Jeremy Piven

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Jeremy Piven
Image:Entourage ep204.jpg <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Jeremy Samuel Piven</td></tr>
Born	July 26 1965 (age 44) New York, USA

Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor who currently plays the role of Ari Gold on the HBO series Entourage.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Trivia
4 Filmography
5 TV series
6 External links

[edit] Early life

Piven was born in New York, New York and grew up in Evanston, Illinois, in north suburban Chicago. He attended Camp Chi, a Jewish Community Center camp in Lake Delton, Wisconsin, in the 1970's. He graduated from Evanston Township High School before attending Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While at Drake he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity. He has worked for the Piven Theatre Workshop, which was founded by his parents, Byrne (deceased) and Joyce Hiller Piven. He has appeared in a number of films with close friend John Cusack, who is also from Evanston and is an alumnus of the Piven Theatre Workshop (as are Cusack's sisters Joan and Ann).

[edit] Career

Piven currently plays Hollywood agent Ari Gold in the HBO series Entourage. He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in 2005 and won the award in 2006. Piven was also the star and producer of the short-lived ABC dramedy series Cupid, and was a supporting cast member on the last three seasons of the sitcom Ellen.

Piven says, of Chicago: "I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can. ... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease." He also insisted that Cupid be filmed in Chicago.

Although Piven is Jewish, he shares beliefs of many Eastern Religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Piven starred in a Travel Channel special detailing his journey across India.

[edit] Trivia

Piven performed "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field on Father's Day, 2006. Piven gave the cue to Chicago Cubs fans by saying, "Let's hug it out, you little bitches," a line he made famous as his character Ari Gold on the hit HBO show Entourage. The Chicago Tribune reported that he was to have said, "Hug it out, Cubs fans." [1] He apologized on WGN-TV, and later claimed it was an accident during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Currently, Piven can be seen in local television advertisements for Cincinnati Bell Telephone, a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell, Inc. He ends each commercial with the tagline, "Welcome to Cincinnati Bell."

appeared in Paul Westerburg's 'Dyslexic Heart" video for the movie "Singles".

[edit] Filmography

Smokin' Aces (2007) - Buddy "Aces" Israel
Cars (2006) - Harv (voice)
Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) - Adam Fiedler
Two for the Money (2005) - Jerry
Chasing Liberty (2004) - Alan Weiss
Scary Movie 3 (2003) - Ross Giggins
Runaway Jury (2003) - Lawrence Green
Old School (2003) - Dean Gordon Pritchard (aka Cheese)
Me and Daphne (2002) - Interviewer
Highway (2002) - Scawldy
Black Hawk Down (2001) - CWO Cliff 'Elvis' Wolcott
Serendipity (2001) - Dean Kansky
Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Versace Salesman
The Family Man (2000) - Arnie
The Crew (2000) - Det. Steve Menteer
Red Letters (2000) - Thurston Clarque
Music From Another Room (1998) - Billy Swan
Very Bad Things (1998) - Michael Berkow
Phoenix (1998) - Fred Shuster
Don King: Only in America (1997) TV movie - Hank Schwartz
Kiss the Girls (1997) - Henry Castillo, LAPD
Livers Ain't Cheap (1997) - John
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) - Paul Spericki
Just Write (1997) - Harold McMurphy
Larger Than Life (1996) - Walter
E=mc2 (1996) - Dr. Paul Higgins
Layin' Low (1996) - Jerry
Heat (1995) - Dr. Bob
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) - Pete Walston
Miami Rhapsody (1995) - Mitchell
PCU (1994) - James 'Droz' Andrews
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) - Herbert Hortz
Floundering (1994) - Guy
The Ticket (1994) - Miles Mountjoy
Twogether (1994) - Arnie
Twenty Bucks (1993) - Nervous Quick-Mart Clerk
Judgment Night (1993) - Ray Cochran
12:01 (1993) TV movie - Howard Richter
There Goes the Neighborhood (1992) - Albert Lodge
Singles (1992) - Doug Hughley
Bob Roberts (1992) - Candle Seller
Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992) - Patrolman
The Player (1992) - Steve Reeves
White Palace (1990) - Kahn
The Grifters (1990) - Sailor - Freshman
Say Anything... (1989) - Mark
Elvis Stories (1989) - Lenny
One Crazy Summer (1986) - Ty
Lucas (1986) - Spike

[edit] TV series

Entourage (2004-) - Ari Gold
Justice League Unlimited (2004) - Elongated Man
Will & Grace (2000-) - Love Plus One
Partners (1999) (pilot) - Nick
Cupid (1998) - Trevor Hale
Ellen (1994) - Spence Kovak (1995-1998)
Pride & Joy (1995) TV Series - Nathan Green
Seinfeld (1993) - "George" in the TV show 'Jerry' in Season 4 episodes "The Pilot (1)" and "The Pilot (2)"
The Larry Sanders Show (1992) - Jerry Capen (1992-1993)
Rugrats (1991) - additional voices
Carol & Company (1990) - skit characters