Tom Holland Has A Famous Dad That Many People Don't Know About

Tom Holland is best known for playing the much-loved superhero Spider-Man, making his debut in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts.

Despite the star earning a great reputation for himself in the likes of How I Live Now (2013) and In the Heart of the Sea (2015), it's his role as Marvel's Peter Parker that has really seen Holland's acting career take off.

He became the youngest actor to be cast as Spider-Man when he accepted the role at the age of just 19, after beginning his career as a dancer and starring in the West End's Billy Elliot the Musical as a child in 2008.

But fans are only just realising that the 26-year-old isn't the only one in the Holland family to have found fame...

Holland's dad is in fact the comedian and actor Dominic Holland, who has actually penned a book about his son's success overtaking his own.

Titled Eclipsed, the blurb reads: "How does a kid called Tom Holland, who never had a speaking part in a school play find himself playing Marvel's Peter Parker?

"A series of happy coincidences and serendipitous events is the answer. A fluke, then? Yes, but not exactly, given that huge amounts of commitment and hard work have been required. 

"Eclipsed is the unlikely but true story of an ordinary family, muddling on through life without much of a plan and dealing with circumstances that confound normal expectations.

"Written by a dad who as a professional comedian took his own shot at show-biz stardom and called Eclipsed because his carefully honed plans didn't work out so well."

The award-winning stand-up comedian and author of seven books writes via his website that he is now 'best known for being a dad', adding: 'Father of four boys but specifically of his eldest son, Tom'.

One fan of Holland wrote via Twitter: Wait, Tom Holland's dad is the comedian Dominic Holland? That is mad," while another said: "Woah. I just learnt that Dominic Holland is Tom Holland's dad. They look so similar too, and I never put the two together." Tom has been dating Euphoria star Zendaya since the pair first started seeing each other whilst they were filming Spider-Man. Zendaya plays the role of MJ, which has previously been played by Kirsten Dunst and Zoë Kravitz.

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