Actor Tom Holland has been enjoying the acclaim given to his performance in the latest Spider-Man film this month.

The 21-year-old actor, whose paternal grandfather is Manx, has been on a press tour promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming.

The role comes after his cameo first appearance only a year ago in Captain America: Civil War.

He told an interviewer that playing the part was a dream come true.

’Five years ago I was at the Empire Awards in London and one of the interviewers asked me if I could be a superhero, who would I be. I said in 10 years, I’d like to be the Spider-Man after Andrew Garfield. I would never have guessed that it would have come true so quickly.

’When I found out I got the part, I was jumping for joy, screaming and shouting.

’It’s a crazy thing to be able to say. I have been in my room as a kid saying ’’I am Spider-Man’’ since I was five, but now actually being able to say it with some truth behind it is kind of insane,’ he said.

He is the eldest of four sons of comedian, novelist and screenwriter Dominic Holland and made his West End stage debut back in 2008, having been cast as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical.

His great uncle, Greg Holland, who now lives in Australia, told the Isle of Man Examiner that Tom’s grandfather, Anthony Holland, and he grew up in Belgravia Road, in Port Jack.

’Anthony left the island after completing high school at St Ninian’s,’ he said.

’Our parents have passed on and the rest of Anthony’s siblings left the island after completing school.’

He said Tom’s grandfather had returned to the island spending some of this national service with the RAF at Jurby.

He also told the Examiner that Tom’s great grandparents, Charlie and Sarah Holland, had in the past ran three pubs in Douglas: the Cheshire Inn, the Albert Hotel and the New Strand Inn on Strand Street.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is currently showing nightly at the Palace Cinema in Douglas.