Jeremy Piven

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Recent Role:
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Gender:
Male
Born:
7-26-1965
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Jeremy Samuel Piven
Born in New York city, Jeremy Piven was raised in Evanston, IL., the location of his parents (Joyce and Byrne Piven) theater school (the Piven Theatre Workshop). Piven is an alumnus of his parents theater school and is a longtime friend of fellow alumnus John Cusack.



Jeremy Piven is a graduate of Evanston Township High School, Drake University (as an undergraduate), New York University (for a graduate degree), and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and The National Theater of Great Britain (where he intensely studied Shakespearean acting.)











More Piven's first true national televised success came in the form of the critically-acclaimed ABC T.V show, Cupid, which was filmed in Chicago where Piven now owns a home. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes.



Piven was also a regular on Larry Sanders Show, and Ellen in the early and mid 1990s respectively, but neither garnered him as much recognition as his role in Cupid. During the same time frame, Piven was able to score a few guest stars on several renowned shows such as the popular sitcom Seinfeld. More recently, Piven was a guest star on yet another sitcom, the long-running NBC hit Will & Grace.



Over the years, Piven has also been the voice of many cartoon characters. He was a regular on All Grown Up, the sequel series to the popular Rugrats cartoon (which he provided voices for as a guest star on two occassions). In addition, Piven provided his voice for characters from superhero cartoons Justice League Unlimited and MTV's Spider-Man. Piven has also made an assortment of single episode appearances on a number of other TV cartoons.



Piven has been involved in over 40 films over the years, including Grosse Pointe Blank, Serendipity, Say Anything, Black Hawk Down, Phoenix, Kiss the Girls, Just Write, Rush Hour 2, Music from Another Room and Very Bad Things.



More recently, Piven has had more significant roles in films including Runaway Jury, Old School, Chasing Liberty, Two for the Money and Keeping Up with the Steins . Piven's latest and greatest success, however, has been on the small screen in his role as super agent Ari Gold in the HBO series "Entourage", which has won him three consecutive Emmys in 2006,2007 & 2008.

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    Entourage rules with having Jeremy Piven as one of the main characters - I was biased but have been watching weekly since season 1 and Ari Gold Aka Jeremy Piven is one of the funniest actors going around. Much Love from Australia. hide show

    Jeremy Piven, Rules as the agent with a loud mouth and a wise crack for any situation. I didn't think I would put a review together but with Entourage my fav series and each character owning anyone else on T.V right now I thought it important to give Jeremy his dues. I'm sitting back in my lounge room right now with Season 05 episode 08 playing in the background and I can't possibly imagine this series with anyone else as the Vinnie Chase manager... he's so good it's worth watching just for him. Note: who would of thought that the guy from Rush Hour 2 in the Versace store would be a great actor.

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    Entourage is such a great show. He is also going to be in a play on Broadway! SPEED THE PLOW!!! http://www.speedtheplowonbroadway.com/ Check it out!

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    Breakout star of Entourage! hide show

    After three years being stuck on the Ellen show. Jeremy Piven got the break of his career, in the tv show for HBO. Called "Entourage" about the wheelings and dealings of Hollywood agents. But his character shines out above the rest of them. He does play "flawed" characters very flawlessly. So flawlessly that you forget that he is the actor that is playing them. And can slip easly into the character he plays them. Hope that after the show ends, he will have a great career in movies ahead. As he is striving to get better roles ahead of him these days.

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    Jeremy Piven is finally on top of his game. Yeah, with his movies, it's hit or miss, but with his television show, "Entourage," he is on fire having won an emmy. Piven's range of acting is amazing. He can pull off the dramatic role just as easily as he can pull off the comedic role, which is what he is known for.

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    10 Perfect
    How does this guy not have his own show? hide show

    Yeah yeah yeah, I know, "Cupid" bombed. And maybe Jeremy Piven is destined to be a "Hey It's That Guy" for his whole career, because he nails it. But his performance as the lead in the movie "PCU," his rendition of Hollywood agent Jamie Gold on "Entourage" and his great cameos in "Rush Hour 2" and "Runaway Jury," among many others, really show what he can do.

    So give this guy his own show already, please!

    (We'll just pretend we haven't noticed that he has more hair now than he did 10 years ago. Really. Didn't happen. Nope. I've already forgotten about it.)

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