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The Amazing Spider-Man is slinging webs on Netflix — the 2012 action blockbuster starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone is now available on the streaming platform.
The comic book movie told the classic origin story of high schooler Peter Parker (Garfield), who, thanks to being bitten by a radioactive spider, turns into the masked vigilante.
Since its release 13 years ago in July 2012, a lot has happened in the world of superhero movies, including a new Spider-Man trilogy starring Tom Holland.
After 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Garfield reprised his role in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, but what else has the Oscar-nominated actor been up to since swinging above the New York City streets?
In honor of the movie hitting Netflix, here’s where the cast of 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man is now.
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
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Andrew Garfield played the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He also returned for 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, when his Peter Parker met cinema’s other live-action Spider-Men, Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland.
Since suiting up in The Amazing Spider-Man, Garfield has starred in movies like Silence, Under the Silver Lake, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Hacksaw Ridge and Tick, Tick… Boom! — the latter two performances earned him Oscar nominations for Best Actor.
In 2017, he landed the role of Prior Walter in the epic Angels in America on Broadway, and in 2022, he starred in the Hulu limited series Under the Banner of Heaven.
Garfield dated his Amazing Spider-Man costar Stone after the two met on the movie set. The couple eventually split in 2015, and Garfield is now dating actress Monica Barbaro.
Garfield will next appear in After the Hunt, alongside Julia Roberts, Chloë Sevigny and Ayo Edebiri.
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
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Since portraying Peter Parker’s first love, Gwen Stacy, in The Amazing Spider-Man, Emma Stone has become one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood.
Stone has won two Oscars for Best Actress, for her roles in La La Land and Poor Things. She has also appeared in Birdman, The Favourite, Cruella, Kinds of Kindness, and most recently, Eddington. Stone also ventured into television, starring in Showtime’s The Curse with Nathan Fielder.
Stone will be seen next in Bugonia, directed by her frequent collaborator, Yorgos Lanthimos.
In 2016, Stone met Saturday Night Live writer and director Dave McCary. The two started dating in 2017 and got married in 2020. They welcomed a daughter, Louise, the following year.
Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben
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Martin Sheen played Uncle Ben Parker, whose death forever altered Peter Parker’s life.
Sheen is an acting legend, starring in classics like Badlands and Apocalypse Now, and portraying President Bartlet in all seven seasons of The West Wing.
In the years after The Amazing Spider-Man, Sheen was one of the main cast members on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie. He also reunited with his West Wing costars in 2020 for the television event, A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote.
Sheen enjoyed working with Garfield on The Amazing Spider-Man, an experience he recalled to Total Film in 2011, calling his on-screen nephew, “quite the marvel, a very fine actor.”
“He’s a lovely guy, very disciplined, very focused,” he added.
Sheen’s acting career has lasted decades, and so has his marriage to Janet Sheen. The two have been together since they wed in December 1961. Sheen and Janet share four children, including son Charlie Sheen.
Sally Field as Aunt May
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Sally Field is a Hollywood icon whose career has spanned years, but The Amazing Spider-Man was her first superhero movie. Field portrayed Peter Parker’s beloved Aunt May Parker, who is left a widow after her husband, Uncle Ben, is killed.
That same year, Field played Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln, for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
She returned as Aunt May for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and in recent years, she has appeared in Hello, My Name Is Doris, Spoiler Alert and 80 for Brady.
In 2017, she was cast on Broadway in a revival of The Glass Menagerie, and the following year, in 2018, she released her memoir, In Pieces.
It is unknown if Field is currently dating anyone, but she was previously married twice: First to her high school sweetheart, Steven Craig, divorcing after seven years, and then to producer Alan Greisman, splitting after nine years, per Oprah.com.
Field and Craig welcomed two sons together, Peter and Eli; and the actress had her third son, Sam, with Greisman.
During a 2024 appearance on Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast, Wiser Than Me, the Oscar winner admitted that she “can’t imagine” getting married again.
Denis Leary as Captain Stacy
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Rescue Me star Denis Leary portrayed Captain George Stacy, the father of Emma Stone’s character.
In recent years, he has continued to voice the character Diego in the Ice Age animated franchise, and he has appeared in multiple TV shows, like Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Animal Kingdom and No Good Deed.
At the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, Leary recalled collaborating with The Amazing Spider-Man cast, telling IGN, “It was a lot of fun. I miss it because I really liked working with those guys.”
The actor has been married to author Ann Leary since 1989.
Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors/the Lizard
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In The Amazing Spider-Man, Rhys Ifans played Dr. Curt Connors, who transformed into the fearsome villain, the Lizard.
Following The Amazing Spider-Man, Ifans has acted in multiple TV and film projects, including Snowden, Nyad and House of the Dragon.
In 2021, he reprised his role as the Lizard in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also recently appeared in another comic book movie, 2024’s Venom: The Last Dance.
Irrfan Khan as Dr. Rajit Ratha
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Irrfan Khan portrayed Dr. Rajit Ratha, a scientist at Oscorp who worked alongside Dr. Connors.
After The Amazing Spider-Man, Khan appeared in Life of Pi, Jurassic World and Inferno. He was also a popular Bollywood star, winning the 2012 Indian National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Paan Singh Tomar.
Khan died at age 53 on April 29, 2020, after being hospitalized for a colon infection, per the BBC. His death came two years after the actor revealed he had been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor.
“Sometimes you wake up with a jolt, with life shaking you up,” the actor wrote on X in 2018. “Little had I known that my search for rare stories would make me find a rare disease. I have never given up and have always fought for my choices and always will.”
Khan is survived by his wife, Sutapa Sikdar, and two adult children, sons Babil and Ayan. At the time of Khan’s death, he had more than 150 credits to his name.
Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
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Campbell Scott played Peter Parker’s dad, Richard Parker, in The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel.
Following The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Scott appeared in all eight seasons of Royal Pains. He was also part of the cast of Netflix’s House of Cards and Soundtrack.
In 2022, he played Lewis Dodgson in Jurassic World Dominion, and in 2025, he was in the Netflix original movie Nonnas.
Scott has been married to actress Kathleen McElfresh since 2009.
