Tom Holland (actor)
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Thomas Stanley Holland (born June 1, 1996 in Kingston upon Thames , London ) is a British actor and dancer .
Life
Tom Holland was born in 1996 as the eldest of four sons of Dominic Holland , a comedian and writer , and his wife Nicola Elizabeth, a photographer. His brothers are Patrick (Paddy) Holland and (the twins ) Harry and Sam Holland, who also work as actors. Tom Holland visited the Catholic Donhead Preparatory School in Wimbledon and thereafter until 2012, also by Jesuits led Wimbledon College .
Tom Holland started dancing at the age of nine. In 2006 he was discovered by the choreographer Lynne Page . With her help, Holland managed to get the role of Michael , Billy's best friend, in Billy Elliot the Musical in 2008 . In September of the same year he played the leading role. On May 31, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the premiere, Holland was also seen as Billy Elliot .
His career in film and television began in 2010 when he was allowed to dub one of the leading roles for the cartoon Arrietty - The Wonderful World of Borger . The breakthrough came in 2012 when he played the third leading role in the disaster film The Impossible , alongside Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor . For his role as a boy who survived the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 , Holland was nominated for eighteen international film and critic awards, including the Saturn Award , the Spanish Goya and the Young Artist Award . Holland was also able to accept eight of these prizes, including the aforementioned Young Artist Award.
In the 2015 British miniseries Wolves , Holland stars as Gregory Cromwell , son of the reformer Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex .
In June 2015 it was announced that Holland would play the character of Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man ) in the remake of Spider-Man, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) . He made his first appearance in this role in 2016 in The First Avenger: Civil War . Holland's acting performance was widely acclaimed after the film premiered and the actor was welcomed as the new Spider-Man . Especially because of his youthful age and his impressive movements, which his experiences as a gymnast and acrobat showed, Holland is moving closer to the Spider-Man comic books. This is particularly evident from his flip when the character appears, as well as many of the stunts the actor performed himself in The First Avenger: Civil War . Even Tobey Maguire , who himself, the figure had led to new fame since 2002, congratulated Holland after its introduction into the MCU and was impressed by the new Spider-Man . Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in German cinemas in July 2017. In the film Edison - A Life Full of Light by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon , which celebrated its world premiere in September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival , Holland plays the business tycoon Samuel Insull.
Since Edge of Winter 's Christian pointer of the German tribe spokesman for Holland.
Filmography (selection)
- 2012: The Impossible (Lo imposible)
- 2013: No Turning Back ( Locke , speaking role)
- 2013: How I Live Now
- 2015: Wolves ( Wolf Hall , TV series)
- 2015: In the Heart of the Sea
- 2016: The First Avenger: Civil War (Captain America: Civil War)
- 2016: Edge of Winter
- 2016: The Sunken City Z (The Lost City of Z)
- 2017: God's ways are bloody (pilgrimage)
- 2017: Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 2017: Edison - A Life Full of Light (The Current War)
- 2018: Avengers: Infinity War
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame
- 2019: Spider-Man: Far From Home
- 2019: Spies Undercover - A Wild Transformation ( Spies in Disguise , voice)
- 2020: The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle ( Dolittle , voice)
- 2020: Onward: No half measures ( Onward , voice)
Awards (selection)
- 2017 : Received the Rising Star Award as best young actor
Web links
- Tom Holland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tom Holland in an interview with West End Theater on Youtube (video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ | Evening Standard
- ↑ Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios Find Their 'Spider-Man' Star and Director . In: Marvel.com . June 23, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2015.
- ↑ Borys Kit & Tatiana Siegel: 'Spider-Man' Finds Tom Holland to Star as New Web-Slinger . In: HollywoodReporter.com . June 23, 2015. Accessed June 28, 2015.
- ↑ a b Jack Shepherd: Captain America: Civil War: How Tom Holland won over Marvel to become Spider-Man. 'That's Spider-Man to us. That's what we love ' In: independent.co.uk, May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Sutrishna Ghosh: Captain America Civil War: Tom Holland's youthful Spider-Man is a smash hit In: ibtimes.co.uk, May 7, 2016.
- ↑ Jonas Gössling: Civil War: The old Spider-Man congratulates the new one. Tobey likes Tom In: ign.com, May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Tom Holland in the German dubbing index
- ↑ Jack Shepherd: Baftas 2017: Tom Holland, Ruth Negga, and Anya Taylor-Joy amongst nominees for Rising Star award In: independent.co.uk, January 5, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holland, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holland, Thomas Stanley |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British dancer and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |