CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY SPOTLIGHT

Tobey Maguire
Born: June 27, 1975
Age: 33
Birth Place: Santa Monica, CA

His parents were 18 and 20 years old, and unmarried, at the time of his birth. The two married and subsequently divorced when MaGuire was two. Maguire spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, living with each parent and other family members. During his childhood he entertained the idea of becoming a chef. He wanted to enroll in a Home Economics class as a sixth grader. His mother offered him $100.00 to take a drama class instead, and Tobey agreed. Maguired dropped out of high school in his freshman year and never returned, deciding to focus himself on his blossoming acting career. By 2000, he had taken the GED to officially graduate from high school. His first appearance in a feature film was in the 1989 movie The Wizard. He played a goon of Lucas Barton and had no lines. As late as 2002, Maguire was still playing teenagers while in his mid-20's.

During many of his auditions, Maguire found himself competing opposite another rising child star actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. The pair struck up a fast friendship and made an informal pact to help each other get parts in their movies/TV shows/other projects.

By the mid 1990s, Maguire was steadily working but becoming caught up in the hard-partying lifestyle of some of his fellow teen actors. In 1995 he requested director Allan Moyle to release him from his part in the movie Empire Recores. Moyle agreed and all of Tobey's scenes were deleted from the final film. Magurie then sought help for an underage drinking problem from Alcoholics Annonymous; he has been sober ever since.

In 2002, he shot to superstardom as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, based on the popular Marvel comic book series. He reprised the role in Spider-Man 2 (2004 and Spider-Man 3 (2007).

Magurie married his long-time relationship partner, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer on September 3, 2007. They have a daughter named Ruby Sweetheart Maguire.

He has been a vegetarian for over 14 years. In 2004 he took up tournament poker and loves playing basketball.