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Biography

Tobias Vincent Maguire (Santa Monica, June 27, 1975[1]), better known as Tobey Maguire, is an American actor and film producer who began his career in the late 1980s. He is best known for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy and in Spider-Man: No Way Home. As well as for his roles in Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, Seabiscuit, Brothers and The Great Gatsby. He was nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards and received two Saturn Awards, including Best Actor. Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18 and 20 years old, married and subsequently divorced when Tobey was two years old. Maguire spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, living with his father or mother and different relatives. During his childhood, the idea of becoming a chef dawned on him. And in sixth grade he decided to join a cooking class, but his mother offered him 100 dollars to take drama classes and he agreed. Maguire made his first film appearance in the film The Wizard (1989); he played one of Lucas Barton's henchmen. Maguire initially worked as a child actor in the early 1990s, often playing roles much younger than his chronological age. He appeared in a variety of commercial and television roles and films, working alongside actors such as Chuck Norris, Roseanne Barr, and Tracey Ullman. Eventually, Maguire was cast as the lead in the FOX television series Great Scott, which was canceled nine weeks later. During many of his auditions, Maguire met another rising actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. The pair struck up an easy friendship and made an informal pact to help each other land roles in television films and other projects. For example, they auditioned for the same role in the 1990 television series based on the sitcom Parenthood. DiCaprio got the part, and Maguire later got the guest role, at least partly due to DiCaprio's recommendation. The same scenario played out during the casting for the film This Boy's Life; DiCaprio got the teen lead, and Maguire got a part as one of Tobey's friends. By the mid-1990s, Maguire was working steadily, and had become accustomed to the party lifestyle of some of his fellow teen actors. In 1995, he asked director Allan Moyle to release him from his part in the film Empire Records. Moyle was warned, and so all of Maguire's scenes were cut from the final film.[7] Maguire then sought help for a heavy drinking problem and was underage, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. As part of his recovery from alcoholism and learning to deal with his self-described "addictive and compulsive nature", Maguire changed his career path slightly in order to obtain roles where he and DiCaprio would not always be competing for the same role, and the move paid off when he landed the role of Paul Hood, a teenage high school student in Ang Lee's 1997 action film The Ice Storm. This soon led to a variety of leading roles, where he played a thoughtful boy, in films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, and Wonder Boys.[9] In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he played a hitchhiker who meets Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo while traveling to Las Vegas. In Ride with the Devil, Maguire played Jakob Roedel, opposite Jewel Kilcher. Here, he helped the son of a German immigrant union organizer who joins his friends in southern Missouri, avenging the atrocities committed against Missourians by Kansas Jayhawkers and redleggers. In 2001, Maguire had a role that featured his youthful-sounding voice, as a beagle named Lou, in the family film Cats & Dogs.