While perhaps best known for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man film trilogy (2002-2007), he has also appeared in films such as Pleasantville (1998), Ride with the Devil (1999), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), The Good German (2006), Tropic Thunder (2008), and Brothers (2009). Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Wendy (Brown), a secretary turned screenwriter and producer, and Vincent Maguire, a construction worker and cook. During his childhood, Maguire entertained the idea of becoming a chef and to that end wanted to enroll in a home economics class as a sixth grader. Maguire initially worked as a child actor in the early 1990s, often playing roles much younger than his chronological age; as late as 2002, Maguire was still playing teenagers while in his mid-20s. For example, both auditioned for the same part in the 1990 TV series based on the 1989 comedy Parenthood.
Tobey Maguire Is Producing An Alien Invasion Flick Tobey Maguire is no longer getting massive paychecks for Sony to be Spider-man, but his next producing project may be just as profitable.The actor is producing an alien invasion flick called 5th Wave, which is described as follows:”When the human race is on the verge of extinction, one of the last survivors on earth, an [...] [link]
