The Marvel superhero character of Spider-Man has appeared in multiple forms of media besides the comics, including on television numerous times, in both live action and animated television programs.
Live-action Spidey Super Stories (1974–1977)
The character was first portrayed in live-action by Danny Seagren in Spidey Super Stories, an Electric Company segment which ran from 1974 to 1977, with tie-in media seeing Hattie Winston's Valerie the Librarian become Spider-Woman.
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
In 1977, a short-lived live action television series was produced called The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Nicholas Hammond, one of the actors from The Sound of Music, in the title role. Although the series earned good ratings, the CBS Television Network canceled it after just two seasons, along with Wonder Woman, to avoid being labeled as "the superhero network." The series was broadcast only sporadically during the second season. Several episodes from this series were turned into full-length motion pictures outside the U.S. Three films were released overseas: Spider-Man in 1977, Spider-Man Strikes Back in 1978, and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge in 1981, all compiling television film edits of multi-part episodes.
Spider-Man (1978–1979)
In 1978, a Spider-Man live-action tokusatsu series was produced for Japanese television by Toei Company. Due to a request by Bandai that the show include giant robots and vehicles, it was not a faithful adaptation: instead of Peter Parker, Spider-Man is . The show is not related to Ryoichi Ikegami's earlier 1970 Spider-Man manga. Toei planned to follow the series with a new show starring Captain Japan, a Japanese counterpart of Captain America called, but the show was modified and became Battle Fever J, the first official installment of Toei's Super Sentai franchise (barring the retroactive recognition of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and JAKQ Dengekitai in later years). Having costumed superheroes pilot giant robots began in this Spider-Man series, was carried over to Battle Fever J, and became a tradition in the Super Sentai franchise.
Spider-Noir (2026)
A live action Spider-Man Noir series spins-out of the animated Spider-Verse film series, Spider-Noir, was released for MGM+. Nicolas Cage stars as the titular character, as a different version of his character from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). The series premiered in its entirety in the United States on MGM+ on May 25, 2026, and was released globally, including in the United States, on May 27 on Prime Video, consisting of eight episodes.
Animation
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
The first Spider-Man animated series was simply titled Spider-Man, and ran on ABC from 1967 to 1970. The show's first season was produced by Grantray-Lawrence Animation, which soon went bankrupt. In 1968, animator Ralph Bakshi took over. Bakshi's episodes, which suffered from extremely low budgets, were stylized and featured dark ominous settings and pervasive background music. One episode reused complete background animation, characters, and storyline from an episode of Rocket Robin Hood. The series is best remembered for its theme song, having become one of the most identifiable aspects of the Spider-Man character. In the early 2010s, several internet memes gained major prominence across various platforms, using the simplistic art style and awkward situation of the series for comedic purposes. Spider-Man was voiced by Paul Soles.
Spider-Man (1981–1982)
In 1981, with the creation of the animation studio Marvel Productions Ltd., Marvel endeavored to translate more of their comic characters to television. To garner the attention of the major networks, Marvel first created a new syndicated Spider-Man series partially based on the 1960s show. The strategy worked, and NBC became interested in having their own Spider-Man series. Spider-Man was voiced by Ted Schwartz.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–1983)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends was created for NBC and featured the trio of Spider-Man, Iceman of the X-Men, and original character Firestar. Actor Dan Gilvezan gave voice to this incarnation of the wall-crawler. This series also featured a number of Marvel guest stars, and shared many of its character designs with the solo Spider-Man show produced just before it.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998)
The 1994 Spider-Man animated series was made for the Fox Network, with Christopher Daniel Barnes voicing Spider-Man. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This series had a bigger budget and used a novel system of one large story arc per season, developed by John Semper. As a result, each of the individual 65 episodes (starting with season 2) were called "chapters". This was the longest Spider-Man series, with 65 episodes in five seasons, until 2012's Ultimate Spider-Man surpassed it.
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001)
In 1999, an animated series named Spider-Man Unlimited was developed for Fox in which Spider-Man is transported to an animated Counter-Earth inspired by the one created by the High Evolutionary in early 1970s comics. This series was cancelled after one season. Spider-Man was voiced by Rino Romano.
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)
In 2003, another television series adaptation, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series this time using computer animation was produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Sony Pictures Television and broadcast on MTV; it featured characters and continuity from the 2002 Spider-Man film, as well as Michael Clarke Duncan voicing the Kingpin, reprising his role from the 2003 live action Daredevil film adaptation. The show lasted only one season, which contained 13 episodes. Spider-Man was voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
This television series is based on the early Lee/Ditko and Romita eras of The Amazing Spider-Man in addition to drawing elements from other eras of the comics, the Ultimate Spider-Man comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series. Peter Parker is still a teenager living in contemporary New York, as in Bendis' Ultimate version, but many of the cast members borrow from both the early and later years of Spider-Man comics. Many of the original supporting cast, including Flash Thompson, have been translated into modern terms but are still very true to the comics, and some have altered ethnicities: Liz Allan is Hispanic and Ned Lee (formerly "Leeds") is Korean. The series follows several plot arcs drawn from the comics. Two seasons of the series were aired, each containing 13 episodes, but originally a total of 65 episodes along with several direct-to-video films were planned. However, the series ended prematurely when Sony Pictures relinquished its rights, which it had licensed from Marvel, to produce animated works using Spider-Man and associated characters. Spider-Man was voiced by Josh Keaton.
Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017)
Spider-Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced again by Drake Bell. This version is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the leader of a group of trainees consisting of Iron Fist, Nova, Luke Cage and White Tiger.
Spider-Man (2017–2020)
Spider-Man features Spider-Man (voiced by Robbie Daymond) teaming up with Miles Morales as Spider-Man II / Spy-D, Gwen Stacy as Spider-Gwen / Ghost Spider, and Anya Corazon as Spider-Girl.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021–present)
A children's television series titled Spidey and His Amazing Friends premiered on August 6, 2021 on Disney Junior. Peter Parker / Spidey is voiced initially by Benjamin Valic and by Alkaio Thiele from the third season onward.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025–present)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man explores Peter Parker's origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona. It is produced by Marvel Studios for Disney+, part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise, and takes place in an alternate timeline from the MCU in which Norman Osborn meets and mentors Parker in place of Tony Stark in the films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). The series features a style that is intended to "celebrate" and pay homage to the early The Amazing Spider-Man comic books. Hudson Thames reprises his role as Spider-Man after appearing in the animated Marvel Studios anthology series What If...?. The series debuted on the streaming service Disney+ in 2025, with a second and third season in development.
Cast and characters
Appearances in other series Spider-Man guest-starred in the Spider-Woman television series in the episodes "Pyramids of Terror" and "The Kongo Spider", voiced again by Paul Soles. In an episode of the Marvel Productions-produced animated series Muppet Babies, "Comic Capers", Spider-Man appears in a fantasy sequence the characters create that is inspired by The Amazing Spider-Man newspaper comic strip. Spider-Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "The Phoenix Saga – Part V: Child Of Light". Peter Parker appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Frightful", voiced by Sam Vincent. Johnny Storm hires him to take publicity stills of the Fantastic Four to maintain their reputation as heroes following the emergence of their counterparts, the Frightful Four. His appearance is uncredited as Sony Pictures owned the animated television rights to the character while the series was airing which prevented mention of his name and being established as Spider-Man. Spider-Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced again by Drake Bell. Originally, Josh Keaton was intended to reprise his role from The Spectacular Spider-Man and had even recorded dialogue for the character, but was ultimately replaced and redubbed by Bell. Tasked as Peter Parker to take pictures for an interview with Captain America, whom he admires, he works with him to save civilians from the Serpent Society. Spider-Man reappears in the episode "New Avengers", as a member of the titular group. Later, he joins the Avengers as a reserve member. Spider-Man returns in the series finale "Avengers Assemble", aiding the Avengers in a battle against Galactus. Spider-Man appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Robbie Daymond in English. Spider-Man appears in Marvel Future Avengers, with Shinji Kawada and Robbie Daymond reprising their roles in Japanese and English dubbed versions from Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers and the Spider-Man TV series and various Marvel media respectively. Hudson Thames voices Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series What If...? episode "What If... Zombies?!". Tom Holland, who portrays the character in the live-action films, could not reprise his role due to contractual conflicts regarding Sony Pictures. The 1994 series' iteration of Spider-Man makes non-speaking cameo appearances in the X-Men '97 three-part season finale "Tolerance is Extinction". In Part 1, he is among the witnesses to the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) wave sent throughout the world by Magneto to depower the Prime Sentinels upon escaping from Bastion's captivity. In Part 3, Parker is at an electronics store watching the news of Asteroid M's impending collision with Earth alongside Flash Thompson and Mary Jane Watson, who he has brought back to the present timeline. Spider-Man appears in Marvel Zombies which serves as a continuation for the storyline of the What If...? episode "What If... Zombies?!" in which he also appeared in, voiced again by Hudson Thames.
Marvel Animated Universe