See the Spider-Man Casts Side-by-Side with the Other Actors Who Played Their Characters

Peter Parker/Spider-Man

The titular web-slinger was originally played by Maguire in Sam Raimi's trilogy from 2002 to 2007, followed by Garfield in Marc Webb's two Amazing Spider-Man films in 2012 and 2014. Holland took over the character in 2016 with his appearance in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War.

While Holland is the most recent actor to play Peter Parker in a live-action film, several actors have lent their voices to the character in Sony's animated Spider-Man films. In 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Chris Pine voiced Peter Parker, and Nicolas Cage played an alternate version, Spider-Man Noir. Meanwhile, 2023's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse featured the voices of Nic Novicki, Josh Keaton, Yuri Lowenthal and Jack Quaid as different variations of the superhero.

Cage is set to reprise Spider-Man Noir, a crime-fighter in 1930s New York, on the upcoming MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video live-action series Noir. This role — though not a rendering of Peter Parker this time — makes him the oldest actor to don the Spidey suit.

Mary Jane Watson

Dunst famously played Peter Parker's love interest, Mary Jane Watson, in the Raimi trilogy starring Maguire. In 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Woodley was cast to play Peter's next-door neighbor and crush and even filmed scenes for the movie, but her appearance was eventually cut.

While Zendaya's "MJ" plays a big role in the Holland-led films, technically, she isn't Mary Jane Watson. Though her character has the same initials, she's a new character called Michelle Jones that the MCU created to pay homage to Peter Parker's "past adventures and his past love."

"She's not Mary Jane Watson," Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told IGN in 2017. "She never was Mary Jane Watson. She was always this new high school character, Michelle, who we know there's an 'M' in Michelle and an 'M' in Mary. So we're so clever, and we thought, 'Wouldn't it be neat if her initials were MJ?' And then I think it leaked that she would be playing MJ, and then it became a whole headache for Zendaya to have to navigate. It was never a big, 'Oh my God, it's a big reveal!' "

Harry Osborn

In Raimi's film series, Franco played Peter Parker's best friend, Harry Osborn. DeHaan eventually took over the character in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Green Goblin

When you think of the Green Goblin, you most likely think of Dafoe in 2002's Spider-Man. Franco briefly donned the Green Goblin suit in 2007's Spider-Man 3 and DeHaan portrayed the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Dafoe reprised his role as the Green Goblin in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Betty Brant

Elizabeth Banks originally played Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson's personal secretary at The Daily Bugle, in Raimi's trilogy. Angourie Rice plays the high school version of the character in Holland's Spider-Man films.

Gwen Stacy

Bryce Dallas Howard appeared in Spider-Man 3 as Peter Parker's lab partner, Gwen Stacy. Of course, Emma Stone is well-known for playing the senior research officer at Oscorp in the Marc Webb-directed The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

George Stacy

James Cromwell played Gwen Stacy's father in Spider-Man 3, followed by Denis Leary in The Amazing Spider-Man.

Aunt May

There have been three versions of Aunt May, and they're all very different. Rosemary Harris played the character in Raimi's iterations, while Sally Field took on the character in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Marisa Tomei plays Aunt May in Holland's Spider-Man films.

Uncle Ben

Cliff Robertson originally played Peter Parker's Uncle Ben in 2002's Spider-Man, followed by Martin Sheen's version of the character in The Amazing Spider-Man. Holland's Spider-Man films have never introduced Uncle Ben, but Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts told Screen Crush in 2019 that he did exist in the MCU at one point.

Flash

Not to be confused with DC Comics superhero The Flash, Flash Thompson often acts as an antagonist to Peter Parker in the Spider-Man movies. He was originally played by Joe Manganiello in Spider-Man, followed by Chris Zylka in The Amazing Spider-Man and Tony Revolori in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming.