Biography
Tobias Vincent Maguire is an American actor, famous for Peter Parker in a spiderman blockbuster, shot in 2002 by a series of famous comics. It is the two-time owner of the Saturn Prize for the second part of this action, as well as for the role of David Wagner and Bad Parker in the Fantasy Comedy "Pleasantville". Today, Toby, in addition to the acting profession, successfully develops its producer career.Childhood and youth
Toby was born in the coastal California town of Santa Monica on June 27, 1975. Among the ancestors of the future artist, Austrians and Puertorikans were listed. Parents of the newborn - 18-year-old secretary-Taming Wendy Brown and 20-year-old cook Vincent Maguire - did not marry. Young people got married 2 years after the birth of the Son, but, having lived together a couple of years, divorced. Toby has 4 pivot brothers. When the young man turned 18, his father committed a crime and was in prison.
After divorcing parents, the boy had to often change the place of residence and guardians. Toby alternately lived with his mother, father, aunties, grandparents, grandfathers and other family members in different cities of America. The boy respected his father, in childhood he dreamed of going in the footsteps of Vincent and become a chef.
After the end of the younger school, it was planned to enroll in a class specializing in housekeeping. But the mother, who wanted a different future for his son, offered a deal: Wendy paid the boy $ 100 for the fact that he entered the class of drama and studied acting. Tobias did not mind. But in high school, he studied only one class, finally throwing studies at the age of 13. The exam for obtaining a certificate of maturity Maguire passed in 2000, when he was already 25 years old.
In adolescence, Maguire was shot a lot in commercials and in episodic roles in television series. The creative biography of the young artist began with filming in the advertising of the McDonalds fast food network and the ATARI video game. Then, the young man began to receive secondary roles in the Sitkoms "Rosana", "Wizard", "Erie Indiana." On the set of one TV series, Tobi met with a peer, the same novice actor Leonardo di Caprio, with whom he has been connected with a strong friendship.
Films
For a long time, Maguire played in the cinema of adolescents, even when his own years had no longer corresponded to the age of characters. Until 1993, he appeared only on television screens. The first movie for the younger actor was the biographical drama "Life of this guy".
In the Russian box office, the picture was called "True History of this guy." The film was filmed through the novel of the professor of the literature of Tobias Wolf, who in the book describes his own childhood, which took place in the 50s and 1920s of the 20th century.
The narration in the drama is conducted on behalf of a teenager named Toby, on the role of which Maguire was originally applied. But after a number of doubts, the film director Michael Keyton-Jones preference did Leonardo di Caprio, and Maguire himself played a friend of Chuck Bulger. Friendship guys in life helped to realistically convey these images.
In 1999, the actor played two roles at once in the Fantasy Romantic Comedy "Pleasantvil", filmed in an unusual manner. First, the frames look like black and white, and then gradually become colored. Toby in the modern real world plays a closed teenager David Wagner. For participation in this picture of Maguire as the best young actor received the Saturn Prize.
Later in the artist repertoire, work appeared in Far and Las Vegas Fiction Magorean with Johnny Depp, in the leadership of the "Wunderkind," where Toby starred with Michael Douglas and Robert Downey - younger. The actor fulfilled the actor in the screening "Rules of winemakers". The film became a nominee and a winner of the Cinema "Oscar" in several categories, which added all participants in the acting composition of popularity.
The worldwide glory actor brought the role of a modest schoolboy Peter Parker, branched by a spider and turned into a superhero, in the Kineomix "Man - Spider". Tobi perfectly approached this role - the charming smile of the artist, the tightened figure (with a weight of 71 kg) and the average height (173 cm) was suited for the parameters of the hero.
It was reported that the decision on the participation of the Contractor was taken after his samples with a naked torso. The blockbuster was removed on the verge between the militant and melodrama, so he was able to attract lovers of both genres. In all series of trilogy partner Hero Peter Parker - Mary Jane Watson - played American actress Kirsten Dunst.
To qualitatively convey the image of a person-spider, Maguire studied insects with the help of specialists in the Research Institute, took the lessons of climbing, martial arts and yoga, worked together with the entire high-speed man in order to adapt to the spawns of the spawn, and during all filming was on a special diet.
After the success of the picture, two sequel was shot - "Spiderman - 2", for which the actor received the second statuette "Saturn", and "Spiderman - 3. The Enemy in Reflection", which with a budget of $ 258 million became one of The most expensive films in history and had good cash receipts, but got enough cool criticism from specialists. The actor's fee from the three films about Spiderman amounted to $ 36.5 million.
Thanks to this trilogy, Maguire was able to finally get out of the shadow of Leonardo di Caprio, with whom he continued to film together. The next joint picture of friends was the screening of the classical American novel Francis Scott Fitzgerald "Great Gatsby".
In 2009, Toby received an invitation from the creators of the Military Drama "Brothers", in which Natalie Portman and Jake Jillenhol were chosen into two other major roles. In the drama, the actor transformed into a hero who survived the horrors of war, killing a friend and the betrayal of his wife. In 2011, the filmography of the artist was replenished with a comedy "Details", in which Toby fulfilled the role of a unlucky Jeffe spouse trying to resolve everyday problems.
In 2013, Maguyr lit up in the next military drama "Day of Labor" in a secondary role, and after 2 years he played the main character in the film-biographies "sacrificing a pawn", telling about the fate of the grandmaster Bobby Fisher's grandmaster. The film premiere took place at the Toronto Festival.
Maguire is famous for the fact that frames with the image of the artist are used as memes. On the network walks the photograph of the actor, which entered the top of the best memes, taking the 3rd place. The second and first place of Toby lost to Nicolas Kejuja ("What are you talking about?") With a frame from the movie "Vampire's Kiss" and Jackie Chan ("What for? .."), where the actor is depicted with high-raised over her heads.
In March 2017, the comedic animation film "Boss-Molocheosos" was released, in addition to Toby Maguyra, in addition to Toby Maguyra, took part of Hollywood Alec Baldwin, Steve Bushemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrou. In tape, we were talking about a baby who was a secret agent of an influential corporation.
In the same year, the new project was announced in the artist's creative career - the screening of the "Blood in the snow" of the Norwegian writer Yu Neshev. And this time, Toby planned to take the director's chair. The screenwriter of the film was made by the author of the detective novel.
Personal life
In 2006, the wedding of Toby Maguyra and Jennifer Meyer took place. An actor's wife is a jewelry designer, her father - Film studio producer Universal Studios Ron Meyer. A year after the celebration, the spouses were born daughter Ruby Svithart, and after 2 years - Son Otis Tobias.Embed from getty imagesAt the end of 2016, it became known that the pair of Toby and Jennifer officially designed a divorce, the reasons for which the actor chose not to advertise. In the media they started talking about the fact that the love of Toby's love was influenced by the trouble in personal life.
Since 2004, Maguire speaks in professional poker tournaments. In June 2007, he participated in the TV show "Poker after the occurrence of darkness", which won $ 10 million. But in recent years, Fortuna turned away from the artist, he increasingly began to play large sums. Houses began scandals.
Another reason was called Roman Maguir on the side. They rumored that the star of the screen resumed an affair with Demi Moore, who met to marriage in 2002. Actresses once again did not interfere with the age difference, which is 13 years. Joint images of artists scattered across accounts of their fans in "Instagram" and other social networks.
At the beginning of 2017, a couple appeared several times in secular events in an embrace. But soon the newly minted bachelor was seen in the company of a young brunette, with which, kissing, left the Villa Lounge bar. These photos immediately appeared in all yellow editions dedicated to the life of Hollywood stars. Despite this, in an interview with Maguire, it has repeatedly stated that he still nourishes warm feelings for Jennifer.
Embed from getty imagesEx-spouses have retained friendly relations. They issued joint custody on children and continued to spend time as an ordinary family. A year after the divorce, Toby appeared on a charitable action, in which Jennifer Meyer participated, presenting a new jewelry collection there. Paparazzi took advantage. It was something surprised - the actor did not move away from the ex-wife, and both glowed from happiness.
The actor since 1992 is a vegetarian, and since 2009 - Vegan. In addition to the fact that Maguire does not eat meat, dairy products and eggs, it also does not wear skin and fur. Also from 19 years old, the artist does not eat alcohol, although in adolescence had certain problems with alcohol.
Toby Maguire now
Now Maguire pays most of the time to produce. In 2019, the premiere of its production project "The Best Enemies" took place. The drama is devoted to the history of the friendship of the dark-skinned human rights activist and the participant of the Ku-Klux Klan organization. Also at the beginning of the year, the Marathon runs the Marathon kinokartin.
Embed from getty imagesAfter a small break in the acting film, Toby again plans to appear on the big screen. He began preparing for shooting in the American drama "Crusaders" about the 1954 sign trial, after which segregation among schoolchildren on the national principle was canceled. In addition to participating as an actor, Maguire will perform a producer of the project.
Another film, in which Toby Maguyra is stated, is the comedy "Tikhonya". In Film, the actor will appear in the image of a silent young man who loves music very much. Meloman seeks to fulfill his dream - to become a conductor of the orchestra.
Filmography
- 1993 - "Life of this guy"
- 1997 - "Viewing Harry"
- 1998 - "Fear and Hate in Las Vegas"
- 1999 - "Rules of winemakers"
- 1999 - "Pursuage with the Devil"
- 2000 - "Wunderkind"
- 2002 - "Spiderman"
- 2003 - "Favorit"
- 2006 - "Good German"
- 2009 - "Brothers"
- 2011 - "Details"
- 2013 - "Great Gatsby"
- 2015 - "sacrificing a pawn"
- 2017 - "Boss-Molokosos"