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Actor: Tom Holland

Tom Holland came from the West End production of Billy Elliot, where he danced the lead, and the physical training is visible in how the Spider-Man performance moves.

He was cast at nineteen and is the first actor to play the character at approximately the right age, which is why the Marvel films could use high school as an actual setting.

The Impossible, made when he was fifteen, is the dramatic performance and remains his best, carrying long stretches opposite Naomi Watts.

The Devil All the Time and Cherry were deliberate attempts to move away from the franchise, with mixed results, and he has been candid about the difficulty of that transition.

Tom Holland as Nathan Drake stands among falling cargo crates inside a military transport plane during an action sequence.Antonio Banderas

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