Tobey Maguire | |
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Maguire at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival
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Born |
Tobias Vincent Maguire June 27, 1975 Santa Monica, California, United States |
Occupation | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Spouse(s) | Jennifer Meyer (m. 2007; separated 2017) |
Children | 2 |
Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and producer. He began his career in the late 1980s. His first appearance in a feature film was a non-speaking part in The Wizard (1989). He is known for playing the title character in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002, 2004, and 2007, as well as for his roles in Pleasantville (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), The Good German (2006), Brothers (2009), and The Great Gatsby (2013).
He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards, and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. In 2012 he established his own production company, Material Pictures, and co-produced Good People that same year. In 2015 he produced and starred in the Cold War thriller, Pawn Sacrifice.
Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Wendy (née Brown), a secretary turned screenwriter and film producer, and Vincent Maguire, a construction worker and cook. He has four half-brothers. He is of part Austrian and part Puerto Rican descent. His parents, 18 and 20 years old, were unmarried at the time of his birth; the two married and subsequently divorced when Maguire was two. Maguire spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, living with each parent and other family members.