Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire, a construction worker and cook, and Wendy Brown, a secretary turned screenwriter and producer. At the time of his birth, his parents were 18 and 20 years old and unmarried; the two married but divorced when Maguire was two. As a... More

Tobey Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire, a construction worker and cook, and Wendy Brown, a secretary turned screenwriter and producer. At the time of his birth, his parents were 18 and 20 years old and unmarried; the two married but divorced when Maguire was two. As a child, Tobey spent much of his growing up in different households, moving from town to town. It was during this tumultuous time in his life that he entertained the idea of becoming a chef, expressing his wishes to enroll in a Home Economics class as a sixth grader. His mother offered him $100 to take a drama class instead, and Tobey agreed.

 

Maguire's first appearance in a feature film was in the 1989 movie The Wizard. In the movie, he played a goon of Lucas Barton, one of three competitors at a video game competition, and had no lines.By the mid 1990s, Maguire was steadily working but becoming caught up in the hard-partying lifestyle of some of his fellow teen actors. In 1995, Maguire requested director Allan Moyle to release him from his part in the movie Empire Records. Moyle agreed, and all of Tobey's scenes were deleted from the final film. Maguire then sought help for an underaged drinking problem from Alcoholics Anonymous, and he has been sober ever since.

 

In 2002, Maguire shot to superstardom in Sam Raimi's Spider Man, based on the popular Marvel comic book series. He reprised the part in both sequels of the film. Maguire's performance as Spider-Man initially earned him some glowing reviews, and Maguire solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey in the acclaimed film Seabiscuit.

 

Maguire has been a vegetarian for over 14 years and is working toward a vegan diet, though he makes vegetarian changes in his diet to either gain or lose weight for movie roles, like dramatically decreasing his calorie intake for Seabiscuit followed by a rapid increase to regain the weight for Spider Man 2.

 

In 2004, Maguire took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker professional Daniel Negreanu. Maguire can be seen on ESPN's coverage of the 2005 and 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship.

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