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Biography of Tobey Maguire - Actor
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Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica, California) is an United States|American film actor. Working as a child actor since 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 actor Leonardo DiCaprio (DiCaprio got the part although Maguire would appear as a guest star in later episodes). Maguire gained significant attention for with his role in the 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 a variety of films such as Pleasantville (1998 movie)|Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys. In 2002, he shot to stardom in the title role in Spider-Man (movie)|Spider-Man, where he was praised for his performance of the troubled superhero. He further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey, Red Pollard|Jonathan "Red" Pollard, in an acclaimed film Seabiscuit (movie)|Seabiscuit, about the famous American racehorse, Seabiscuit. Spider-Man 2, the sequel to the original blockbuster, was released in 2004. He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with the Spider-Man 3|third Spider-Man movie in the series. In 2004 Maguire also took up tournament poker. He has finished poker jargon|in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu. He is also a Vegetarianism|vegetarian and practices yoga. ==Partial filmography== * Spider-Man 3 (2007) * Spider-Man 2 (2004) * Seabiscuit (movie)|Seabiscuit (2003) * Spider-Man (movie)|Spider-Man (2002) * Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice) * Don's Plum (2001) (shot 1995-1996, premiere 2001, blocked in US and Canada by DiCaprio and Maguire, black and white) * Wonder Boys (2000) * The Cider House Rules (1999) * Ride With The Devil (1999) * Pleasantville (movie)|Pleasantville (1998) * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) * Deconstructing Harry (1997) * The Ice Storm (1997) * Joyride (1996) * Empire Records (1995) (scenes deleted) * Revenge of the Red Baron (1994) * Healer (movie)|Healer (1994) * This Boy's Life (1993) * Great Scott! (1992) (TV series) * The Wizard (movie)|The Wizard (1989) (uncredited) ==External links== *imdb name|id=0001497|name=Tobey Maguire *http://www.tobeyonline.com Tobey Maguire Online *http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n= 26969 Hendon Mob tournament results

