Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)

Peter Parker
Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Promotional image of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man as depicted in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Last appearance	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Adapted by	James Vanderbilt Marc Webb Alvin Sargent Steve Kloves
Portrayed by	Andrew Garfield Max Charles (young)
Voiced by	Sam Riegel[a] Andrew Chaikin[b] Yuri Lowenthal[c]
In-universe information
Alias	Spider-Man
Nicknames	Peter-Three
Species	Human mutate
Occupation	Superhero High school student Freelance photographer Research assistant
Weapon	Web shooters
Family	Richard Parker (father) Mary Parker (mother) May Parker (aunt; legal adoptive mother) Ben Parker (uncle; legal adoptive father)
Significant other	Gwen Stacy
Nationality	American

Peter Benjamin Parker, also known by his alias Spider-Man, is a fictional character and the protagonist of Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man film series. Adapted from the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, he is portrayed by Andrew Garfield and appears in the films The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as being a supporting character in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), appearing as a slightly older version of himself alongside two alternate versions of himself from the wider multiverse.

Garfield's version of the character is a successor to the version of Peter Parker portrayed by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and a predecessor to the iteration of Peter Parker portrayed by Tom Holland in the MCU (2016–present), both of whom appeared as their versions of Spider-Man alongside Garfield in No Way Home. To distinguish him from the other two Spider-Men, he is nicknamed "Peter-Three" by his counterparts in the film itself, and is referred to by Marvel's official website as The Amazing Spider-Man,^[1] and is referred by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers in the screenplay as "Webb-verse Peter" and "Webb-verse Spider-Man" (in honor of Marc Webb) when writing his dialogue.^[2]

Garfield's iteration of the character had some differences in personality to the Spider-Man of the previous film series, being more of an angst-ridden loner haunted by his actions. The narrative of the duology centers around Parker struggling to maintain his double-life as Spider-Man and relationship with fellow student Gwen Stacy, whose death at the hands of his former friend Harry Osborn he believes himself responsible for. The narrative also focuses on Parker seeking to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his parents Richard and Mary, who left him with his aunt and uncle when he was a child, alongside the nature of his father's work at Oscorp. In No Way Home this portrayal was abandoned in order to depict Parker as a tortured character who learns to let go of the emotional pain of Gwen's death and forgive himself after meeting two other versions of himself.

Garfield's portrayal of Parker received positive responses and is commonly seen as a highlight of The Amazing Spider-Man series. Since Garfield's appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, fans have launched a campaign for the cancelled The Amazing Spider-Man 3 to be made.

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