Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Tom Holland first appears as Peter Parker in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, where he is recruited by Tony Stark to help him arrest Captain America and his rogue Avengers. Producer Kevin Feige said that Parker would be torn between superhero ideologies, saying, "Does he want to be like these other characters? Does he want nothing to do with these other characters? How does that impact his experience, being this grounded but super powerful hero? Those are all the things that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko played with in the first 10 years of his comics, and that now we can play with for the first time in a movie."[32] On aligning with Tony Stark, Anthony Russo said that, despite entering the conflict after the two factions have formed and not having much political investment, Parker's choice comes from "a very personal relationship" he develops with Stark.[33][34] The Russos hoped "to take a very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character" compared to the previous film portrayals. Anthony Russo added that the character's introduction had to fit "that specific tonal stylistic world" of the MCU, as well as the tone established by the directors in Winter Soldier, saying, "It's a little more grounded and a little more hard-core contemporary." That was "coloring our choices a lot" with Parker.[35] On the Spider-Man suit, Joe Russo described it as "a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit," and that the film would explore the way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes.[36]

Peter Parker was born on August 27, 2001. He is introduced as a teenager living in Queens, New York with his Aunt May Parker. Little is known about Uncle Ben Parker in this universe other than the fact that he has died. At a young age, Parker attended the Stark Expo, where he is attacked by a drone sent by Ivan Vanko, but is saved by billionaire Tony Stark as Iron Man.

In 2016, Parker is recruited by Stark to aid him in fighting against Steve Rogers, the latter of whom refused to sign the Sokovia Accords, which leads to Stark and Rogers' rivalry. Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Parker resumes his life as a high school student, while balancing his duties as the superhero Spider-Man. One night, Parker saves Aaron Davis when he attempts to purchase Chitauri weapons from Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, allowing the dealers to flee, but Parker follows them before being caught by their boss Adrian Toomes. Toomes drops Parker into a lake, and Parker is then saved by Stark, who is monitoring Parker through his suit. During a trip to Washington, D.C., Parker and his best friend Ned Leeds, aware of Parker's identity as Spider-Man, disable the tracker within Parker's suit. After returning to New York, Parker captures Toomes' new buyer Mac Gargan aboard the Staten Island Ferry, but Toomes escapes and a malfunctioning weapon tears the ferry in half. Stark helps Parker save the passengers and confiscates his suit as punishment for his recklessness. Later, Parker discovers that Toomes is the father of his high school crush, Liz. During the ride to a school homecoming dance that Parker and Liz prepared to attend together, Toomes, who is driving the two, deduces Parker is Spider-Man. After dropping Liz off at the dance, Toomes threatens Parker to not interfere with his plans. Despite Toomes's warning, Parker abandons Liz to find Toomes, although he is ambushed by Schultz. With Ned's assistance, Parker defeats Schultz and locates Toomes, who has planned to hijack a Damage Control plane transporting weapons to the Avengers' new headquarters. After Toomes's damaged suit explodes, Parker saves Toomes, who is left to be arrested. Liz is angry with Parker for once again abandoning her, and tearfully informs him that she and her mother will be moving to Oregon. Parker later receives a text from Happy Hogan, who is at the school and takes Parker to the new Avengers Facility. There, Stark offers Parker a chance to join the Avengers, which he declines. After returning home, Parker is caught by May in his Spider-Man suit, which had been returned to him by Stark. Meanwhile, Gargan approaches Toomes in prison, saying he has heard that the latter knows Spider-Man's real identity, which Toomes denies.

In 2018, Thanos sends his "children" to invade Earth in order to retrieve the Infinity Stones that are there. Among these are the Time Stone, which is guarded by Dr. Stephen Strange, prompting him to recruit Stark. Stark and Strange battle Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian. The four become separated, with Strange going against Maw and Stark against Obsidian. The battle also grabs the attention of Parker, who helps Stark rescue Strange, who is then captured by Maw. With the help of Wong, Stark defeats Obsidian. Meanwhile, Parker follows Maw to his spaceship, prompting Stark to fly into space and rescue Parker. He and Stark eventually rescue Strange and kill Maw. They are confronted by the Guardians of the Galaxy, leading to a confrontation between the two groups, before they all realize that they are on the same side. The group later travel to Thanos' homeworld of Titan, where Strange gives Thanos the Time Stone after witnessing 14,000,605 possible outcomes of the heroes' conflict with Thanos, in only one of which the heroes are victorious. After gathering the required stones, Thanos uses them to destroy half of all life in the universe, which decimates several heroes, including Parker. In 2023, Parker is restored to life and joins the Avengers in their final battle against an alternate version of Thanos and his army. During the battle, Parker fights off a group of Outriders. In the end, Stark uses the Infinity Stones to kill Thanos and his armies, sacrificing himself in the process. Afterwards, Parker and his aunt attend Stark's funeral.

Eight months after what is now called "The Blip" by the students of Midtown School of Science and Technology, Parker, who is still in mourning Stark's death, attends a school trip to Europe, in which he plans to reveal his romantic feelings towards his classmate MJ. During the trip, Parker and his classmates encounter a water monster in Venice, who is defeated by an unknown man named Quentin Beck. Parker is approached by Nick Fury, former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., to assist in the battle against the Elementals and appoints Beck as Parker's teammate to defeat them. Fury also gives Parker E.D.I.T.H., an artificial intelligence created by Stark originally for his successor. Parker and Beck defeat the remaining Elementals in Prague. After Beck earns Parker's trust, Parkers hands over E.D.I.T.H. to Beck. However, one night, as Parker attempts to confess his romantic feelings to MJ, she correctly guesses that Parker is Spider-Man, an accusation he denies at first, until the two discover Beck's fraudulence in using hologram projectors to visually create the Elementals, at which point Parker confirms to MJ that he is Spider-Man. Beck reveals that he was a former associate of Stark who was fired for being unstable. Parker travels to Berlin to warn Fury about Beck's fraudulence, only to be tricked by Beck, using his illusion technology. Parker is almost left for dead by Beck and ends up in the Netherlands, where he contacts Happy Hogan. Beck uses E.D.I.T.H. to create a fusion of all the Elementals as a cover to kill Parker's classmates in London. Eventually, Parker defeats Beck and retrieves E.D.I.T.H. Beck is accidentally fatally shot by drones that he had intended to use to attack Parker. After returning to New York, Parker begins his relationship with MJ. After swinging with her through the city, the couple witnesses a broadcast from J. Jonah Jameson of TheDailyBugle.net, showing doctored footage of Parker and Beck's battle, framing Parker for the drone attack leading to Beck's death. Beck exposes Parker's identity as Spider-Man in the video, much to Parker's shock.

• An unused scene involving a cameo consisting of Tom Holland's version of Spider-Man, alongside Tobey Maguire's and Andrew Garfield's versions in the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was scrapped from the final version of the film.[49] Tom Holland also spoke in an interview stating that his version of the character was considered to have another minor cameo involving a scene where he walks around blending in within a crowd.[50]

• All of Spider-Man's current suits from the Marvel Cinematic Universe are available in the 2018 Spider-Man game developed by Insomniac Games.