-streaming title of the year, according to a Variety report.^[83]

Holland starred in three films that were released in 2021. His first, the crime drama Cherry, is based on the namesake novel by American author Nico Walker, and reunited him with Avengers directors Russo brothers.^[84] He played a college student with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after enlisting in the army, and robs banks to finance his drug addiction. In preparation for the role, Holland shaved his head and interviewed military veterans undergoing treatments for substance abuse and PTSD.^[26] He also lost 30 pounds (14 kg) of weight, then regained it after filming.^[85] The film was released in cinemas in February and digitally on Apple TV+ in March.^[86] Consensus among critics was that the film enabled Holland to broaden his horizons as an actor, but it had a formulaic story.^[87] This was echoed by Owen Gleiberman of Variety who further noted that Holland proved his skills as an actor and demonstrated a range of indulgent looks and moods.^[88] Holland next played alongside Daisy Ridley as a young man living on a planet called New World in Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s best-selling science fiction series of the same name. The film was delayed due to several reshoots in early 2019, which added $15 million to its budget, bringing its cost to $100 million.^[89] Chaos Walking failed to recoup its budget and received poor reviews.^[90][91] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter found the chemistry between Holland and Ridley lackluster and Christian Holub of Entertainment Weekly noted his failed attempt to break away from roles similar to Spider-Man.^[92][93]

In November 2021, Holland voiced Percy Pig in a series of advertisements for Marks & Spencer’s Christmas food specials.^[94] The following month, Holland reprised his role as Peter Parker in the sequel Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[95] After taking on mature roles in films like Cherry, Holland noted that he found it strange adjusting back to playing Parker, chiefly due to raising his voice pitch and returning to the mindset of a «naïve, charming teenager».^[96] He described No Way Home as the «most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made».^[26] Despite its release during the COVID-19 pandemic, No Way Home quickly emerged as the highest-grossing film of 2021 and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. It also became the first film since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to earn more than $1 billion at the box-office.^[97] No Way Home became the highest-rated Spider-Man film on the online database IMDb and the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.^[98] Wendy Ide of The Guardian wrote that the film «delivers an overflowing, funnel-web cornucopia of treats for Spider-fans» and attributed Parker’s continuing appeal to «his endearing, puppyish enthusiasm».^[99] The Times‘ Kevin Maher opined that Holland «own[s] every inch of the role» and «casts his web and captures your heart».^[100]

Discussing his future as Spider-Man after No Way Home, Holland told GQ in 2021 that he was doubtful about reprising the role, especially after he turns 30 in 2026. He expressed a desire to see a live-action Spider-Man film with Miles Morales as the protagonist, whereas Amy Pascal spoke of wanting Holland to continue playing the role.^[1] Holland began the following year with an investment in Dogpound gyms,^[101] and a starring role as a young Nathan Drake, a charismatic fortune hunter, in the film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game series.^[102] In preparation for scenes where his character is bartending, Holland worked shifts at the Chiltern Firehouse, a pub in London. Though the filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Holland continued to eat and train for the role.^[1] Uncharted polarised critics but Rebecca Rubin of Variety wrote that Holland’s star-power likely contributed to its box-office success.^[103][104] In a mixed review for his performance, Brian Tallerico of Roger Ebert’s website labelled him miscast, writing that «Holland has the agility but quite simply lacks the weight and world-weariness needed» for the role.^[105]

Upcoming projects

Holland is set to star in the Apple TV+ anthology series The Crowded Room, where he will also be an executive-producer.^[106] Since 2017, he has also been attached to play the role of Pino Lella in Beneath a Scarlet Sky, a spy thriller series set during World War II based on the 2017 fact-based novel of the same name by Mark Sullivan.^[107] In December 2021, Holland confirmed that he was set to portray actor and dancer Fred Astaire in a biographical film currently in development at Sony.^[108]

Public image and personal life

Nadia Khomani of The Guardian said that Holland’s «cheeky British charm, vulnerability and wit» has made him the object of infatuation on the internet.^[9] Jonathan Dean of The Sunday Times considered him to be «poised and professional, but also so confident and personable» and took note of his maturity «despite boyish wiriness».^[13] German actor Sönke Möhring, his co-star from The Impossible, similarly remarked on his professionalism, adding, «he is blessed with a deep soul […] down to earth, very polite and a friendly kid.»^[9] Kevin Macdonald, who directed Holland in How I Live Now, praised him as confident, «articulate and enthusiastic», and attributed Holland’s success to his positive energy.^[9] When asked about the secret to his success, Holland said he believes in avoiding trouble and working hard.^[57]

Holland appeared on Screen International‘s «UK Stars of Tomorrow – 2012»,^[109] and The Hollywood Reporter‘s «Next Gen 2015», a list of promising newcomers in film.^[110] In 2019, he featured on Forbes‘ «30 Under 30 Europe», a list of influential people under 30 years,^[111] and Insider Inc.’s «45 young stars who will one day rule Hollywood».^[112] After appearing on Glamour‘s «Hot, Young & British Actors 2020»,^[113] he was named among the best actors under 30 by Tuko,^[114] and Complex Networks in 2021.^[115] In the former listing, Ryan Mutuku described him as «a darling to the English media» because of his openness and willingness to also give interviews not related to film promotions.^[114] Calling him «his generation’s biggest leading man» in 2021, GQ‘s Oliver Franklin-Wallis wrote, «Holland has ascended to a tier of stardom few actors ever reach, and rarely so young».^[1] Variety editors Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin reported in December 2021 that after the success of the Spider-Man films, Holland could become a top-paid actor in the future. They noted the lack of young leading men in Hollywood and saw Holland’s potential to herald a new generation of successful actors.^[116]

Holland considers himself to be «an impossible people pleaser»,^[1] which according to Olivia Singh of Business Insider has resulted in his facing burnout and an incident where he vomited after a press conference.^[117] A self-admittedly indiscreet person, Holland has gained a reputation for inadvertently spoiling important plot elements of his films during interviews and press conferences.^[118] His MCU co-stars labelled him the «least trustworthy» cast member in terms of spoilers.^[119] To prevent an incident, he only read parts of Captain America: Civil War‘s script.^[118] Joe Russo similarly avoided giving Holland the script to Avengers: Endgame, and Holland knew only his lines.^[120] Holland has expressed his views on the film industry. In a 2019 interview with The Sunday Times, he spoke for more representation of racial minority and the LGBT community in film.^[13] That year, when filmmaker Martin Scorsese criticised Marvel films for their lack of portraying human emotions, Holland responded: «he doesn’t know what it’s like because he’s never made one.» Holland further said that MCU films will always do well commercially regardless of their quality, whereas a bad independent film might not.^[121] In 2022, he criticised actor Tom Cruise for taking credit for «resurrect[ing] Hollywood» during the COVID-19 pandemic with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and overlooking the commercial impact of his film Uncharted.^[122]

Holland is active on the social networking service Instagram.^[13] He describes himself as a private person and is reluctant to discuss his personal life in public.^[1] As of November 2021, he is in a relationship with his Spider-Man co-star Zendaya.^[123] He thought the media attention to their relationship breached their privacy.^[1] Holland discussed having sleep paralysis nightmares of paparazzi in his bedroom.^[123]

Notes

References

External links

• Tom Holland at IMDb
• Tom Holland at AllMovie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Holland
Holland at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Thomas Stanley Holland 1 June 1996 (age 26) London, England
Education	BRIT School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Works	Roles and awards
Parent	Dominic Holland (father)

Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, and three Saturn Awards. Some publications have called him one of the most popular actors of his generation.^[a]

Holland’s career began at age nine when he enrolled in a dancing class, where 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 and was upgraded to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. Holland made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) as a teenage tourist trapped in a tsunami, for which he received a London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year. After this, Holland decided to pursue acting as a full-time career, appearing in How I Live Now (2013) and playing historical figures in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).

Holland achieved international recognition playing Spider-Man/Peter Parker in six Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and later became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequels Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021) each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. During this period, Holland gained recognition for playing darker roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021). Holland has additionally directed the short film Tweet (2015) and voiced roles in computer-animated features, including Onward (2020).

Early life

Thomas Stanley Holland was born on 1 June 1996 in Kingston upon Thames in south west London, to photographer Nicola (née Frost) and Dominic Holland, a comedian and author.^[4] He has three younger brothers.^[5] His paternal grandmother was from Tipperary, Ireland.^[6] Holland lives in Kingston upon Thames, near the house of his parents and younger brothers.^[7] As his parents have creative professions, he is often inspired by them;^[8] he considers his father a role model who has unofficially worked as his manager due to his experience in the industry.^[9][10]

Holland was educated at Donhead, an all-male Catholic preparatory school in Wimbledon in south west London.^[11] When he was seven, he was diagnosed with dyslexia. His parents sent him and his brothers (to avoid making them feel neglected) to a private school so he could get the necessary attention. Although Holland liked the new school, this started to drain his family’s finances.^[12][13] Holland attended Wimbledon College, a voluntary aided Jesuit comprehensive school,^[14] followed by the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon.^[15]

Growing up, Holland considered several career choices. As a child, he was a fan of Janet Jackson’s songs, and would often dance to them. His mother, impressed with this, signed him up for a dancing class, which was advertised in the private school that Holland was visiting at the time.^[12][13] In his teens, Holland briefly attended carpentry school in Cardiff, Wales.^[16] At one point, he considered becoming a primary school teacher, as he enjoys being around children.^[10]

Career

2006–2014: Early stage work and film debut

At age nine, Holland began dancing at a hip hop class at Nifty Feet Dance School in Wimbledon, where he performed with his school group at the 2006 Richmond Dance Festival. There, he was spotted by choreographer Lynne Page, an associate to Peter Darling, choreographer of Billy Elliot the Musical. Page arranged an audition for Holland, where the musical’s director Stephen Daldry thought that he «had great potential and was a very natural actor».^[17] After two years of training in ballet, tap dancing and acrobatics,^[9] Holland won the role of Michael Caffrey, the protagonist’s best friend, and made his debut performance at the West End’s Victoria Palace Theatre in June 2008.^[18] During his time performing in the musical, Holland learned gymnastics.^[19] Holland says when his peers at school found out about his dancing activities, they started bullying him.^[13]

Later in 2008, Holland and co-star Tanner Pflueger were promoted to the lead role in the musical.^[20] On his first day playing Elliot, Holland developed tonsillitis but performed on stage anyway to positive reviews; he went to the doctor the next day.^[1] Following his stage success, Holland hoped to be popular in school and that his schoolmates would stop bullying him. After being in a professional environment, however, he matured earlier than his peers and struggled to fit in. As a result, his General Certificate of Secondary Education grades suffered.^[13] After his work on Billy Elliot the Musical finished in 2010,^[21] Holland voiced a role in the British dub of the Japanese animated fantasy film Arrietty (2011),^[22] and sent an audition tape to J.A. Bayona for a part in The Impossible (2012). Bayona then arranged a meeting, and had Holland write a letter to his mother and recite it as an audition. Impressed with his emotional delivery, Bayona cast Holland in the film.^[23]

In The Impossible, Holland played a teenager trapped with his family in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Transitioning from stage to screen was initially hard for Holland due to the shift from live audience to camera.^[24] He and co-star Naomi Watts filmed scenes in a 35,000-gallon water tank, which were physically and psychologically taxing for them.^[25] Working with Watts made Holland realise that he wanted to pursue an acting career permanently.^[26] The Impossible premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September to critical and commercial success,^[27] earning $180.3 million against a budget of $45 million.^[28] Holland received critical praise for his performance.^[24] A. O. Scott of The New York Times found Holland to be «a terrific young actor», praising his character’s transition from a self-involved to a responsible adolescent.^[29] He won several awards, including the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance and London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.^[30][31] Holland featured in the drama film How I Live Now (2013),^[32] lent his voice in a supporting role for the drama film Locke (2013),^[33] and had a cameo in Billy Elliot the Musical Live (2014).^[34]

2015–2017: Breakthrough as Spider-Man

Holland appeared in four episodes of BBC Two’s historical miniseries Wolf Hall (2015), as Gregory Cromwell, son of the protagonist Thomas Cromwell played by Mark Rylance.^[35] He directed Tweet (2015), a 3-minute short film about a young man building a birdhouse with his grandfather;^[23] Holland later expressed an interest in directing feature films in his 40s.^[8] Also in 2015, Holland co-starred as the teenage sailor Thomas Nickerson in Ron Howard’s historical adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea. The film is based on the namesake 2000 non-fiction book about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820. In preparation, he and co-stars, including Chris Hemsworth, lost significant weight, consuming 500–1,000 calories a day. Holland performed most of his stunts in the film.^[36] In the Heart of the Sea received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $93 million against a $100 million budget.^[37][38] Brian Truitt of the USA Today wrote that Holland «does a good job».^[39]

In June 2015, Holland signed a six-picture deal with Marvel Studios to play a teenage Peter Parker / Spider-Man.^[40] Growing up, Holland was a fan of Spider-Man; he owned 30 costumes and bed sheet covers of the character.^[9] He auditioned against 1,500 teenagers worldwide, including English actors Charlie Rowe and Asa Butterfield.^[41] While producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal were impressed with his performances in The Impossible, Wolf Hall, and In the Heart of the Sea,^[40] directors the Russo brothers cited Holland’s dancing and gymnastics background as the reasons to cast him.^[42] Stan Lee, Spider-Man’s creator, said Holland was the «exact age and height» when he envisioned the character.^[13] As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016).^[43] The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide against a budget of $250 million to become the highest-grossing film of 2016.^[44] In a review for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw praised Holland and co-star Paul Rudd (who played Ant-Man) as «seductively high-spirited and hilarious»,^[45] and Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times wrote that he made «a strong first impression» as Spider-Man.^[46]

In 2016, Holland co-starred with Joel Kinnaman and Percy Hynes White in the psychological thriller Edge of Winter. It was the first film he did without his parents’ knowledge.^[47] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter found Holland and White «excellent», describing their terrified reaction as «more emotionally wrenching than the tired thriller genre conventions to which the film ultimately succumbs».^[48] At the 70th British Academy Film Awards in 2017, Holland won the Rising Star Award.^[49] Holland’s first work that year was alongside Charlie Hunnam in James Gray’s drama The Lost City of Z, which was released to positive reviews.^[50] On his last day of filming, he broke his nose after a failed backflip attempt.^[51] Holland played the son of Percy Fawcett (Hunnam), an explorer who makes several attempts to find a supposed lost ancient city in the Amazon rainforest. Neil Soans of The Times of India praised Holland for making the film emotional towards the end and Rex Reed of The New York Observer found him «remarkably strong and self-assured».^[52][53] Later in 2017, Holland played Samuel Insull in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War, which received negative reviews and was a box-office failure.^[54][55] Clarisse Loughre of The Independent found Holland’s role insubstantial.^[56]

Holland’s second film in 2017 was his solo feature as the title character in Spider-Man: Homecoming. As a result, Holland earned an entry in Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest actor to play a title role in the MCU.^[57] Though Holland took some inspiration from previous Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, he wanted to add some newness in his reinterpretation of the character.^[58] Homecoming focused on Parker, as he tries to balance being a high-school student and a superhero.^[59] To prepare, Holland attended The Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx for a few days,^[60] although other students did not believe he was cast as Spider-Man. Holland felt this situation reflected the film’s story, in which other characters are unaware that Parker is Spider-Man.^[61] Homecoming and Holland’s performance received positive reviews.^[62] Peter Travers called it «a star performance given by a born actor».^[63] Made on a budget of $175 million, the film grossed over $800 million worldwide.^[64] Holland’s final role in 2017 was in the Irish film Pilgrimage, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.^[65] Outside film that year, Holland appeared with Zendaya on Paramount Network’s Lip Sync Battle, during which he performed a dance number to Rihanna’s «Umbrella» in drag.^[66] His parents founded The Brothers Trust, a charitable organisation, which aims to use his popularity to raise funds for humanitarian causes.^[67]

2018–present: Blockbuster films and mature roles

Holland reprised his role as Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its follow-up Avengers: Endgame (2019), which were filmed back-to-back.^[68] The pictures each earned more than $2 billion,^[69] and Endgame briefly became the highest-grossing film of all time.^[b] Holland followed with the sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), which widely received positive reviews and became the first Spider-Man film to earn $1 billion, finishing as the fourth-highest grosser of 2019.^[71][72] Ben Travis of Empire magazine found Holland «a note-perfect Spider-Man — still funnier and more believably teenage» than Maguire and Garfield who previously portrayed the character. Travis wrote, «Holland never loses the ebullient spark that makes him one of the MCU’s most endearing figures.»^[73] Holland received a third consecutive Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Far From Home, having previously won for Civil War and Homecoming.^[74] He voiced roles in the Blue Sky Studios animation Spies in Disguise (2019),^[75] the live-action film Dolittle (2020), and the Pixar animated film Onward (2020). The last two were with his MCU co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Pratt, respectively.^[76][77] Made on lucrative budgets, all three films underperformed at the box-office.^[78]

Alongside Avengers co-star Sebastian Stan, Holland starred in Antonio Campos’s The Devil All the Time (2020), a Netflix psychological thriller set after World War II. Holland said he initially worried that he lacked the depth to play a young orphaned man who goes on a killing spree, and was scared and nervous on his first day on set. Encouraged by Campos, he ultimately enjoyed playing the part, although it took a temporary toll on his mental health.^[79] Campos praised Holland’s effort to learn Southern American English for the role, described his acting process as «methodical», «thoughtful and sensitive»,^[80] and called him a kind person.^[80] Critics from IndieWire and Roger Ebert’s website opined that despite the film’s failed script, Holland gave a convincing performance and showed his range as an actor.^[81][82] By November 2020, the film was the 22nd-most watched straight-to-streaming title of the year, according to a Variety report.^[83]

Holland starred in three films that were released in 2021. His first, the crime drama Cherry, is based on the namesake novel by American author Nico Walker, and reunited him with Avengers directors Russo brothers.^[84] He played a college student with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after enlisting in the army, and robs banks to finance his drug addiction. In preparation for the role, Holland shaved his head and interviewed military veterans undergoing treatments for substance abuse and PTSD.^[26] He also lost 30 pounds (14 kg) of weight, then regained it after filming.^[85] The film was released in cinemas in February and digitally on Apple TV+ in March.^[86] Consensus among critics was that the film enabled Holland to broaden his horizons as an actor, but it had a formulaic story.^[87] This was echoed by Owen Gleiberman of Variety who further noted that Holland proved his skills as an actor and demonstrated a range of indulgent looks and moods.^[88] Holland next played alongside Daisy Ridley as a young man living on a planet called New World in Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s best-selling science fiction series of the same name. The film was delayed due to several reshoots in early 2019, which added $15 million to its budget, bringing its cost to $100 million.^[89] Chaos Walking failed to recoup its budget and received poor reviews.^[90][91] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter found the chemistry between Holland and Ridley lackluster and Christian Holub of Entertainment Weekly noted his failed attempt to break away from roles similar to Spider-Man.^[92][93]

In November 2021, Holland voiced Percy Pig in a series of advertisements for Marks & Spencer’s Christmas food specials.^[94] The following month, Holland reprised his role as Peter Parker in the sequel Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[95] After taking on mature roles in films like Cherry, Holland noted that he found it strange adjusting back to playing Parker, chiefly due to raising his voice pitch and returning to the mindset of a «naïve, charming teenager».^[96] He described No Way Home as the «most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made».^[26] Despite its release during the COVID-19 pandemic, No Way Home quickly emerged as the highest-grossing film of 2021 and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. It also became the first film since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to earn more than $1 billion at the box-office.^[97] No Way Home became the highest-rated Spider-Man film on the online database IMDb and the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.^[98] Wendy Ide of The Guardian wrote that the film «delivers an overflowing, funnel-web cornucopia of treats for Spider-fans» and attributed Parker’s continuing appeal to «his endearing, puppyish enthusiasm».^[99] The Times‘ Kevin Maher opined that Holland «own[s] every inch of the role» and «casts his web and captures your heart».^[100]

Discussing his future as Spider-Man after No Way Home, Holland told GQ in 2021 that he was doubtful about reprising the role, especially after he turns 30 in 2026. He expressed a desire to see a live-action Spider-Man film with Miles Morales as the protagonist, whereas Amy Pascal spoke of wanting Holland to continue playing the role.^[1] Holland began the following year with an investment in Dogpound gyms,^[101] and a starring role as a young Nathan Drake, a charismatic fortune hunter, in the film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game series.^[102] In preparation for scenes where his character is bartending, Holland worked shifts at the Chiltern Firehouse, a pub in London. Though the filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Holland continued to eat and train for the role.^[1] Uncharted polarised critics but Rebecca Rubin of Variety wrote that Holland’s star-power likely contributed to its box-office success.^[103][104] In a mixed review for his performance, Brian Tallerico of Roger Ebert’s website labelled him miscast, writing that «Holland has the agility but quite simply lacks the weight and world-weariness needed» for the role.^[105]

Upcoming projects

Holland is set to star in the Apple TV+ anthology series The Crowded Room, where he will also be an executive-producer.^[106] Since 2017, he has also been attached to play the role of Pino Lella in Beneath a Scarlet Sky, a spy thriller series set during World War II based on the 2017 fact-based novel of the same name by Mark Sullivan.^[107] In December 2021, Holland confirmed that he was set to portray actor and dancer Fred Astaire in a biographical film currently in development at Sony.^[108]

Public image and personal life

Nadia Khomani of The Guardian said that Holland’s «cheeky British charm, vulnerability and wit» has made him the object of infatuation on the internet.^[9] Jonathan Dean of The Sunday Times considered him to be «poised and professional, but also so confident and personable» and took note of his maturity «despite boyish wiriness».^[13] German actor Sönke Möhring, his co-star from The Impossible, similarly remarked on his professionalism, adding, «he is blessed with a deep soul […] down to earth, very polite and a friendly kid.»^[9] Kevin Macdonald, who directed Holland in How I Live Now, praised him as confident, «articulate and enthusiastic», and attributed Holland’s success to his positive energy.^[9] When asked about the secret to his success, Holland said he believes in avoiding trouble and working hard.^[57]

Holland appeared on Screen International‘s «UK Stars of Tomorrow – 2012»,^[109] and The Hollywood Reporter‘s «Next Gen 2015», a list of promising newcomers in film.^[110] In 2019, he featured on Forbes‘ «30 Under 30 Europe», a list of influential people under 30 years,^[111] and Insider Inc.’s «45 young stars who will one day rule Hollywood».^[112] After appearing on Glamour‘s «Hot, Young & British Actors 2020»,^[113] he was named among the best actors under 30 by Tuko,^[114] and Complex Networks in 2021.^[115] In the former listing, Ryan Mutuku described him as «a darling to the English media» because of his openness and willingness to also give interviews not related to film promotions.^[114] Calling him «his generation’s biggest leading man» in 2021, GQ‘s Oliver Franklin-Wallis wrote, «Holland has ascended to a tier of stardom few actors ever reach, and rarely so young».^[1] Variety editors Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin reported in December 2021 that after the success of the Spider-Man films, Holland could become a top-paid actor in the future. They noted the lack of young leading men in Hollywood and saw Holland’s potential to herald a new generation of successful actors.^[116]

Holland considers himself to be «an impossible people pleaser»,^[1] which according to Olivia Singh of Business Insider has resulted in his facing burnout and an incident where he vomited after a press conference.^[117] A self-admittedly indiscreet person, Holland has gained a reputation for inadvertently spoiling important plot elements of his films during interviews and press conferences.^[118] His MCU co-stars labelled him the «least trustworthy» cast member in terms of spoilers.^[119] To prevent an incident, he only read parts of Captain America: Civil War‘s script.^[118] Joe Russo similarly avoided giving Holland the script to Avengers: Endgame, and Holland knew only his lines.^[120] Holland has expressed his views on the film industry. In a 2019 interview with The Sunday Times, he spoke for more representation of racial minority and the LGBT community in film.^[13] That year, when filmmaker Martin Scorsese criticised Marvel films for their lack of portraying human emotions, Holland responded: «he doesn’t know what it’s like because he’s never made one.» Holland further said that MCU films will always do well commercially regardless of their quality, whereas a bad independent film might not.^[121] In 2022, he criticised actor Tom Cruise for taking credit for «resurrect[ing] Hollywood» during the COVID-19 pandemic with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and overlooking the commercial impact of his film Uncharted.^[122]

Holland is active on the social networking service Instagram.^[13] He describes himself as a private person and is reluctant to discuss his personal life in public.^[1] As of November 2021, he is in a relationship with his Spider-Man co-star Zendaya.^[123] He thought the media attention to their relationship breached their privacy.^[1] Holland discussed having sleep paralysis nightmares of paparazzi in his bedroom.^[123]

Notes

References

External links

• Tom Holland at IMDb
• Tom Holland at AllMovie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Hollander
Hollander in 2017
Born	Thomas Anthony Hollander 25 August 1967 (age 55) Bristol, England, UK
Education	Abingdon School Selwyn College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967)^[1][2] is an English actor. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society. He later gained success for his roles on stage and screen, winning a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and Olivier Award.

He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss in 1998. He appeared as Henry Carr in a revival of Tom Stoppard’s play Travesties, earning nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.^[3][4]

Hollander gained attention for portraying Mr. Collins in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice (2005) and as Lord Cutler Beckett in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Other film roles include in Gosford Park (2001), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Valkyrie (2008), In the Loop (2009), Hanna (2011), About Time (2013), The Invisible Woman (2013), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

He’s also known for his television roles including as the lead role in the BBC sitcom Rev. (2010–2014) which he co-wrote for which he received the BAFTA Award for best sitcom in 2011. For his role in the BBC series The Night Manager he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[5] He portrayed King George V in BBC’s The Lost Prince (2001), and King George III in HBO miniseries John Adams (2008) and also starred in ITV’s Doctor Thorne, and HBO’s The White Lotus (2022). He voices Alfred Pennyworth in the animated series Harley Quinn (2020–present).

Early life[edit]

Hollander was born in Bristol and was raised in Oxford. Hollander’s father is a Czech Jew whose family converted to Catholicism,^[6] and his mother is English; Hollander was brought up as a Christian. The family background was academic and musical – his grandfather, Hans Hollander, was a musicologist who wrote books about the composer Janáček.^[7] Hollander’s parents were teachers, his father running the science department at a prestigious school in Oxford.^[8] He attended the Dragon School and then Abingdon School, where he was chief chorister.^[9][8] As a youngster, he was a member of the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre (then known as the Children’s Music Theatre).^[10] In 1981, at the age of 14, he won the lead role in a BBC dramatisation of Leon Garfield’s John Diamond.^[11]

Hollander read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was actively involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society.^[12] Sam Mendes, a friend and fellow student, directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac (which also featured future Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg).^[13][14]

Career[edit]

Film and television work[edit]

Hollander’s film and television appearances include Absolutely Fabulous, Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, Wives and Daughters, Harry, Cambridge Spies for which he received the FIPA D’OR Grand prize for best actor, Gosford Park, The Lost Prince and Pride & Prejudice for which he received the Evening Standard Film Awards Comedy Award, and London Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor. He has worked repeatedly with Michael Gambon and Bill Nighy and is a good friend of James Purefoy. Although highly respected as a character actor and the recipient of several awards, many of his films will still play on his height (5′ 5″ / 165 cm). Hollander has created several memorable comedic characters that draw more on his physical energy and intensity than his height, such as the «brilliantly foul-mouthed» Leon in BBC Two’s Freezing, described in The Times as a «braying swirl of ego and mania».^[15]

Hollander portrayed Lord Cutler Beckett, the «heavy» in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. He also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Kim Philby, having previously played Guy Burgess in the BBC’s Cambridge Spies. He returned to the stage in 2007 with the premiere of Joe Penhall’s play Landscape with Weapon at the Royal National Theatre. In 2008 he made a notable cameo appearance as King George III in the HBO mini-series John Adams, and ended the year as a memorable Colonel Heinz Brandt in Valkyrie.

In 2009, Hollander played a symphonic cellist in Joe Wright’s movie The Soloist, his second film with Wright, who cast him to great effect as the fevered suitor Mr. Collins in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice. He has worked once more with Wright, portraying a memorably flamboyant and menacing villain in Hanna (2011). Hollander appeared in a lead role in Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop as Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster MP. Hollander later made a surprise appearance (in a different role) at the end of the third series of The Thick of It, the programme on which In the Loop was based.

In 2010, Hollander and writer James Wood co-created the TV series Rev., a sensitive comedy about the all-too-human vicar of an inner-city parish. Reviews called it intelligent, realistic and very funny.^[16] Hollander played the sympathetic title character, Rev. Adam Smallbone. The show won a BAFTA in 2011 for Best Situation Comedy,^[17] among other awards and recognition.^[18] A second series aired in the UK on BBC 2 in 2011 and a third series in 2014.^[19] He has been praised for his role as the «inebriated and endearing, menacing and beguiling»^[20] chemist, Dr George Cholmondeley, appearing in five episodes of the BBC / FX 2017 series Taboo with one commenter describing him as «giving a masterclass on how to create dimension and personality, even with limited screen time.»^[21]

Hollander played Queen’s second manager Jim Beach in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was released in November 2018.^[22] Upon the firing of director Bryan Singer from the film in December 2017, it was reported Hollander had previously left the film due to issues with Singer; he was ultimately convinced to continue, though whether this was due to Singer’s exit is unknown.^[23] Also in 2018, Hollander played Tabaqui, a hyena in Andy Serkis’ motion capture film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.^[24]

Theatre[edit]

Hollander won the 1992 Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.^[25] He had been nominated and commended the previous year for his Celia in an all-male production of As You Like It for Cheek by Jowl^[26] and was again nominated and commended for his Khlestakov in The Government Inspector at the Almeida Theatre in 1997.^[27] He had also received a special commendation for his 1996 performance of the title role in Tartuffe at the Almeida Theatre.^[28] In all, Hollander has been the most frequent Ian Charleson Award honoree, with four appearances at the awards: one win, two commendations and one special commendation.

In 2010, Hollander returned to the live stage in a demanding comedic dual role in Georges Feydeau’s A Flea in Her Ear at the Old Vic. Playing both master and servant with «lightning physical precision and shockingly true confusion»,^[29] Hollander’s was called «a virtuoso performance».^[30] Between September and November 2016 he starred as (a «career-best»^[31]) Henry Carr in Patrick Marber’s «superb revival»^[32] of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The play (with the same cast) transferred to the Apollo Theatre in February 2017^[3] and was nominated for five Olivier Awards including Best Actor (Hollander) and Best Revival (Travesties).^[4] Marber’s revival transferred to Broadway in 2018, with Hollander reprising his leading role as Carr. The play opened on 24 April 2018 (previews 29 March) at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theater in New York. Hollander received a Tony Award nomination for the production.^[33][34]

In 2022, Hollander returned to the Almeida Theatre to play the lead role of Boris Berezovsky in the inaugural run of Patriots, a play by Peter Morgan about the late Russian oligarch’s life.^[35]

Voice work[edit]

Hollander has undertaken a number of voice roles for BBC radio including Mosca in 2004’s Volpone for Radio 3, Frank Churchill in Jane Austen’s Emma and as Mr Gently Benevolent in the pilot of the Dickensian parody Bleak Expectations for Radio 4, although he did not take part in the full series. He has voiced a young Joseph Merrick, the «Elephant Man», a disembodied head named Enzio in an urban gothic comedy^[36] and Leon Theremin, the Russian inventor famous for the electronic instrument that bears his name. He provided the vocal texture for Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange recently with a «smooth, almost lyrical, crisp voice» that accomplished the task of rendering the extensive and unique slang of the book instantly understandable to readers.^[37] More recent readings include The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling. In 2015 (repeated in April 2017) he played Patrick Moore in the BBC radio play Far Side of the Moore about the astronomer and his Sky at Night TV programme.^[38] In May 2016 he portrayed Geoff Cathcart in Andy Mulligan’s four-part play School Drama on BBC Radio 4 which was chosen by The Guardian as that week’s best radio^[39] and he narrated Peter Bradshaw’s short story Reunion, broadcast on Radio 4 in October 2016.^[40][41] He has also portrayed the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich in Margy Kinmonth’s documentary Revolution: New Art for a New World which was released in the UK and Ireland in November 2016.^[42]

Writing[edit]

Since 2008, he has written an occasional diary-style column for The Spectator,^[44] and a lifestyle article in the Times which received very positive reader comments.^[45]

Charity work[edit]

Hollander has contributed his running and cycling efforts to several charitable causes, including running to raise funds for the Childline Crisis Hotline in 2006 and in 2007, for the Teenage Cancer Trust.^[46][47] He is a long-time supporter of the Helen & Douglas House Hospice for Children and Young Adults in Oxford, which provides hospice care for children. He continues to support charitable organisations by contributing readings and other appearances throughout the year.

Hollander is a patron of the British Independent Film Awards and has supported the efforts of the Old Vic’s «24 Hour Plays New Voices» Gala, which forwards the cause of young writers for the British stage.^[46] In August 2014, he was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September’s referendum on that issue.^[48]

Personal life[edit]

Hollander’s sister is director, writer and singer Julia Hollander. The siblings, and their father Tony Hollander, presented a BBC Radio 3 documentary in 2020, exploring the story of how Tony and his parents escaped from the imminent Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938.^[49][50] A letter from a BBC radio sound engineer saved his father’s life.^[51]

Hollander has lived in the same flat in Notting Hill, London, since 2000.^[8][45] In 2010 he became engaged to the designer Fran Hickman,^[52] but they ended their relationship.

At the 2019 general election he campaigned in Kensington for Sam Gyimah of the Liberal Democrats.^[53]

In January 2016, he became an Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.^[54][55][56]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Theatre[edit]

Video games[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of Old Abingdonians

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tom Hollander at IMDb

Tom Holland: biography

Tom Holland is a British actor and dancer. He became famous thanks to the role of Spiderman. Despite his young age, the actor is a picture of success: the projects where he starred proved to be globally famous, and he is the symbol of superhero action movies.

Tom Holland was born on June 1, 1996, in London. His family is close to art: the father is a famous British comedian, and the mother is a popular London photographer. Tom has three younger brothers who saw him as their role model.

Holland went to a preparatory school in Wimbledon; in 2008, he entered the college. As a student, Tom took an interest in dancing: he attended a dance school and participated in prestigious regional contests. At ten, the boy danced hip-hop so excellently that he was invited to the auditions. In the rainy morning, Tom and his parents came to the theater and saw a long queue of candidates. Holland thought he had no chance because he had never danced professionally. The director had a different opinion and selected the teenager, even though he had no experience. Nowadays, Tom has not lost his skills: he is still a good dancer.

Tom Holland danced for two years and went to eight auditions before he was accepted to the troupe. The artist’s theater debut took place on September 2008 when he played Michael in Billy Elliot the Musical. Since that time, Holland has given 180 performances.

In 2012, Tom entered BRIT School in London; Adele, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, and other stars used to study there.

Movies

Tom took the first step into the world of cinematography in 2011 when he voiced a character in a Japanese cartoon. The next year, the actor got the first role in the movie The Impossible. Lucas Bennett was so brilliant and convincing that Holland was nominated for various awards 18 times; he won eight prizes.

The father was proud of his son. In his interviews, he said he had tried to conquer Hollywood at 20, but he managed to step on the red carpet thanks to his son.

Soon, Tom Holland played Isaac in the war melodrama How I Live Now. 2015 brought the movie In the Heart of the Sea; Holland personified a ship-boy Thomas Nickerson. The same year, the actor appeared in episodes of the British series Wolf Hall.

The role of Spiderman was the actor’s triumph. For the first time, Holland played this character in 2016: in spring, the premiere of the blockbuster Captain America: Civil War took place. Directors promised to surprise the audience with the new adventures of the superhero known all over the world. This project became the turning point in Tom’s career.

As the movie was shot, Robert Downey Jr. gave the actor some recommendations. According to Tom, the actors who participated there had much experience which should be used for future roles. Holland described his teacher:

“He is someone at the top of his game, at his peak. He is 10 minutes early every day, he shakes everyone’s hand before working, he’s polite, and he’s kind, and he’s hardworking and, above all else, he’s respectful. For me, it was an eye-opener that it doesn’t matter how successful you get, you should always remain the same and respect others.”

The young man added that Avengers were nice people.

2016 was also marked with the movies Pilgrimage, The Lost City of Z, and Edge of Winter; the actor had the lead roles in all of them.

Personal life

Tom Holland thoroughly keeps his personal life secret. However, the paparazzi discovered some facts and revealed the pictures where the pretty blonde, Elle Lotherington. The young people met at BRIT School: Elle was one of the students there.

In his interviews, the artist mentioned he had a girlfriend, but he did not reveal her name. Today, the happy couple does not hide their romantic relationship: they go on vacation together and visit parties and movie premieres.

Present days

In 2017, Tom visited Russia: the actor appeared in the TV show Evening Urgant. He talked about the challenges that he had while acting in the movie and emphasized how glad he was when he learned what role he was offered.

In 2017, the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming was released. Holland’s appearance and, moreover, the lead role surprised the TV audience: Marvel fans criticized the British actor and claimed that Tom’s physical parameters (his height is 173 cm.) had nothing to do with that character. Nevertheless, Tom tried on Spiderman’s costume and successfully played the role.

The contract with Sony Pictures implies the actor should appear in movies about Spiderman and related Marvel movies, such as Avengers. The number of movies where the artist will play is unknown.

Today, Tom Holland has many offers. He exercises every day to prepare for new projects, such as the 2018 movie Avengers: Infinity War, and uses the equipment that is several times large than himself. The actor often posts photos on his Instagram. He is in excellent shape: training has become his routine, and Tom goes in for sports even when he is on vacation.

In June 2017, Holland appeared in a commercial: Spiderman was getting his driving license and beat offenders in a new Audi ad. The video was presented on the MrSlyDar YouTube channel and had 320 000 views in the first days. Tom Holland personified Peter Parker who had a driving exam; he presumably borrowed an Audi from his “friend Tony.” As some culprits were rubbering a bank, the hero fought them and wrapped them with his cobweb. The audience liked the video and called it a full-fledged Hollywood movie.

In 2019, the actor will appear in the movies that promise to be successful: Spider-Man: Far from Home, Chaos Walking, and Uncharted.

Filmography

• 2012 – The Impossible
• 2013 – How I Live Now
• 2013 – Locke
• 2015 – In the Heart of the Sea
• 2016 – The Lost City of Z
• 2016 – Captain America: Civil War
• 2016 – Edge of Winter
• 2017 – Pilgrimage
• 2017 – Spider-Man: Homecoming
• 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War

Photo

Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor and dancer. Holland is known for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical in London’s West End, and for starring in the 2012 film The Impossible.

Early life and education

Holland was born in Kingston upon Thames, London, to Nicola Elizabeth (née Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland, a comedian and author. He has three brothers, twins Sam and Harry, three years younger, the latter of whom appears in the 2013 film Diana, and Patrick, eight years younger. His paternal grandparents were born on the Isle of Man and Ireland.

Holland was educated at Donhead, a Roman Catholic preparatory school in Wimbledon in South West London, followed by Wimbledon College, a voluntary aided Jesuit Roman Catholic comprehensive school (also in Wimbledon), up until December 2012. As of December 2012, he was attending The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

Career

Theatre

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.

After eight auditions and subsequent two years of training, on 28 June 2008, Holland made his West End debut in Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael, Billy’s best friend. He gave his first performance in the title role on 8 September 2008, receiving positive notices.

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. At the launch show on 31 January he and two other Billy Elliots, Tanner 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 front for the final The Feel Good Factor show on 28 March 2009.

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. Holland was chosen to be a lead at the fifth-anniversary show on 31 March 2010. Holland had been appearing on a regular basis as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical, rotating with three other performers, until 29 May 2010, when he finished his running.

Cinema

In 2011, Holland was cast in the British version of the animated film Arrietty, produced by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. He provided a voice for the principal character Sho.

Holland made his feature film debut in The Impossible, directed by Juan Antonio 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 won universal praise from critics and 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.

Holland starred as Isaac in the drama film How I Live Now, which was released in the U.K. on 4 October 2013, co-starring Saoirse Ronan and co-starred as Tom Nickerson in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015), directed by Ron Howard. Also in 2015, he appeared in BBC Two’s TV series Wolf Hall, as Gregory Cromwell.

On 23 June 2015, it was announced that Holland had been cast as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Captain America: Civil War (2016), The film was a massive critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2016, with Holland receiving critical praise.

In 2017, Holland co-starred alongside Charlie Hunnam in the drama film, The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray. It was released in April 2017, receiving positive critical reception.

Upcoming work

Holland will star in Spider-Man: Homecoming, reprising his role from Captain America: Civil War, set to be released on 7 July 2017. Holland is scheduled to appear in Avengers: Infinity War and its untitled sequel each scheduled to be released on 4 May 2018 and 3 May 2019, as well as the sequel to Homecoming which has a release date of 5 July 2019. Holland currently has a six-picture deal with Marvel Studios.

He was cast to play Samuel Insull in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War, which will be released on 22 December 2017. Holland was cast in the film adaptation of Patrick Ness’s bestselling YA series Chaos Walking as Todd Hewitt, alongside Daisy Ridley, which will be directed by Doug Liman. In May 2017, it was announced that he had been cast as a young Nathan Drake in the film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game series.

Personal life

Holland resides in London. He has a dog named Tessa. Tom is a supporter of Arsenal F.C and also practices gymnastics.

Thomas Stanley Holland is an English actor and dancer. He became internationally known for portraying Spider-Man in six Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films from 2016 to 2021 and Nathan Drake in Uncharted in 2022.

Early Life and Education

Tom Holland was born on June 1, 1996^[1] in Kingston upon Thames, London as the eldest of four children of the Holland family^[2]. He was educated at Donhead Preparatory School, a Roman Catholic school in Wimbledon, before attending Wimbledon College up until December of 2012. Holland has also spoken out about being bullied for being a dancer, and after finishing at Wimbledon College, he attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon.

Career

Theatre

After eight years of auditioning and two years of training, on June 28th 2008, Tom Holland made his West End debut in Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael, the best friend of main character, Billy, partially because they are both often mistaken for shiitake mushrooms. He gave his first performance in the title role on September 8th 2008, when his talent was beginning to be recognized.

In September 2008, Holland appeared on a news programme on channel five and gave his first TV interview. The next year, he was featured on ITV1 show The Feel Good Factor. He also trained five British school boys for a dance routine shown on the final episode of the show on March 28th 2009.

In 2010, to mark the fifth anniversary of Billy Elliot the Musical, four current Billy Elliots (including Tom) were invited to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Television

In 2015, Tom Holland starred in four episodes of BBC Two’s TV series Wolf Hall, playing Gregory Cromwell, son of the protagonist Thomas Cromwell, (played by Mark Rylance).

Holland also appeared on an episode of Lip Sync Battle, where he competed against Spider-Man co-star Zendaya, and won. Additionally, he presented the award for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. He also recently made his fourth appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in October 2018, portraying Spider-Man to promote the 2019 movie Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Cinema

Early movies

In 2011, Tom Holland was cast in the English version of the animated film Arrietty, made by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. He provided the voice for the principal character Sho.

Holland made his film debut in The Impossible, (directed by Juan Antonio Bayona), and was praised very highly. The premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9th 2012, and was a huge success, earning Holland significant praise and recognition, as well as 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.

Holland also starred as Issac in the drama film How I Live Now, released in the UK on October 4th 2013 and also co-starred as Thomas Nickerson in The Heart Of The Sea (2015) directed by Ron Howard.

Holland also appeared in Locke (2013) and made a brief appearance in the 2014 (filmed) rendition of Billy Elliot the Musical Live to celebrate his role as a ‘former Billy’.

Spiderman

On June 23rd 2015 it was announced that Holland was cast as a teenage Peter Parker / Spider-Man and as he later tweeted, his «life was flipped upside down».

• As part of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), he first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016). The film was a huge success and grossed over $1.1 billion globally, making it the highest grossing movie of 2016, and Holland received very high praise. This performance earned Tom a Guinness World Record title as the youngest actor to play a title role in the MCU.

• In July of 2017, Spider-Man: Homecoming was released, in which Holland continued his role from Captain America: Civil War. Earning $117 million in box office receipts in it’s first weekend, Homecoming received positive reviews and Holland significant, and appropriate praise, including his appearance being labelled «a star performance given by a born actor».

• Tom Holland then continued his esteemed role as Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War, released on April 27th 2018.

• He then further reprised his role in Avengers: Endgame, released on April 26th 2019.

• On July 2, 2019, Spider-Man: Far From Home was officially released, with Holland co-starring with actor Jake Gyllenhaal who plays Mysterio.

• The last movie Holland portrayed Spider-Man was Spider-Man: No Way Home, released on December 13, 2021.

Further movies

see also Tom Holland Filmography

In 2016 he played Bradley Baker in the film Edge of Winter, where he co-starred alongside Joel Kinnaman and Percy Hynes White. In 2017 he also starred in the drama film The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray. In 2017 he co-starred with Richard Armitage and Jon Bernthal in the film Pilgrimage, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2017. In the same year, Holland also played Samuel Insull in The Current War, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Early reviews of this film included a combination of responses, but critics praised Holland’s hard work and excellent performance in 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. 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. 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 Gyllenhaal.

Cherry is an upcoming American crime drama film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg, based on the novel of the same name by Nico Walker. The film stars Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo, and follows an Army veteran who resorts to robbing banks to support his opioid addiction. Cherry is scheduled to be released in theatres on February 26, 2021, and on Apple TV+ on March 12, 2021.

Thereafter, Holland co-starred with Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 movie Uncharted, a film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game series.

Personal Life

• Tom Holland now lives in Kingston upon Thames in London near to his childhood house, where his parents and brothers reside and he owns a blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Tessa.
• When he was seven, he was diagnosed with Dyslexia.
• Since July 2021, Holland is publicly in a relationship with Zendaya. The two have had dating rumours since they first co-starred in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Gallery

see also Tom Holland/Gallery

References

External links

• Tom Holland at Wikipedia
• Tom Holland at IMDb