He appeared in a variety of commercials and TV and movie roles, working opposite such actors as Chuck Norris ( Walker, Texas Ranger), Roseanne Barr ( Roseanne), and Tracey Ullman ( Tracey Takes On.).
He worked as a child actor in the early 1990s, often playing roles much younger than his chronological age, and as late as 2002 he was still playing teenagers while in his mid-20s. He plays one of Lucas Barton's goons (one of three competitors at a video game competition) and had no lines. Maguire's first appearance in a feature film was in 1989's The Wizard. Tobey Maguire at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con. not really giving myself.' Acting career By 2000, he had obtained his General Educational Development (GED), noting that during his school days, 'I was not doing school I was showing up, but. The transient nature of his school years began to take a toll on Maguire emotionally, and after another relocation for his freshman year, he dropped out of high school and did not return.
His mother offered him $100 to take a drama class instead, and he agreed.
ĭuring his childhood, Maguire entertained the idea of becoming a chef and wanted to enroll in a home economics class as a sixth grader. His parents separated when he was two years old, and Maguire spent much of his childhood living with various family members. Tobias Vincent Maguire was born on June 27, 1975, in Santa Monica, California, to Wendy and Vincent Maguire.
