Tobey Maguire

Jun 27, 1975

Santa Monica, California

Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a construction worker and a cook. His mother, Wendy Brown, is a secretary turned screenwriter and producer who in 2006 became involved in making a film on child sex trade and prostitution in Asia.<br/><br/>

Maguire initially worked as a child actor, beginning in his early teens. He appeared in a variety of commercials and TV and movie roles. He auditioned for a part in the series Parenthood, where he met best friend ... ... (read more...) actor Leonardo DiCaprio (DiCaprio got the part although Maguire would appear as a guest star in later episodes). He then had a small role in This Boy's Life which had DiCaprio in the main role. Maguire gained attention with his role in the 1997 film The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee. This soon was parlayed in a variety of lead roles where he played a thoughtful boy coming of age, in films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys.<br/><br/>

In 2002, Maguire shot to superstardom in the title role in Sam Raimi'sSpider-Man alongside Kristen Dunst and William Dafoe which was based on the popular Marvel comics superhero, where he was praised for his performance as the web-slinging superhero and his alter-ego Peter Parker. He reprises his superhero role in Spider-Man 2, the Academy Award-winning sequel to the original blockbuster, was released in 2004. He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with Spider-Man 3.<br/><br/>

After Spider-Man, he further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey John M. "Red" Pollard in the acclaimed film Seabiscuit, about the famous American racehorse Seabiscuit. In 2006, Maguire will star in his first villainous role as Lt. Patrick Tully in Steven Soderbergh's The Good German based on the Joseph Kanon novel of the same name opposite George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.