By 1999, Sony Pictures Entertainment had acquired the film rights to the character, creating two film series until 2014: the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy of films (2002–2007) starring Tobey Maguire, and the Marc Webb Amazing Spider-Man films (20) starring Andrew Garfield. In 1978, the Toei Company created a theatrical spin-off of their Spider-Man television series, with Shinji Todō reprising his role as Takuya Yamashiro / Spider-Man.

Nicholas Hammond first starred as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the 1977 made-for-television film Spider-Man and would appear as the character two other times. The fictional character Spider-Man, a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications, has appeared as a main character in multiple theatrical and made-for-television films.

Actors who have played Spider-Man in modern film: (from left to right) Tobey Maguire in the Sam Raimi films, Andrew Garfield in the Marc Webb films, Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Shameik Moore (voice), among others, in the animated film Into the Spider-Verse.

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