30 Facts About Tobey Maguire

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Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27,1975 and is an American actor and film producer best known for his portrayal of the title character in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, a role he later reprised in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Tobey Maguire started his career in supporting roles in the films This Boy's Life, The Ice Storm, Deconstructing Harry, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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Tobey Maguire's leading roles include Pleasantville, Ride with the Devil, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, Seabiscuit, The Good German, Brothers, The Great Gatsby, and Pawn Sacrifice.

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Tobey Maguire received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for Brothers.

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Tobey Maguire established his own production company in 2012 called Material Pictures, and co-produced Good People, and Pawn Sacrifice.

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Tobias Vincent Tobey Maguire was born on June 27,1975, in Santa Monica, California, to Wendy Brown and Vincent Tobey Maguire.

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Tobey Maguire's parents separated when he was two years old, and Maguire spent much of his childhood living with various family members.

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Tobey Maguire's mother offered him $100 to take a drama class instead, and he agreed.

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Tobey Maguire plays one of Lucas Barton's goons and had no lines.

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Tobey Maguire worked as a child actor in the early 1990s, often playing roles much younger than his chronological age, and as late as 2002 he was still playing teenagers while in his mid-20s.

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DiCaprio was cast, and Tobey Maguire later got a guest role at least partly on DiCaprio's recommendation.

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Moyle agreed, and all of Tobey Maguire's scenes were deleted from the final film.

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Tobey Maguire then sought help for a drinking problem from Alcoholics Anonymous; he has been sober ever since.

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In Ride with the Devil, Tobey Maguire portrayed Jakob Roedel, opposite Jewel Kilcher.

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In 2002, Tobey Maguire starred in Spider-Man, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man.

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Tobey Maguire reprised the role in the sequels Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, and voiced Spider-Man for the video game adaptations of the films.

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Tobey Maguire is a producer whose production credits include 25th Hour, Whatever We Do, and Seabiscuit, for which he served as executive producer.

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Tobey Maguire was a last-minute replacement in the role, and due to previously-scheduled commitments was only available to be on set for two hours to film his scenes.

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Tobey Maguire received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film.

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Gyllenhaal himself said that Tobey Maguire's acting in Brothers had influenced him.

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Tobey Maguire was initially set to star as The Writer in Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee but was cut from the film during production for being "too recogniseable" and was replaced by Rafe Spall, with Lee deciding to reshoot the scenes he had shot with Tobey Maguire.

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Tobey Maguire appeared in Damien Chazelle's ensemble film Babylon, where he was an executive producer.

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Tobey Maguire has been a vegetarian since 1992; in 2009, he became a vegan.

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Tobey Maguire has made changes in his diet to either gain or lose weight for film roles: he dramatically decreased his calorie intake for Seabiscuit, followed by a rapid increase to regain weight for Spider-Man 2.

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Tobey Maguire has been sober since age 19, having experienced "some difficulty" with alcohol in his late teens.

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Tobey Maguire met jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer in 2003 while he was shooting Seabiscuit at Universal Studios, and they became engaged in April 2006.

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Meyer's father, Universal studios head Ronald Meyer, reportedly helped Tobey Maguire regain his job after being fired from Spider-Man 2 in 2003.

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Tobey Maguire has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker professional Daniel Negreanu.

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Tobey Maguire was seen on ESPN's coverage of the 2005,2006, and 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship.

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Tobey Maguire was one of many celebrities, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck, who participated in Molly Bloom's high-stake poker games at The Viper Room in the mid-2000s, and received negative press coverage for allegedly demanding Bloom "bark like a seal" for a $1,000 poker chip after a tournament he won.