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Trivia
Birth name: Tobias Vincent Maguire
Date of birth: 27 June 1975
Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire and Wendy Brown.
Is a vegetarian.
Enjoys yoga and cooking.
Originally wanted to be a chef, but he turned to acting after his mother
offered him $100 to take drama rather than home economics in high
school.
He will get $26 million for the two sequels to Spider-Man (2002).
Packed on several pounds to fit his role in Spider-Man (2002).
May, 2002: Bought a $3.5 million Beverly Hills mansion with his
Spider-Man (2002) earnings.
Lost 25 pounds to fit his role as Red Pollard in Seabiscuit (2003).
Has four half brothers all on his dad's side. Vincent Jr. (born 1973),
Timothy (born 1984), Jopaul Epp (born 1991), and Weston Epp (born 1994).
Often portrays heroes that are close to animals or creatures. In Cats
& Dogs (2001), he provided the voice of Lou the Beagle in which he
saves the world from cats; in Spider-Man (2002), he was bitten by a
radioactive (genetically modified in the movies) spider that gave him
superhuman abilities; in Seabiscuit (2003), he played Red Pollard, a
jockey who rode a winning horse to victory.
During the Australian release period of Spider-Man (2002), he appeared
on an Australian late-night variety show with his co-star Willem Dafoe.
During this interview, when asked if he was a fan of the comic book, he
claimed that he had never touched a Spider-Man comic book before and
that he never wanted to read them.
Is good friendswith his Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man 3 (2007) co-star
Kirsten
Dunst.
He was originally set to play the role of Jake Hoyt in Training Day
(2001), opposite Denzel
Washington. He had even gone through two months of training with
narcotic officers, weapons training, and put on a lot of muscle but the
role was later given to the producer's first choice, Ethan
Hawke, and Tobey went on to star in Spider-Man (2002) instead.
He played in the World Series of Poker. On October 27, 2004, he won the
Phil Hellmuth Poker Invitational at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los
Angeles, taking a first prize of $95,480.
Enjoys playing chess.
Member of the AAs
Was engaged to Rashida Jones (2002).He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with the third Spider-Man movie in the series.
Tobey and his fiancée, Jennifer Meyer, are expecting their first child.
Jennifer is a Los Angeles-based jewelry designer and the daughter of Ron
Meyer. They announced their engagement in April. [June 12, 2006]
He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with the third Spider-Man movie in the series.
Close friend of Leonardo
DiCaprio
Considered for the role of Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
In 2004, Maguire took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker legend Daniel
Negreanu.
Maguire has been engaged to jewelry maker Jennifer Meyer, daughter of Universal Studios executive Ron Meyer, since April 2006, after dating for three years. They are currently expecting their first child.
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