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Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman in OpenAI film ‘Artificial’
‘Artificial’ is a film about OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
It premiered at the London Film Festival, and Andrew Garfield plays OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.
The story spans two decades, tracing the company’s creation and growth as well as Altman’s brief firing and return in 2023.
It also portrays conflict between Altman and former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever over AI ethics and safety.
The film arrives amid concerns about whether AI systems could escape human control.
Garfield said he did not meet or contact Altman while preparing for the role.
Altman has said he did not expect the film to be an accurate depiction.
Andrew Garfield plays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the film Artificial, directed by Luca Guadagnino.
The film premiered at the London Film Festival on Sunday.
It follows OpenAI’s growth and Altman’s firing and rehiring in 2023.
The story also explores ethical differences and conflict over AI safety between Altman and former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.
Garfield said curiosity and fear drew him to the role, and he did not contact or meet Altman while preparing for it.
- Who
- Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman. The film also features Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever.
- What
- Artificial is a film about OpenAI’s conception and growth, including Altman’s firing and rehiring.
- When
- It premiered on Sunday; the article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The film premiered at the London Film Festival.
- Why
- Garfield said curiosity and fear, and a desire to understand the people shaping the world, drew him to the role.
Sam Altman
Ilya Sutskever
AI safety
Sam Altman
The film follows conflict over AI safety between Altman and Sutskever.
Ilya Sutskever
The film follows conflict over AI safety between Sutskever and Altman.
I think the reason I was drawn to it was just pure curiosity and fear and really trying to understand as deeply as possible the people who are ushering us into this next phase of the world
who's in power and who's creating our new world
It's exciting and it's also really daunting because you want to be truthful, but the truth seems to change every month.
The film chronicles OpenAI’s conception and growth.
Sam Altman was fired and rehired at OpenAI.
The film was shot.
Artificial premiered at the London Film Festival.
- Lead role
- Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman
- Director
- Luca Guadagnino
- Premiere
- London Film Festival
- Filming
- 2025
- Altman’s firing and rehiring
- 2023
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