Acting
George Maguire
EN, FA cinema · 23 credits
Born
4 December 1946 (age 79)
Birthplace
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
George Maguire (born 4 December 1946, Wilmington, Delaware) is an American stage, film, and television actor, director, and voice-over artist, active since 1964. He obtained a BA in German from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1968 and completed graduate studies at Lewis & Clark College in 1969. He is Professor Emeritus at Solano College Theatre, where he co-founded the Actor Training Program. His career began as a teenager with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and encompasses Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatres, Shakespeare festivals, and numerous films and TV shows. His most notable screen roles include Group Leader in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Frederick Robertson in True Crime (1999) (Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken), Police Clerk in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) (Will Smith, Thandie Newton), Sheraton Manager in The Game (1997) (Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger), Father Flynn in The Sweetest Thing (2002) (Christina Applegate, Owen Wilson), and Hotel Receptionist in The Night (2020) (Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor). He also appeared in 13 Reasons Why (2017) (Katherine Langford, Dylan Minnette) and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2023).
Known for
Filmography
The Night
as Hotel Receptionist
Disrupted
as Produce Store Manager
The Stand at Paxton County
as Hoag Rafferty
Mr. Invincible
as Motel Manager
Melvin Smarty
as Hotel Manager
Generations
as Bill O'Connell
Yosemite
as Ed
The Dog Lover
as Judge
Youth
as Joel
Three Musketeers
as Alfred
The Darwin Awards
as Car Salesman
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Police Clerk
The Sweetest Thing
as Father Flynn
Fight Club
as Group Leader at Remaining Men Together
True Crime
as Frederick Robertson
The Game
as Sheraton Manager
Farmer & Chase
as Chet
Heart and Souls
as Music Director
The Last of His Tribe
as Mr. Whatley
Leonard Part 6
as Madison