MCU's Peter Parker might be going on a Euro vacay with his pals post-Snapture [1], but Spider-Man as a cultural icon never rests. In the past year, there have been three — count 'em, three — Spider-Man movies: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [2], Avengers: Endgame [3], and Spider-Man: Far From Home [4]. Over the last few decades, Marvel has given us four different live-action Peter Parkers: Nicholas Hammond, Tobey Maguire [5], Andrew Garfield, and, of course, Tom Holland [6]. Plus, there seems to be a new Spider-Man swinging into the world of animated series every generation. Suffice to say, the scrappy superhero will never not be a part of the pop culture zeitgeist. If you want a breakdown of the most well-known Spider-Man portrayals, you won't have to rely on spidey senses alone. Here, we've gathered all of the actors who have brought us the most iconic iterations of the web-slinging superhero, from Paul Soles's take in the very first animated Spider-Man series to Shameik Moore's beloved Miles Morales in Into the Spider-Verse.
Paul Soles
Canadian actor Paul Soles lent his voice to the first animated version of Spider-Man in the 1967 series, giving Peter Parker a deeper and huskier sound than most Marvel fans may typically associate with the character. And, yes, this one's the origin of the pointing meme [7] that you've seen before.
Nicholas Hammond
Hammond originated the first live-action role of Peter Parker from 1977 to 1979 in the short-lived CBS series The Amazing Spider-Man.
Dan Gilvezan
Known for giving life to the Autobot Bumblebee in the original Transformers series (not the Hailee Steinfeld movie [8]), Gilvezan voiced Peter Parker in the popular 1981 animated show Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.
Christopher Daniel Barnes
Barnes voiced Peter Parker in the iconic Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994-1998) as the titular character entered his college years.
Neil Patrick Harris
Very briefly, NPH [9], no stranger to projects for kids and young adults [10], lent his voice to Spider-Man in the first CGI rendition of the character in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003).
Tobey Maguire
Maguire debuted the first big-screen version of Spider-Man, starring in director Sam Raimi's beloved trilogy [11] from 2002 to 2007.
Josh Keaton
Before voicing Shiro on the popular animated Netflix series [12] Voltron: Legendary Defender, Keaton brought Peter Parker to life in The Spectacular Spider-Man from 2008 to 2009.
Drake Bell
Drake Bell (yes, that Drake Bell from Drake & Josh [13]) played the title character in Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man starting in 2012. He reprised the role in the movie Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload.
Andrew Garfield
Starring alongside Emma Stone [14], Garfield played the second movie iteration of Spider-Man in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man [15] and its sequel.
Robbie Daymond
A seasoned voice actor, Daymond officially took over for Bell on Disney XD's new series Spider-Man, which premiered in 2017.
Tom Holland
Holland has been the MCU's Spider-Man since Captain America: Civil War in 2016. Even though he's Peter Parker's latest portrayer, Holland has actually been in a whopping five films (with a possible sequel in the works [16]): Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Shameik Moore
Shameik Moore voiced Miles Morales in the critically acclaimed [17] Into the Spider-Verse [18], which revolves around the first black-Latino Spider-Man. Into the Spider-Verse is special because it features not one but seven Spider characters, so we also need to give a shout-out to Nicolas Cage [19], Hailee Steinfeld, Kimiko Glenn, Chris Pine [20], John Mulaney, and, of course, Jake Johnson for playing Miles's cadre of superhero pals with arachnid reflexes.