📖 About
Three different actors have played the live-action Peter Parker across 12 films and three reboots. They all met in 2021's No Way Home — a multiversal team-up that made the Spider-Verse cinematically real. Then animation pushed the concept even further.
🎭 Every Actor Who Played Spider-Man
Across 24 years and 13 films, these are the performers who brought Spider-Man to life on screen.
🎬 Every Film Appearance
All 13 appearances of Spider-Man on the big screen, in chronological order.
Sam Raimi's genre-defining first entry. The upside-down kiss. Willem Dafoe's Goblin. The film that proved superhero blockbusters could be both massive AND emotional.
Often cited as the greatest superhero film ever made (pre-Dark Knight). Alfred Molina's Doc Ock. The train scene. Peter's arc about responsibility done right.
Symbiote suit, emo Peter dance, Sandman, Venom (Topher Grace). Sony forced Raimi to include Venom against his wishes; the film's reception led to the franchise reboot.
Marc Webb's reboot. Lizard villain. Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy. A more skater-kid Peter, brighter than Maguire's, sets up a different Spider-Man trilogy that never fully arrived.
Electro, Rhino, Green Goblin. Gwen Stacy dies. Sony's response — pulling Spider-Man back to share with Marvel Studios — ended this version of the character.
Holland's introduction. Recruited by Tony Stark in Queens. The airport battle. "I'm Peter, by the way." 16 years old, instant fan-favorite.
Michael Keaton's Vulture is one of the MCU's best villains. The car-reveal scene where he realizes Peter is his daughter's prom date. Pure cinematic tension.
"Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good." The most devastating moment in the entire MCU. Peter dusts in Tony's arms.
Miles Morales takes over. Multiple Spider-People from across the multiverse converge in Brooklyn. Won Best Animated Feature; redefined animated visual style.
Peter grieves Tony. Mysterio's deception. The mid-credits identity reveal that sets up No Way Home's entire premise.
Peter returns from the Snap. The "Hey Mr. Stark, we won" reunion mid-final-battle. The torch-passing implied at Tony's funeral.
Three actors. Three Peters. Five iconic villains across realities. Garfield catches MJ. Maguire mentors. Holland rewrites the spell to erase himself from everyone's memory.
Sequel's ambition is staggering — 240+ Spider-people, the multiverse weaponized as plot. Cliffhanger ending sets up Beyond the Spider-Verse.
📚 Comic Storylines That Inspired the Films
The original published stories that screen versions have drawn from.
The Goblin throws Gwen off a bridge. Adapted faithfully into Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
Arguably the greatest Spider-Man story ever. Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Kraven (2024) drew loose inspiration from this.
Peter's love letter to Gwen Stacy. A direct influence on the emotional tone of the Garfield films.
Peter unmasks publicly to support the registration act. Adapted in part into Civil War and FFH's identity reveal.
Every Spider-person across the multiverse comes together. Direct foundation for the Sony animated trilogy.
Introduced Miles Morales (2011). Foundation for Into the Spider-Verse and ongoing Miles MCU plans.