Andrew
Garfield
on
Tuesday
(February
8)
was
nominated
for
the
Best
Actor
category
at
the
94th
Academy
Awards
for
his
performance
in
Tick
Tick
Boom.
The
actor
recently
has
been
making
headlines
for
his
performance
as
Peter
Parker
in
the
Spider-Man,
The
Amazing
Spider-Man
and
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home.
Apart
from
Andrew,
several
Spider-Man
alumni
have
also
been
nominated
this
year
for
Academy
Awards
including
Kristen
Dunst,
JK
Simmons,
and
Benedict
Cumberbatch.
Andrew
revealed
he
was
in
awe
on
finding
out
the
nominations.
He
told
Entertainment
Weekly,
"How
funny
it
is
that?
I'm
so
happy
for
Kirsten.
I
think
her
performance
in
The
Power
of
the
Dog
is
second
to
none.
And
Benedict.
Obviously,
JK--I'm
a
huge
fan.
It's
a
very,
very
funny
thing.
It's
a
cool
morning."
Kirsten
Dunst,
who
played
Mary
Jane
in
the
original
Spider-Man
trilogy
starring
Tobey
Maguire,
was
nominated
in
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
category
for
her
role
in
The
Power
of
the
Dog.
Meanwhile,
JK
Simmons,
who
has
played
journalist
J
Jonah
Jameson
in
the
original
series
as
well
as
in
No
Way
Home,
has
been
nominated.
JK
has
been
nominated
for
Best
Supporting
Actor
for
his
portrayal
of
American
comedian
William
Frawley
in
Being
The
Ricardos.
Andrew's
No
Way
Home
co-star
Benedict
Cumberbatch
was
nominated
for
the
Best
Actor
category
for
his
performance
in
Netflix's
The
Power
Of
The
Dog.
Notably,
fans
hoped
No
Way
Home
would
get
several
nods
at
the
Academy
Awards
after
a
successful
theatrical
outing,
however,
the
film
earned
only
one
nomination-
for
Best
Visual
Effects.
Meanwhile,
Best
picture
nods
included
The
Power
Of
The
Dog,
Belfast,
CODA,
Netflix's
Don't
Look
Up,
Drive
My
Car,
Book
Adaptation
Dune,
Will
Smith's
King
Richard,
Licorice
Pizza,
Nightmare
Alley,
and
West
Side
Story.