Tobey Maguire

Biography
Tobias Vincent Maguire is the son of Vincent, a cook, and Wendy, a secretary. The couple separated in 1977, leaving Tobey in the custody of his mother, who traveled constantly with her son for several U.S. states. Although Tobey wanted to become a chef like his father, her mother's artistic longings for her to become a child actor who managed to appear in advertisements, the prelude to his debut as a performer starred in 1992 in the television series Great Scott!. He had previously appeared in episodes of other popular shows like Roseanne and Blossom. He broke into movies with This Boy's Life (1992), a family drama directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin and Leonardo DiCaprio.

After appearing in several television films, Tobey got out of anonymity from his meeting with Ang Lee in The Ice Storm (1997). That same year he collaborated with Woody Allen in his film Deconstructing Harry (1997). Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) by Terry Gilliam, Pleasantville (1998) by Gary Ross, The Cider House Rules (1999) by Lasse Hallström, Ride with the Devil (1999 ) by Ang Lee, and Wonder Boys (2000) by Curtis Hanson, were titles that made Maguire one of the main actors of his generation. His leap to stardom came when he was chosen to portray Peter Parker/Spiderman in the blockbuster Spider-Man (2002), directed by Sam Raimi.

He has a very healthy life, he do not drink or smoke, is a vegetarian and practices yoga. Was boyfriend with his co-star in Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst. He was later associated with Rashida Jones (daughter of record producer Quincy Jones) and singer Christina Aguilera. In 2007 he married Jennifer Meyer, daughter of Ron Meyer, chief executive of Universal. With Jennifer had a son in December 2006.

Other titles of his films are The Good German (2006), a thriller co-starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett, and Spider-Man 3 (2007). In Brothers (2009) played the brother of Jake Gyllenhaal.

Actor

 * 2009 - Brothers (Captain Sam Cahill)
 * 2007 - Spider-Man 3 (Spider-Man/Peter Parker)
 * 2004 - Spider-Man 2 (Spider-Man/Peter Parker)
 * 2002 - Spider-Man (Spider-Man/Peter Parker)
 * 1998 - Pleasantville (David)

Saturn Award

 * Won
 * 2005 - Best Actor for Spider-Man 2
 * 1999 - Best Actor for Pleasantville


 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Actor for Brothers
 * 2003 - Best Actor for Spider-Man