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| Real Name: Tobias Vincent Maguire | ||||||||||||||
| Birthday: 06/27/1975 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California | ||||||||||||||
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Tobey Maguire Biography And Filmography: After years of playing unusual youngsters and diverse youths, actor Tobey Maguire jumped onto the A-List and established himself as an worldwide box office superstar when he landed the role of a web slinging super hero. As the lead on the smash hit “Spider-Man” (2002) and its sequels, Maguire cut a remarkable figure in his spider costume, while perfectly portraying the gawky ineptness of Spidey’s alter ego, Peter Parker. In addition to acting, Maguire also branched out into producing, most remarkably the Spike Lee thriller “25th Hour” (2002) and “Seabiscuit” (2003), for which he worked as both executive producer and star. The product of a bad childhood, future actor Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, CA. The child of unwed parents, Maguire relocated regularly as a young child, living with a range of familial permutations of his parents, grandparents and aunts. This broken childhood may have added to the young actor's drive and distinctive presence, showing at once mature clarity and childlike weakness in his performances. After his mother, Wendy, offered him $100 to take drama classes instead of home economics as a school elective, Maguire, encouraged by a neighbor who was an entertainment executive, studied acting and soon got a little television commercial work. Tobey Maguire’s first major job was in the television sitcom," Great Scott!” (Fox, 1992-93). In it, Maguire played Scott Melrod, a young boy with an spirited fantasy life. “Great Scott!” was critically received, but failed to find an audience and was a flop at the box office. Despite decent writing and Maguire's charismatic performance, the show was canceled after only six episodes. Following the termination of “Scott,” Maguire stayed busy with other television projects. His moving role in the made-for television drama "Spoils of War" (1984) led to more television work, including "A Child's Cry for Help" (1994) and the fact-based production, "Seduced by Madness: The Diana Borchardt Story" (1996).
It would be on the big movie screen, however, where Tobey Maguire would truly shine, making his film introduction in "This Boy's Life" (1993) with Robert De Niro, the variation of Tobias Wolff's decisive coming-of-age story. Cast in the supporting role of Chuck Bolger, a childhood friend of Leonardo DiCaprio's character of Toby, Maguire not only astounded critics, he more importantly started a lifelong off-screen close friendship with co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. More inspiring was Maguire’s role in Griffin Dunne's 1995 Oscar nominated short film, "The Duke of Groove" (1996) about aother who takes her young teen son to a party, to make sure he will not be at home when father leaves the family for good. Tobey Maguire then hit a bumpy patch in the mid-1990’s, a career decline which ended in the loss of a leading role he had badly wanted in the cult hit "Empire Records" (1995). After a poor audition discouraged director Allan Moyle from hiring him, Maguire was so disappointed, he briefly considered quitting acting altogether. After some soul searching Tobey decided to give it another try. The young actor’s choice proved to be the correct one, as his profession was about to turn up in a major way. Beginning in 1997, Tobey's choice of projects began to portray a more somber approach toward his career. The first of these roles was Paul Hood, the confused, but clear-headed young teen narrator in director Ang Lee’s "The Ice Storm" (1997), an amazingly acted, highly disturbing drama set in 1970’s upper middle class suburbia. “The Ice Storm” featured an all star group cast, including Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, and Sigourney Weaver. Unworried by this team of big hitters, the 22-year-old Maguire held his own, creating the role of Paul with an heartwarming mixture of mockery and untouched virtue. Having proved his determination with “The Ice Storm,” Maguire caught the attention of filmmaker Woody Allen, who cast him in a small part in his next comedy, “Deconstructing Harry” (1997) with Kirstie Alley. The following year, Maguire landed his first starring role in "Pleasantville" (1998) with Reese Witherspoon, a story about an unselfish modern day young teen preoccupied with 1950’s sitcom television. The ingeniously moving film was a good match for Maguire, who gave a naturally understated, but commanding, performance along with veterans William H. Macy, Joan Allen and Jeff Daniels. In 1999, Tobey Maguire joined with Ang Lee for the director’s heroic Civil War drama, "Ride with the Devil," co-starring Skeet Ulrich and Jeffrey Wright. Cast as Confederate champion Jake Roedel, Maguire’s flair for drawing out the helplessness in his characters added much to the film, and gave a clear human touch to a type of figure that was often scorned in modern history.
Maguire’s on-screen chemistry with his older co-star, Michael Caine smoothed the way for his next film, “Wonder Boys” (2000) with Katie Holmes, in which he played a college undergraduate protégé to a disturbed middle aged writer played by Michael Douglas. Based on author Michael Chabon’s best-selling book and directed by Oscar nominated director Curtis Hanson, “Wonder Boys” earned great reviews. Despite the poor box office of “Wonder Boys,” it won two Oscar Awards and was nominated for several others. Maguire’s career was heating up. With a full plate of work in production and a even-tempered outlook towards stardom, the artistic Tobey Maguire emerged as an actor on the move. Also in 2001, Tobey appeared with Leonardo DiCaprio in the dramatic "Don's Plum" (2001) about a group of Los Angeles young teen students who meet every day at their local diner hangout to discus their latest misadventures with their miserable lives. It was not until Maguire landed the highly desired lead role in the Sam Raimi-directed "Spider-Man" (2002), however, that his career shot to the next level. Based on the fashionable Marvel Comics character created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, “Spider-Man” was an unparalleled success and resurrected the then flagging live action super-hero age. Maguire’s performance as both the nerdy Peter Parker and his secure alter ego, Spider-Man, helped shoot the prized, but shy actor onto the Hollywood A-list of sexy celebrities. Soon, his every movement – from his Hollywood festivity crawling with pal Leonardo DiCaprio to his romance with leading lady Kirstin Dunst – made scandalous tabloid headlines. After his career making success with “Spider-Man,” Tobey Maguire joined again with "Pleasantville" writer-director Gary Ross for the adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's best selling nonfiction book, "Seabiscuit" (2003). The story of a long shot racehorse and his energetic jockey, “Seabiscuit” was both a critical and economic success. Tobey Maguire won praise for bringing a convincing combination of rage, irritation and sympathy to his role as Red Pollard, the once orphaned jockey who rode Seabiscuit to triumph. After finishing “Seabiscuit”, Maguire reported that he was suffering from continual lower back pain. Reports that almost cost him his most well-paid role in the continuation "Spider-Man 2" (2004). Maguire said publicly there were only small physical concerns that were swiftly resolved, but it was broadly reported that Sony had fired him from the film and asked actor Jake Gyllenhaal to take the role. Whatever happened behind the scenes, Maguire showed himself fit for duty and reported for shooting the sequel, to the relief of all the fans. In 2007, Maguire suited up once again, presumably, for the last time, as everyone’s beloved web-slinger in “Spider-Man 3” (2007).
Easily the most expensive and ambitious installment to date, “Spider-Man 3” joined Maguire with co-stars Kirsten Dunst, Rosemary Harris and James Franco for one ultimate adventure. Along for the ride this time out, were Oscar nominated Thomas Haden Church as the wicked Sandman and Topher Grace as Spidey’s alien enemy, Venom. Next, Maguire teemed with George Clooney in the dramatic "The Good German" 2006) about an American military journalist who while in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver. The year 2008 was just as exiting for Tobey Maguire. First with the comedy war film "Tropic Thunder" (2008) with an all-star cast including Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise, and Jack Black, where through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Next was the war drama "Brothers" (2008) with Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal, about a young man who comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. Based on Susanne Bier's film, "Brothers". Finally, Tobey was cast in the romantic comedy "Quiet Type" (2009) about a mute young man (Maguire) who heads to New York City to realize his dream of conducting an orchestra.
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The year 1999 would also mark the release of "The Cider House
Rules," director Lasse Hallstrom's film adaptation of John Irving’s
novel. The story of a young orphan raised by an unrealistic abortionist,
Maguire's clever role as the insightful but upstanding Homer Wells was much-admired
by critics and served as the anchor for the film. "The Cider House
Rules" went on the win two Oscar Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting
Role and Best Writing. In was nominated for four others. 