Personal life

Holland was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, London, to Nicola Elizabeth (née Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland, who is a comedian and author. He has three brothers, twins Sam and Harry, three years younger, the latter of whom appears in the 2013 film Diana, and Patrick, eight years younger. His paternal grandparents were born on the Isle of Man and Ireland.

Holland attended Donhead, a Roman Catholic preparatory school. He later attended Wimbledon College up until December 2012. As of December 2012, he was attending The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

Career

Theatre

Holland began dancing at a hip hop class at Nifty Feet Dance School in Wimbledon. His potential was spotted by choreographer Lynne Page (who was an associate to Peter Darling, choreographer of Billy Elliot and Billy Elliot the Musical) when he performed with his dance school as part of the 2006 Richmond Dance Festival.

After eight auditions and subsequent two years of training, on 28 June 2008, Holland made his West End debut in Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael, Billy's best friend. He gave his first performance in the title role on 8 September 2008, receiving positive notices.

In September 2008, Holland (together with co-star Tanner Pflueger) appeared on the news programme on channel FIVE and gave his first TV interview. The following year, he was featured on ITV1 show The Feel Good Factor. At the launch show on 31 January he and two other Billy Elliots, Tanner Pflueger and Layton Williams, performed a version of Angry Dance from Billy Elliot the Musical, after which Holland was interviewed by host Myleene Klass. He trained five British schoolboys for a dance routine he front for the final The Feel Good Factor show on 28 March 2009.

On 8 March 2010, to mark the fifth anniversary of Billy Elliot the Musical, four current Billy Elliots, including Holland, were invited to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Holland was chosen to be a lead at the fifth-anniversary show on 31 March 2010. Holland had been appearing on a regular basis as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical, rotating with three other performers, until 29 May 2010, when he finished his running.

Cinema

In 2011, Holland was cast in the British version of the animated film Arrietty, produced by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. He provided a voice for the principal character Sho. Holland starred in The Impossible, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, alongside Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2012. It was released in Europe in October 2012 and in North America in December 2012. Holland was featured in Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow - 2012 and was among the newcomers chosen for the inaugural British Academy of Film and Television Arts Breakthrough Brits in 2013.

Holland played Isaac in How I Live Now, released in the U.K. on 4 October 2013, and co-starred as Tom Nickerson in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015), directed by Ron Howard. Also in 2015, he appeared in BBC Two's TV series Wolf Hall, as Peer Gregory Cromwell. On 23 June 2015, it was announced that Holland had been cast as Spider-Man for Captain America: Civil War (released in 2016) and Spider-Man: Homecoming, set to be released on 7 July 2017. Upon release of Civil War, Holland received universal praise for his role as Spider-Man, hailed by many as the "best Spider-Man we've ever seen."

In November 2015, he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth's third film, The Modern Ocean alongside Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Chloe Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jeff Goldblum and Abraham Attah.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Arrietty	Shō	Voice only, English dub (UK version)
2012	The Impossible	Lucas Bennett
2013	How I Live Now	Isaac
2014	Locke	Eddie	Voice only
2015	In the Heart of the Sea	Young Thomas Nickerson
2015	Pilgrimage	The Novice
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Peter Parker / Spider-Man
2016	Edge of Winter	Bradley	Post-production
2016	The Lost City of Z	Jack Fawcett	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Wolf Hall	Gregory Cromwell

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2008	Billy Elliot the Musical	Billy/Michael	Victoria Palace Theatre	8 September 2008 - 29 May 2010

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Lego Marvel's Avengers	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Young Actor/Actress	The Impossible	Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Performer		Nominated
	Goya Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	National Board of Review	Breakthrough Actor		Won
2013	London Film Critics Circle Awards 2012	Young British Performer of the Year		Won
	Empire Award	Best Newcomer		Won
	Young Artist Award	Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film		Won

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