He has an older brother who is an NHS doctor at Royal Brompton Hospital. His mother was also a teaching assistant at a nursery school, and his father became head coach of the Guildford City Swimming Club. Garfield's parents ran a small interior-design business. He is Jewish on his father's side, and describes himself as a " Jewish artist." His paternal grandparents were from Jewish immigrant families who moved to London from Poland, Russia and Romania, and the family surname was originally " Garfinkel." Garfield's parents moved the family from Los Angeles to the UK when he was three years old, and he was brought up in Epsom, Surrey. Richard's parents were also from the United Kingdom.
His mother, Lynn (née Hillman), was from Essex, England, and his father, Richard Garfield, is from California.
He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring as Desmond Doss in the war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and as Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick. Garfield gained wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the superhero films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and later in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He came to international attention in 2010 with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network, for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. He made his feature film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama Lions for Lambs and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in the television film Boy A (2007). He has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, a British Academy Television Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, two Academy Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.īorn in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, England, Garfield trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He also did Jacob's Ladder and Flashdance.Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He last directed 2002's steamy Unfaithful and is well-known for his unique take on sexuality and suspense in films like Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks and Indecent Proposal. More than the cast, I'm excited to hear that Lynn is getting back behind the camera after an almost decade-long hiatus. An absorbing novel worth purchasing for fiction collections. Reader Dylan Baker does a satisfactory job of interpreting Harley's sense of frustration and cynicism. The characterizations are vivid, and each family member generates sympathy.
He is able to satisfy his youthful urges by beginning a series of sexual encounters with an older woman whose daughter is a playmate of his youngest sister. During his regular visits with a psychotherapist Harley finds some comfort while at the same time feeling disdain for this woman. Each sibling finds his or her own way of coping with this family tragedy. Harley has become the guardian of his three younger sisters as the result of their mother going to jail for the shooting death of their father. Here's the shorter of two descriptions on its Amazon page, from Library Journal: In a small Pennsylvania town depressed by coal mine closings, a young man of 19 finds himself thrust into the role of parent. Back Roads was an Oprah Book club selection way back in 2000.