The Five Best Spider-Man Actors

The news finally broke that Tom Holland will play Peter Parker in the upcoming Marvel Studios [...]

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire starred in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and he was prefect for those films. Steeped in the spirit of Spider-Man's early Stan Lee/Steve Ditko years, Maguire brought sincerity and awkwardness that defined Peter Parker. Some these days like to pick on Maguire's performance for not being funny enough. To them I say get out of the nineties, and go check out some Silver Age goodness. If it wasn't for the greatness of Maguire and Raimi's Spidey flicks, we probably be in the midst superhero movie madness today.

Andrew Garfield

The cool kids' Spider-Man, Garfield certainly brought an effortless sense of humor to the role as a much quipier Spider-Man than his predecessor. His wit and chemistry with co—star Emma Stone are what carried both Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel (No offense to the Lizard and aqua-blue Electro).

Christopher Daniel Barnes

The 1990s Spider-Man: The Animated Series managed to take everything about classic Spider-Man comics and give it motion. Sure, sometimes it packed more animation than the times could handle, but Spidey had a voice actor capable of carrying the weight in Christopher Daniel Barnes. Barnes took all that wordy, Stan Lee style dialogue that usually better read than heard, and made the purple dialogue sound effortless and natural.

Josh Keaton

Though short-lived and not nearly as popular as it deserved, Spectacular Spider-Man is arguably the best Marvel animated series ever. That accolade is in no smart part due to the strong performance by the show's voice of Peter parker, Josh Keaton. Its only right then, that the voice actor from the best Spider-Man cartoon ranks among our best Spider-Man voice actors.

Drake Bell

Don't believe that Drake Bell, the voice of Spider-Man on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, deserves to be on this list? Consider then, that many fans suggested Bell to play Marvel's new live action Spider-Man before Tom Holland was announced. That's about as a strong an approval on a voice performance as an actor can get.

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