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Tobey Maguire
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Maguire at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
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Tobias Vincent Maguire
June 27, 1975 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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| Years active | 1989–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Ronald Meyer (former-father-in-law) |
Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He is most famous for playing Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies (2002–2007). He played Spider-Man again in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Maguire started his acting career in smaller roles. These included films like This Boy's Life (1993) and The Ice Storm (1997). He later took on main roles in movies such as Pleasantville (1998) and The Cider House Rules (1999). Other important films include Wonder Boys (2000) and Seabiscuit (2003).
He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in Brothers (2009). In 2012, he started his own movie production company called Material Pictures. He has helped produce films like Pawn Sacrifice (2014) and Babylon (2022).
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Early Life and Acting Start
Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27, 1975, in Santa Monica, California. His parents are Wendy Brown and Vincent Maguire. When he was a child, Tobey thought about becoming a chef.
However, his mother offered him money to take a drama class instead. He agreed and began his acting journey. He decided to focus on acting as a career.
Career Journey
First Roles and Friendships
Tobey Maguire's first movie appearance was in The Wizard (1989). He played a small part without any speaking lines. In the early 1990s, he often played characters younger than his real age.
He appeared in many TV shows and commercials. He worked with famous actors like Chuck Norris and Roseanne Barr. He even got a main role in a TV series called Great Scott!.
During auditions, Maguire often met another young actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. They became good friends and agreed to help each other find roles. For example, DiCaprio helped Maguire get a guest role in a TV series. They also acted together in the 1993 movie This Boy's Life.
Becoming Well-Known
By the mid-1990s, Tobey was acting regularly. He decided to choose roles that were different from those his friend DiCaprio might go for. This helped him get new opportunities.
He got a big role in Ang Lee's 1997 film The Ice Storm. This led to many main roles in movies. Some of these included Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, and Wonder Boys.
In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), he played a hitchhiker. In Ride with the Devil (1999), he played Jakob Roedel. In 2001, he used his voice for the character of Lou, a beagle puppy, in the family movie Cats & Dogs.
Spider-Man and Movie Star Status
In 2002, Maguire starred as Spider-Man in the movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero. The film was a huge success and made him a big star. He played Spider-Man again in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He also voiced Spider-Man in the video games based on these movies.
Critics praised his performance as Spider-Man. One reviewer said his "big, round, soulful eyes" helped him show a sense of wonder. Later, the Spider-Man movie series was restarted with a different actor, Andrew Garfield.
Maguire also played the jockey John M. "Red" Pollard in Seabiscuit. This movie was about the famous racehorse Seabiscuit. In 2006, he played a bad guy for the first time in The Good German. He also worked as a producer on films like 25th Hour (2002) and Seabiscuit (2003).
In 2008, he had a short appearance in the movie Tropic Thunder. In 2009, he starred with Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman in the war drama Brothers. He played Sam Cahill, a soldier who returns home and struggles with his family. His acting in Brothers earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
In 2012, Maguire helped produce the movie Good People. That same year, he started his own production company, Material Pictures. In 2013, Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio acted together again in The Great Gatsby. DiCaprio played the main character, and Maguire played the story's narrator, Nick Carraway.
Recent Work
His next movie, Pawn Sacrifice (2014), was also produced by Material Pictures. It was a thriller about the true story of chess player Bobby Fischer. Maguire played Fischer, who challenged Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky in 1972.
Maguire reunited with Alec Baldwin in the animated movie The Boss Baby (2017). He voiced the adult version of Tim Templeton. He also returned to his role as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He appeared alongside other Spider-Man actors, Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield. He also had a role in the movie Babylon (2022) and was an executive producer for it.
Personal Life
Tobey Maguire has been a vegetarian since 1992. In 2009, he became a vegan. He has changed his diet to gain or lose weight for movie roles.
Maguire met jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer in 2003. They got engaged in 2006, and their daughter was born later that year. Maguire and Meyer married on September 3, 2007, in Hawaii. Their second child, a son, was born in 2009. The couple announced their separation in 2016 and later divorced in 2020.
Awards and Nominations
Tobey Maguire has received many awards and nominations throughout his career. He won a Saturn Award for Best Younger Actor/Actress for Pleasantville in 1999. He also won a Saturn Award for Best Actor for Spider-Man 2 in 2005. He won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Drama/Action-Adventure for Spider-Man in 2002.
See also
In Spanish: Tobey Maguire para niños
- Maguimithrax, a spider crab named after Maguire
- Filistata maguirei, a spider named after Maguire
- Bully Maguire
