Claim: The role of Spider-Man in films has been filled by three different actors.

The fictional character Spider-Man , a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications , has currently appeared in seven live-action films since his inception . Spider-Man is the alter-ego of Peter Parker , a talented young freelance photographer and aspiring scientist , imbued with superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive/genetically-altered spider .   The first live-action film based on Spider-Man was the short Spider-Man by Donald F. Glut in 1969 . This was followed by Spider-Man , an American made-for-television film that premiered on the CBS network in 1977 . It starred Nicholas Hammond and was intended as a backdoor pilot for what became a weekly episodic TV series .   The rights to further films featuring the character were purchased in 1985 , and moved through various production companies and studios before being secured by Sony Pictures Entertainment -LRB- Columbia Pictures -RRB- , who hired Sam Raimi to direct Spider-Man -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Spider-Man 2 -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , and Spider-Man 3 -LRB- 2007 -RRB- starring Tobey Maguire . The first two films were met with positive reviews from critics , while the third film met mixed reviews . In 2010 , Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted . Marc Webb was hired to direct , with Andrew Garfield starring , and The Amazing Spider-Man -LRB- 2012 -RRB- was released to positive reviews . The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -LRB- 2014 -RRB- saw mixed reviews .   In February 2015 , Sony , Disney and Marvel Studios announced a deal to share the Spider-Man film rights , leading to a new iteration of Spider-Man being introduced and integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe -LRB- MCU -RRB- . This younger version of Peter Parker is played by Tom Holland , and appears in Captain America : Civil War -LRB- 2016 -RRB- -LRB- distributed by Disney -RRB- before starring in Spider-Man : Homecoming -LRB- distributed by Sony -RRB- in 2017 and Avengers : Infinity War -LRB- distributed by Disney -RRB- in 2018 . A sequel to Homecoming is slated for 2019 .   Raimi 's trilogy grossed nearly US$ 2.5 billion worldwide on a $ 597 million total budget , while Webb 's films grossed over $ 1.4 billion on a $ 480 million total budget . The Spider-Man films are the ninth highest-grossing film franchise , having grossed over $ 3.9 billion collectively .