One of the most popular Hollywood male actors of today’s generation, Toby Maguire is better known as Spiderman. Toby Maguire was born as Tobias Vincent Maguire on June 27 in the year 1975. This American actor, who began his film career in the 1990s, is noted for his distinguished performance as Peter Parker and Spider-Man in all his super hit Spider-Man movies. Toby Maguire is originally from Santa Monica in California. Vincent Maguire, his father, was by profession a construction worker as well as a cook. Wendy Brown, his mother, is a secretary turned screenwriter as well as a producer.
Toby Maguire dropped out from school in his high school years and began focusing on acting as his career. By 2000, Maguire took the GED for official graduation from high school. He made his first film appearance in the movie The Wizard which was released in the 1989. In the early 1990s he worked as a child actor. He also appeared in a number of T.V commercials and played minor movie roles. He worked with stars like Chuck Norris, Roseanne Barr, and Tracey Ullman.
His major breakthrough was the role of Paul Hood in the film The Ice Storm which was released in 1997. Later he experimented with several kinds of roles in the movies like The Cider House Rules, Pleasantville, and Wonder Boys. With the release of the blockbuster movie Spider-Man, the actor skyrocketed to stardom and since then there has been no looking back for him.
Hollywood actor Toby Maguire has the possibility of signing for more Spiderman movie sequels. By the year 2003 he was on the steady road to stardom. His role as John M. "Red" Pollard in the movie Seabiscuit garnered much acclaim. In the year 2006, Maguire made his villainous role debut in the movie The Good German as Corporal Patrick Tully, by Steven Soderbergh. He starred opposite Cate Blanchett and George Clooney.
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Toby Maguire has also produced a number of films. Some of his productions include 25th Hour, Seabiscuit and Whatever We Do. He worked as executive producer in Seabiscuit. The actor – producer is producing another movie called Robotech under his Maguire Entertainment banner. On September 3, 2007 he married Jennifer Meyer – a jewelry designer. They married in Kona, Hawaii and have a daughter called Ruby Sweetheart Maguire who was born on November 10, 2006. The actor is fond of playing basketball. He plays every Saturdays in Los Angeles when he is not shooting.
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