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Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire and Wendy Brown) is an 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, 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 of the troubled superhero. He further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey John M. "Red" Pollard in an 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
.

In 2004 Maguire also took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu. He is also a vegetarian and practices yoga.

Partial filmography

  • Quiet Type (2007) (currently announced start of production)
  • Spider-Man 3
    (2007) Peter Parker
  • Tokyo Suckerpunch ((2006) (currently announced start of production) Billy Chaka
  • The Good German (2006) (currently announced start of production) 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

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