Few actors have grown up on screen quite the way Tom Holland has. What began as a brief, scene-stealing appearance in a Marvel crossover has turned into a nearly decade-long run as one of the most recognizable versions of Spider-Man ever put on film.

Across cameos, ensemble blockbusters, and solo outings, Holland's Peter Parker has evolved from an eager teenager borrowing gadgets from Tony Stark into a hero forging his own path, shaped by loss, responsibility, and a growing willingness to stand on his own.

From his first fight scene to his latest solo film, here is every Tom Holland Spider-Man appearance, in order.

Tom Holland's first outing as Peter Parker arrived not in a Spider-Man film at all, but in the middle of an Avengers-scale showdown between Team Cap and Team Iron Man. Recruited by Tony Stark, who personally traveled to Queens to pitch the idea to a teenage Peter and his Aunt May, this younger, more nervous version of the character showed up mid-movie already equipped with a homemade suit later upgraded by Stark himself.

He quipped his way through a superhero airport brawl, holding his own against seasoned Avengers twice his size and experience, and immediately signaled that Marvel Studios had found a Spider-Man worth building an entire franchise around.

Tom Holland's first true solo film found Peter juggling high school life in Queens with his eagerness to prove himself as more than Stark's protégé, sneaking off to fight low-level crime while wearing a suit still tracked by Stark's assistant, Happy Hogan. Directed by Jon Watts, the film pitted Peter against Adrian Toomes, played by Michael Keaton, a black-market weapons dealer whose tech proved far more dangerous than anything Peter had faced.

Along the way, he navigated a school crush, a homecoming dance gone sideways, and a climactic battle fought without the Avengers' safety net.

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Grounded and considerably younger in tone than prior Spider-Man films, Homecoming set the template for this version of the character  and ended with Peter turning down Stark's offer to join the team.

Peter's world expanded dramatically when he was pulled into a battle stretching from Earth to outer space, stowing away aboard Thanos's ship after a chance encounter on a New York bridge. Fighting alongside the Avengers, Doctor Strange, and the Guardians of the Galaxy against Thanos, Peter unveiled the Iron Spider suit, a gift from Stark equipped with mechanical arms and enhanced capabilities, and held his own against forces far beyond anything he had encountered in Queens.

This outing pushed Spider-Man into higher stakes than he had faced before, ending on one of the franchise's most devastating cliffhangers, as Peter dissolved into dust in Stark's arms, apologizing before disappearing entirely.

Picking up five years after the devastating snap, Avengers: Endgame saw Peter return alongside half the universe's population, brought back through the efforts of the surviving Avengers. Reuniting with a grieving, older Tony Stark was one of the film's most emotional beats, underscoring how much their mentor-mentee bond had come to define Peter's journey.

Joining the Avengers for one final stand against Thanos, Peter fought in the massive final battle before witnessing Stark's ultimate sacrifice a loss that would shape the character for the rest of his solo films. The movie marked a turning point for the character, closing out one era while setting up his path forward without the mentor who had guided him from the start.

Sent on a school trip across Europe, Peter tried to leave his responsibilities behind for a while only to be pulled back in when he crossed paths with Nick Fury and a seemingly heroic new figure calling himself Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

What began as an alliance against elemental threats gradually revealed itself as an elaborate deception, complicating Peter's understanding of who to trust in a world without Stark's guidance. The film also deepened his personal life, particularly his budding relationship with MJ, while raising the stakes for what would come next, ending with Peter's identity as Spider-Man exposed to the entire world.

Arguably the biggest swing of Holland's run, No Way Home found Peter turning to Doctor Strange for help after his identity reveal upended his life, asking for a spell to make the world forget he was Spider-Man. When the spell went wrong, it tore open the multiverse, pulling in villains from earlier Spider-Man franchises including Doc Ock, the Green Goblin, and Electro, along with two other Peter Parkers, played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.

The film became a cultural event, blending nostalgia with genuine emotional weight as three generations of Spider-Man shared the screen for the first time. Its ending left Peter's life fundamentally, irreversibly changed, as he chose to erase himself from the memory of everyone he loved to protect them, starting over with nothing but the suit and his own resolve.

Tom Holland returned once more as Peter fights crime full-time in a world that no longer remembers him, watching old friends move on without him a shift that stirs a change in Peter he may struggle to control.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film released on July 31, 2026, marking the character's return to more street-level stakes after the multiverse-scale events of No Way Home. Reviewers noted the film leaned into a grittier, more grounded tone, bringing Spider-Man back to his roots as a New York City Protector.

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