How he got here: Garfield made a slow and steady rise to fame with roles in “Lions for Lambs” and “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” However, it wasn’t until “Never Let Me Go,” about teen clones, and “The Social Network,” the back story to Facebook, that the industry really started to take notice. So far, his portrayal of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has landed him on the Golden Globe nominees list, and he could be looking at an Oscar nod in January.
Where hes headed: Garfield had Marvel fans buzzing in July when Sony announced him as the new Peter Parker in the “Spider-Man” reboot. The 2011 film will act as an origin story, with Parker as a high school student developing his new skills.
What he has to say: “No one knows who Eduardo Saverin is, and I don’t either,” Garfield says of his work in “The Social Network.” “Of course, the fact [that] he’s a real-life human being, breathing on this Earth somewhere, creates a whole new dimension to my approach because you feel a greater sense of responsibility. But not that much greater because [for] any character you feel a sense of responsibility as if they were a real person.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)