Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire (born Tobias Vincent Maguire on June 27, 1975) is an American actor.

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 actor Leonardo DiCaprio (DiCaprio got the part although Maguire would appear as a guest star in later episodes).

Biography
Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire and Wendy Brown.

He is a vegetarian and practices yoga.

In 2004 Maguire took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu.

Maguire gained significant attention 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 films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys.

In 2002, he shot to stardom in the title role in Spider-Man, where he was praised for his performance as the troubled superhero. 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. 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 third Spider-Man movie in the series.

Filmography

 * Quiet Type (2007) (announced)
 * Spider-Man 3 (2007) Peter Parker
 * Tokyo Suckerpunch (2006) (currently announced start of production) Billy Chaka
 * The Good German (2006) (completed) Tully
 * Spider-Man 2 (2004) Peter Parker
 * Seabiscuit (2003) Red Pollard
 * Spider-Man (2002) Peter Parker
 * Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice) Lou the Beagle
 * Don's Plum (2001) (shot 1995-1996, premiere 2001, blocked in US and Canada by DiCaprio and Maguire, black and white) Ian
 * Wonder Boys (2000) James Leer
 * The Cider House Rules (1999) Homer Wells
 * Ride With The Devil (1999) Jake Roedel
 * Pleasantville (1998) David
 * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Hitchhiker
 * Deconstructing Harry (1997) Harvey Stern/Harry's Character
 * The Ice Storm (1997) Paul Hood
 * Joyride (1996) J.T
 * Empire Records (1995) (scenes deleted) Andre
 * Revenge of the Red Baron (1994) Jimmy Spencer
 * Healer (1994) Teenager
 * This Boy's Life (1993) Chuck Bolger
 * Great Scott! (1992) (TV series) Scott Melrod
 * The Wizard (1989) (uncredited) Lucas' goon at video armageddon

Film quotes

 * "Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: 'With great power comes great responsibility.' This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spiderman." - from Spider-Man