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Based his performance as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on Michael J. Fox.

Like his predecessor Andrew Garfield, he was a huge fan of Spider-Man before he played the role and said that playing the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a dream come true for him.

He was cast for the role as "Billy Elliot" on stage because he reminded Stephen Daldry of Billy Elliot - I Will Dance (2000) star Jamie Bell.

His favorite screen acting performance is Edward Norton in Zwielicht (1996).

Was cast as Fred Astaire for his biopic by Sony.

He beat out Timothée Chalamet, Charlie Plummer, Judah Lewis, Matt Lintz and Charlie Rowe for the role of Spider-Man.

He can perform back, side and front flips.

He is the first actor to play a film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man who was also a teenager at the time of casting, having turned 19 shortly before the formal announcement in June 2015.

Broke his nose for the second time during the first week of filming Chaos Walking (2021), after getting punched in the face by a stuntman.

Auditioned for the role of Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII - Das Erwachen der Macht (2015). He called his audition a disaster because, he couldn't stop laughing when reading the lines opposite someone pretending to be a droid.

He has 3 younger brothers, twins named Harry Holland and Sam Holland and youngest brother Paddy Holland.

He is the first non-U.S-born actor to play a film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. His predecessor, Andrew Garfield, was also raised in the U.K., but was born in the United States.

Despite being best known for playing Spider-Man, he has said that he has a very strong fear of spiders in real life.

He was originally cast as Seaplane McDonough/Alex in Jumanji: Willkommen im Dschungel (2017), but had to drop out of the film due to scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), so Nick Jonas was cast in his place.

His favorite film is Der Soldat James Ryan (1998).

Broke his nose on the last day of filming Die versunkene Stadt Z (2016).

He broke Tobey Maguire's record of portraying Spider-Man in a live action film after portraying the character for a fourth time in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Owns a Blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier, named Tessa.

Was in talks for the role of Lance Corporal Blake in 1917 (2019), but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

He became best known for playing the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, as well as for starring in the The Impossible - Nichts ist stärker als der Wille, zu überleben (2012). For the latter role, he became a winner of the Hollywood Spotlight Award, as well as of the National Board of Review's award in the "Breakthrough Actor" category.

A leaked casting sheet revealed that he was on the shortlist for the voice of Sonic in Sonic The Hedgehog (2020).

Since March 2011, his father had been writing the blog "Eclipsed", which was a weekly renewed sequential story narrating how a "somewhat famous comedian is being outshone by his more illustrious son". The blog described in detail the main events in Holland's past and present professional life. The blog came to conclusion in December 2012 when The Impossible - Nichts ist stärker als der Wille, zu überleben (2012) premiered in Los Angeles.

He was featured in Screen International's "UK Stars of Tomorrow - 2012" and in Variety's "Youth Impact Report 2012".

He became a teetotaler in January 2022 after realizing he was dependent on alcohol in social situations. This inspired him to create a low-alcoholic beer brand called BERO, which was launched in October 2024.

He was offered the role of Miles Miller in the film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), but turned it down.

He is the son of Dominic Holland, a top comic in the UK and a regular panelist on the Channel 5 topical discussion series The Wright Stuff (2000).

Became close friends with Zendaya while working on the film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). They have since been in a relationship, and they announced their engagement in January 2025.

His paternal grandfather, John Charles Anthony Holland, was from the Isle of Man, and his paternal grandmother, Teresa Quigley, was from Ireland. On his mother's side, Tom is the grandson of Robert Walter Frost and Christina Winifred Berry.

Not to be confused with famous horror writer/director Tom Holland, of Die rabenschwarze Nacht - Fright Night (1985) and Chucky - Die Mörderpuppe (1988).

Auditioned for the role of Addison Schacht in November Criminals (2017). Lost out the role to Ansel Elgort.