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Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California to Vincent Maguire and Wendy Brown) is an American film actor.

Working as a child actor since his early teens, he appeared in a variety of commercials and TV and movie roles. He auditioned for a part in the series Parenthood, where he met best friend actor Leonardo DiCaprio (DiCaprio got the part although Maguire would appear as a guest star in later episodes). Maguire gained significant attention for with his role in the film The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee. This soon was parlayed in a variety of lead roles where he played a thoughtful boy coming of age in a variety of films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys.

In 2002, he shot to stardom in the title role in Spider-Man, where he was praised for his performance of the troubled superhero. He further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey, John M. "Red" Pollard, in an acclaimed film Seabiscuit, about the famous American racehorse, Seabiscuit. Spider-Man 2, the sequel to the original blockbuster, was released in 2004. He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with the third Spider-Man movie in the series.

In 2004 Maguire also took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu. He is also a vegetarian and practices yoga.

  Quiet Type (2007) (announced)
Tokyo Suckerpunch (2006) (announced) .... Billy Chaka
Spider-Man 3 (2007) (filming) .... Peter Parker/Spider-Man
The Good German (2006) (filming) .... Tully
Spider-Man 2 (2004) .... Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Spider-Man 2 (2004/II) (VG) (voice) .... Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Seabiscuit (2003) .... Red Pollard
Spider-Man (2002) .... Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Spider-Man (2002/II) (VG) (voice) .... Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice) .... Lou the Beagle
Don's Plum (2001) .... Ian
Wonder Boys (2000) .... James Leer
Ride with the Devil (1999/I) .... Jake Roedel
The Cider House Rules (1999) .... Homer Wells
Pleasantville (1998) .... David
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) .... Hitchhiker
Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Harvey Stern/Harry's Character
The Ice Storm (1997) .... Paul Hood
Duke of Groove (1996) (TV) .... Rich Cooper
Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996) (TV) .... Chuck Borchardt
Joyride (1996) .... J.T
Empire Records (1995) (scenes deleted) .... Andre
A Child's Cry for Help (1994) (TV) .... Peter Lively
S.F.W. (1994) .... Al
Spoils of War (1994) (TV) .... Martin
Healer (1994) .... Teenager
Revenge of the Red Baron (1994) .... Jimmy Spencer
This Boy's Life (1993) .... Chuck Bolger
"Great Scott!" (1992) TV Series .... Scott Melrod
Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown (1990) (TV) .... Hot Rod Brown
The Wizard (1989) (uncredited) .... Lucas' goon at video armageddon
Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989) (TV) (as Tobias Maguire) .... Boy #3