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98 free Tom Holland trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 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 98 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 01What does Tom Holland's father, Dominic, do for a living?
Comedian
Comedian Dominic Holland has unofficially acted as his son's manager, and turned being overtaken by a teenager into a book, How Tom Holland Eclipsed His Dad.
Q 02Which West End show launched Tom Holland's career at age 12?
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot the Musical found him after a choreographer spotted him dancing with his hip hop class at a Richmond festival; he trained for two years in ballet, tap and acrobatics before his West End debut.
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 04Which 2012 tsunami drama gave Tom Holland his first on-screen film role?
The Impossible
The Impossible cast him after an unusual audition: the director had him write a letter to his mother and read it aloud, and Holland cried as he did.
Q 05Which Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director earlier made Holland's tsunami-drama debut?
J. A. Bayona
J. A. Bayona built the film on the true story of survivor María Belón, who was involved in every stage of the shoot, and he insisted on real water rather than a digital wave.
Q 06Which actress played Holland's mother in his tsunami-drama debut?
Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts earned an Oscar nomination as his mother; five weeks of gulping water beside her in a massive tank convinced Holland that acting was the career he wanted.
Q 07In which MCU film did Holland first appear as Spider-Man?
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War could include him only because Sony and Marvel struck a 2015 deal to share the character; his own solo film followed a year later.
Q 08Roughly how many teenagers did Holland audition against for Spider-Man?
1,500
1,500 hopefuls were seen in a worldwide search that came down to Holland and Charlie Rowe, who were both called back to test again before Holland won the part.
Q 09Which directors cited Holland's dance and gymnastics background when casting him as Spider-Man?
The Russo brothers
The Russo brothers were in the room for his final screen tests at the end of a worldwide search; Stan Lee later said Holland was the exact age and height he had imagined for Spider-Man.
Q 10Holland confirmed in 2021 that he would play which Hollywood dance legend in a Sony biopic?
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire was the role producer Amy Pascal had already said she wanted him for; Holland then confirmed it himself, admitting the script had arrived a week earlier and he had not read it yet.
Q 11How did Holland prepare to play a schoolboy in Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Went undercover at a Bronx school
Holland went undercover at a Bronx high school for three days, using a fake name and an American accent; it was a science school for gifted pupils, and classmates were baffled about why he was there.
Q 12Who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Jon Watts
Jon Watts went on to direct Holland's first three solo Spider-Man films, then walked away from Marvel's Fantastic Four in 2022, needing a break from superheroes.
Q 13Who plays the Vulture opposite Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Michael Keaton
Q 21Which BBC miniseries featured Holland as Gregory Cromwell?
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall cast him in four episodes as the son of Thomas Cromwell, played by Mark Rylance; it was one of the performances that later impressed the producers casting Spider-Man.
Q 22In which Ron Howard film did Holland play the teenager Thomas Nickerson?
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea put Holland and Chris Hemsworth on as little as 500 calories a day to play the starving crew of the whaleship Essex, whose sinking helped inspire Moby-Dick.
Q 23Which song did Holland perform in drag on Lip Sync Battle in 2017?
Rihanna's 'Umbrella'
Michael Keaton, a former Batman, plays salvager Adrian Toomes, who builds a winged suit from alien wreckage; the twist is that he is also the father of Peter's homecoming date.
Q 14Which villain does Jake Gyllenhaal play in Spider-Man: Far From Home?
Mysterio
Mysterio wins Peter's trust by posing as a hero, then turns on him; his doctored footage frames Spider-Man for murder and exposes his secret identity to the world.
Q 15Far From Home was the first Spider-Man film to achieve what milestone?
Gross $1 billion worldwide
Far From Home was the first to gross $1 billion worldwide; in the month it became Sony's biggest hit, talks with Marvel over sharing the character collapsed, and fan anger helped bring a new deal weeks later.
Q 16Which two former Spider-Man actors appear with Holland in No Way Home?
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield return as Peter Parkers from other universes, and the three Spider-Men work together to cure the villains instead of killing them.
Q 17Which sorcerer does Peter ask to erase the world's memory of his identity in No Way Home?
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange begins a spell to make the world forget, but Peter keeps interrupting to exempt his loved ones, and the corrupted magic pulls in visitors from other universes.
Q 18Before Holland's Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was the last film to pass $1 billion at the box office?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, from December 2019, was the last release to pass $1 billion before the pandemic emptied cinemas; No Way Home ended the two-year drought.
Q 19Which BAFTA award did Holland win in 2017?
Rising Star
Rising Star is the BAFTA decided by the public: a jury picks the nominees, but the winner is chosen entirely by public vote, and in 2017 the voters picked a 20-year-old Holland.
Q 20How did Holland hurt himself on his last day filming The Lost City of Z?
Broke his nose attempting a backflip
Holland broke his nose attempting a backflip while showing the cast his gymnastic skills on his final day; two years later he broke it again while filming Chaos Walking.
Rihanna's 'Umbrella' had Holland dancing in fishnet stockings, latex shorts and red lipstick, a routine that won him the episode against his Spider-Man co-star.
Q 24What is the name of the charity founded by Holland's parents?
The Brothers Trust
The Brothers Trust was set up to use Holland's fame to raise funds and shine a light on charities that struggle to be heard.
Q 25In which Netflix thriller did Holland play an orphaned young man in post-war Ohio?
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time cast him against type as an orphan who turns killer; Holland said he arrived on set nervous and scared, unsure he had such a character in him.
Q 26In which 2021 crime drama did Holland play an army veteran who robs banks to fund his addiction?
Cherry
Cherry, based on Nico Walker's novel, had Holland shave his head, lose 30 pounds and interview veterans being treated for addiction and PTSD.
Q 27Which author of A Monster Calls wrote the sci-fi series behind Holland's film Chaos Walking?
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness co-wrote the screenplay himself, but poor test screenings forced reshoots and the $100 million film still failed to earn back its budget.
Q 28Which character did Holland voice in Marks & Spencer Christmas adverts in 2021?
Percy Pig
Percy Pig had never spoken before: in the advert a Christmas fairy voiced by Dawn French wakes the sweet mascot by magic, and he explores a food hall at night with Holland's voice.
Q 29Which video game character did Holland play in Uncharted?
Nathan Drake
Nathan Drake starts the film behind a bar, so Holland worked shifts at London's Chiltern Firehouse hotel to learn the bartending he needed for those scenes.
Q 30Who plays Victor Sullivan opposite Holland in Uncharted?
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg was once lined up to play the hero himself; years and a string of directors later, he returned to the project as the mentor instead.