Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27, 1975, in Santa Monica, California. After a small role in the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Maguire again played the coming-of-age card in The Cider House Rules, a wistful interpretation of John Irving’s bestselling novel. The film garnered seven Academy Award nominations. In Wonder Boys (2000), Maguire found himself playing a slightly quirkier version of the prodigal son.

With the release of Spiderman (2002), Tobey Maguire (with the help of a range of state-of-the-art special effects) made the transition from nerdy teen Peter Parker to comic book hero. The actor starred in the sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man, in 2004. and Spiderman 3 in 2007. He is an avid participant in the city’s nightlife and a visible member of what the media has dubbed “the latter-day Rat Pack” along with fellow actor Leonardo DiCaprio.