FILM CAREER

Holland made his film debut in 2012 in The Impossible.

 The drama follows a family vacationing in Thailand when 

the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 devastates the country.

 Holland won critical praise for his role as the eldest son 

trying to help his injured mother and locate his other family members. 

Also in 2012 he began attending the BRIT School, 

a leading performance and creative arts school in London.

Holland next had a part in the action drama How I Live Now (2013)

. In 2015 he appeared in the British miniseries Wolf Hall, set in

 the 16th century during the time of King Henry VIII,

 and in the action adventure film In the Heart of the Sea

That same year it was announced that Holland would join

 the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Peter Parker

 and his alter ego Spider-Man.

Tom Holland
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Holland made his debut as Spider-Man in the movie Captain America: Civil War (2016). In the movie Spider-Man forms a tight alliance with his mentor, Tony Stark (Iron Man). In the action comedy Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Holland transforms from a New York high-school student into a superhero. He returned to the screen as the teenaged Spider-Man in the blockbusters Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) he struggles against forces threatening to destroy the world. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) has Spider-Man teaming up with Doctor Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) to fight former villains that Strange accidentally brings back into the universe.

Holland appeared in other movies during and after his time as Spider-Man. They include the adventure biopic The Lost City of Z (2016), the crime thriller The Devil All the Time (2020), and the action fantasy Chaos Walking (2021). In 2022 he starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the action adventure Uncharted. Holland also coproduced the movie. He lent his voice to several animated features, including Spies in Disguise (2019)