50 free Tom Holland trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Tom Holland was a dancer before he was an actor. A choreographer spotted him at a hip hop class in Wimbledon, two years of ballet and tap followed, and by 12 he was playing the lead in Billy Elliot the Musical in the West End. A tsunami drama, a BBC costume piece and a Ron Howard whaling film later, he beat 1,500 teenagers to become the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man. These 50 questions follow the whole arc: the audition letter he wrote for J. A. Bayona, the Bronx high school he attended undercover, the Guinness record, the billion-dollar sequels, the against-type turns in Cherry and The Devil All the Time, Uncharted, The Crowded Room, Romeo and Juliet on stage, The Odyssey and Brand New Day, plus the spoiler reputation, the Spurs fandom, the beer brand and the marriage to Zendaya. Every answer is sourced from Wikipedia's coverage of Holland and his films, so you can check anything that surprises you. Play in sets of 10 and see how well you know the friendly neighbourhood actor.
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Q 01In which year was Tom Holland born?
1996
He was born on 1 June in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, the eldest of four brothers.
Q 02Which West End show launched Tom Holland's career at age 12?
Billy Elliot
A choreographer spotted him at a hip hop class; after two years of training he joined the West End cast in 2008.
Q 03Which role did Holland first play in the musical before taking the title part?
Michael Caffrey
Michael is Billy's best friend; Holland was promoted to the lead later in 2008 and played it until 2010.
Q 04What was Tom Holland's feature film debut?
The Impossible
He played a teenager caught in the 2004 tsunami; the audition involved writing a letter to his mother and reading it aloud.
Q 05Who directed Holland's debut film about the 2004 tsunami?
J. A. Bayona
The Spanish director later helmed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and A Monster Calls.
Q 06Which actress played Holland's mother in his tsunami-drama debut?
Naomi Watts
Filming taxing scenes with Watts in a 35,000-gallon tank convinced Holland to act full-time; she was Oscar-nominated.
Q 07In which MCU film did Holland first appear as Spider-Man?
Captain America: Civil War
He signed a six-picture deal in June 2015 after beating some 1,500 teenage hopefuls.
Q 08Roughly how many teenagers did Holland audition against for Spider-Man?
1,500
Charlie Rowe and Asa Butterfield were among the rivals; the Russo brothers cited his dancing and gymnastics.
Q 09Which directors cited Holland's dance and gymnastics background when casting him?
The Russo brothers
Stan Lee added that Holland was exactly the age and height he had imagined for the character.
Q 10What Guinness World Record did Holland earn with Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film
He was 21 when the film came out in 2017.
Q 11Where did Holland briefly go undercover as a student to prepare for Homecoming?
The Bronx High School of Science
Fellow students refused to believe he had been cast as Spider-Man.
Q 12Who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Jon Watts
Watts went on to direct Far From Home and No Way Home as well.
Q 13Who plays the Vulture opposite Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Michael Keaton
Keaton, a former Batman, became the wing-suited salvager Adrian Toomes.
Q 21Which BBC miniseries featured Holland as Gregory Cromwell?
Wolf Hall
He appeared in four episodes opposite Mark Rylance as his father, Thomas Cromwell.
Q 22In which Ron Howard film did Holland play sailor Thomas Nickerson?
In the Heart of the Sea
He and Chris Hemsworth dropped to 500-1,000 calories a day to play the starving crew of the whaleship Essex.
Q 23Which song did Holland perform in drag on Lip Sync Battle in 2017?
Rihanna's 'Umbrella'
He faced off against Zendaya on the Paramount Network show.
Q 14Which villain does Jake Gyllenhaal play in Spider-Man: Far From Home?
Mysterio
Peter is recruited by Nick Fury and Mysterio to fight the Elementals during a school trip to Europe.
Q 15Far From Home was the first Spider-Man film to achieve what milestone?
Gross $1 billion worldwide
It finished as the fourth-highest grosser of 2019.
Q 16Which two former Spider-Man actors appear with Holland in No Way Home?
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield
Their involvement leaked widely despite Sony and Marvel's efforts to keep it secret.
Q 17Which sorcerer does Peter ask to erase the world's memory of his identity in No Way Home?
Doctor Strange
The botched spell pulls in villains from the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man films.
Q 18No Way Home was the first film since which release to pass $1 billion at the box office?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
It became the highest-grossing film of 2021 despite the pandemic.
Q 19Holland won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in which year?
2017
It came the same year as Homecoming and his role in The Lost City of Z.
Q 20How did Holland injure himself on his last day filming The Lost City of Z?
He broke his nose in a failed backflip
He played the son of explorer Percy Fawcett, portrayed by Charlie Hunnam.
Q 24What is the name of the charity founded by Holland's parents?
The Brothers Trust
It uses his fame to raise funds for humanitarian causes.
Q 25In which Netflix thriller did Holland play an orphaned young man in post-war Ohio?
The Devil All the Time
He learned a Southern American accent; director Antonio Campos called his process methodical.
Q 26Cherry, in which Holland plays a PTSD-stricken bank robber, is based on whose novel?
Nico Walker
Holland shaved his head, lost 30 pounds and interviewed veterans in treatment for the role.
Q 27Which author's sci-fi series was adapted as Chaos Walking, with Holland and Daisy Ridley?
Patrick Ness
Reshoots added $15 million to the budget and the film still failed to recoup its $100 million cost.
Q 28Which character did Holland voice in Marks & Spencer Christmas adverts in 2021?
Percy Pig
The sweets mascot got a voice a month before No Way Home came out.
Q 29Which video game character did Holland play in Uncharted?
Nathan Drake
He worked shifts at London's Chiltern Firehouse to prepare for the bartending scenes.
Q 30Who plays Victor Sullivan opposite Holland in Uncharted?
Mark Wahlberg
Wahlberg had once been lined up to play Drake himself during the film's long development.