Actor: Andrew Garfield
Age: 27
Role: Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network
Synopsis: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea.
In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.
A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Garfield has never won a Golden Globe before.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: This is his first nomination.
Awards For Role: He won the Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Actor. He has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Detroit Film Critics Society, Houston Film Critics Society, Satellite Awards and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
Critics: “His best friend Eduardo Saverin is played by Andrew Garfield, who, in the last year, has managed to come from nowhere into being one of the most talked about newcomers around.” - FemaleFirst
“A rare and vital film that nails the concerns of privileged post-adolescence in the first few years of the 21st century, and, more universally, draws out eternal themes of truth, subjectivity and envy with an effortless elegance.” - Film4
“A rich, understated character drama that gleefully exposes the petty playground politics at the centre of one of the internet-era's most bitter court cases.” - Empire
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