Jeremy Piven
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New York, New York, USA
Classically trained character actor Jeremy Piven shot to stardom as Ellen DeGeneres' unforgettable, sharp-witted cousin Spence on the ABC sitcom Ellen. Born in New York City on July 26, 1965, Piven is the son of actors Byrne and Joyce Piven. He grew up in Evanston, IL, where his parents founded the Piven Theater Workshop. He studied theater at his parents' school alongside Lili Taylor, Rosanna Arquette, and pal John Cusack. The longtime friends, who began by performing Chekhov at age eight, have collaborated on several films -- including One Crazy Summer (1986), Say Anything (1989), The Grifters (1990), Floundering (1994), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), and Serendipity (2001). They also co-founded the New Criminals Theater Company in 1989, which is now New Crime Productions, the company behind Grosse Pointe Blank and the Cusack vehicle High Fidelity (2002).A former member of the Second City National Touring Company, Piven made his small-screen debut on Carol Burnett's short-lived variety show Carol and Company in 1990. He went on to play a writer on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show and to appear on Seinfeld before starring as an unemployed father on the short-lived series Pride & Joy. Disney, who produced Pride & Joy, then created a role for him on Ellen. After the sitcom's cancellation in April 1998, Piven landed his own show, the offbeat ABC comedy-drama Cupid. Also starring Piven's real-life neighbor Paula Marshall, Cupid followed the infamous matchmaker after he had been thrown out of heaven for bad behavior and attempted to earn his reentry by uniting 100 couples in true love without using his otherworldly powers. The series won critical acclaim and earned Piven quite a following. Yet, as with many of the network's more innovative shows, ABC mishandled Cupid, shuffling it in and out of prime time until its inevitable cancellation. Undaunted, Piven returned to television a year later to guest star on Will & Grace.While Piven's film career has suffered the same ups and downs as his time on television, it is marked by numerous scene-stealing supporting performances. After making his feature-film debut in Lucas (1986), the actor appeared in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Cameron Crowe's Singles (1992), and Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts (1992). He fell into a slump with failures like Judgment Night (1993) and Car 54, Where are You? (1994), but became a cult favorite for his portrayal of a campus misfit in P.C.U. (1994). Standout roles opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in Miami Rhapsody (1995), Robert De Niro in Heat (1995), Bill Murray in Larger Than Life (1996), and Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls (1997) quickly followed. He then proved to be the only good thing in Peter Berg's Very Bad Things (1998), before playing Nicolas Cage's best friend in The Family Man (2000). Piven took a respectable dramatic turn as a doomed helicopter pilot in Ridley Scott's award-winning Black Hawk Down, but returned to comedy for Old School (2003), a film by the makers of Road Trip (2000).Piven continued his work in entourage and took a starring role in Chappelle's Show director Neal Brennan's farcical comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard in 2009. 2011 found the actor playing the dreaded Timekeeper in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, he would portray another villain, this time in a voice role, for the children's adventure The Pirates! Band of Misfits in 2012.Then, in 2005, Piven scored the iconic role of Ari Gold on the HBO series Entourage. The show turned out to be a massive success, and Piven's profile was raised considerably, making him more of a household name, and helping him to score more interesting roles outside the show, like washed-out magician Buddy Isreal in the 2006 over-the-top action blow-out Smokin' Aces, and Damon Schmidt in the 2007 political thriller The Kingdom. In 2008, he joined the cast of the Guy Ritchie London crime movie RocknRolla.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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0% | Last Call |
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— | 2021 |
33% | Entourage |
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— | 2015 |
25% | Manny |
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— | 2015 |
43% | Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For |
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$11.1M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Fully Loaded |
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— | 2012 |
6% | So Undercover |
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— | 2012 |
86% | The Pirates! Band of Misfits |
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$31.1M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Bryan Callen: Man Class |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | The Pirates! An Adventure With Scientists |
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— | 2012 |
22% | Angels Crest |
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$407 | 2011 |
16% | I Melt with You |
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$4.7k | 2011 |
60% | RocknRolla |
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$5.7M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Katt Williams: American Hustle |
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— | 2007 |
51% | The Kingdom |
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$47.5M | 2007 |
31% | Smokin' Aces |
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$35.6M | 2007 |
74% | Cars |
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$244.1M | 2006 |
36% | Keeping Up With The Steins |
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$4.3M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | A Cat's Tale |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Scooby-Doo! Where's My Mummy? |
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— | 2005 |
22% | Two for the Money |
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$22.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? |
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— | 2005 |
18% | Chasing Liberty |
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$12.2M | 2004 |
35% | Scary Movie 3 |
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— | 2003 |
73% | Runaway Jury |
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$49.3M | 2003 |
60% | Old School |
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$74.7M | 2003 |
76% | Black Hawk Down |
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$108.6M | 2001 |
58% | Serendipity |
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$50M | 2001 |
52% | Rush Hour 2 |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Highway |
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— | 2001 |
53% | The Family Man |
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— | 2000 |
20% | The Crew |
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$12.5M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Red Letters |
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— | 2000 |
41% | Very Bad Things |
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— | 1998 |
50% | Phoenix |
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— | 1998 |
33% | Music From Another Room |
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— | 1997 |
31% | Kiss The Girls |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Real Thing |
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— | 1997 |
80% | Grosse Pointe Blank |
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— | 1997 |
57% | Just Write |
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— | 1997 |
11% | Larger Than Life |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Wave Length |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Layin' Low |
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— | 1996 |
87% | Heat |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Twogether |
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— | 1995 |
14% | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde |
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— | 1995 |
45% | Miami Rhapsody |
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— | 1995 |
0% | Car 54, Where Are You? |
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— | 1994 |
67% | Floundering |
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— | 1994 |
35% | Judgment Night |
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— | 1993 |
40% | 12:01 |
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— | 1993 |
47% | PCU |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | There Goes the Neighborhood (Paydirt) |
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— | 1992 |
79% | Singles |
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— | 1992 |
95% | Bob Roberts |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger |
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— | 1991 |
52% | White Palace |
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— | 1990 |
91% | The Grifters |
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— | 1990 |
98% | Say Anything... |
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— | 1989 |
56% | One Crazy Summer |
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— | 1986 |
71% | Lucas |
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— | 1986 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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24% |
Wisdom of the Crowd
2017-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
CBS This Morning
2012
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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69% |
Mr. Selfridge
2013-2016
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No Score Yet |
Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece (Inactive)
2013
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Masterpiece
1971-2014
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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No Score Yet |
WWE Monday Night Raw
1993-2019
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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96% |
Justice League Unlimited
2004-2006
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No Score Yet |
Will & Grace
1998-2006
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No Score Yet |
Cupid
1998-1999
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No Score Yet |
Ellen
1994-1998
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100% |
The Larry Sanders Show
1992-1998
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No Score Yet |
Coach
1989-1997
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No Score Yet |
The Drew Carey Show
1995-2004
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89% |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
Carol & Company
1991
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33% |
Pride & Joy
1995
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Quotes from Jeremy Piven's Characters
Johnny "Drama" Chase: | It's like when a girl asks you to bang her hot sister; of course you say no, but neither of you actually believe it though. |
Ari Gold: | What is he doing here? |
Harold McMurphy: | You shouldn't kill on an empty stomach. |
Harold McMurphy: | Careful, I take vitamins. |
Gordon Pritchard: | Are you a comedian now? This is me leaving. This is me leaving. |
Beanie: | Oh, yeah. Cheeeeeese. Yeah, didn't we lock you in a dumpster one time? |
Gordon Pritchard: | Yea, I got out. |
Beanie: | Cool man. Good. Glad you did. |
The Pirate Captain: | She's not fat, she's just "big boned". |
The Pirate Captain: | She's not fat, she's just 'big boned'. |
Black Bellamy: | She's fat dude. |
The Timekeeper: | Time flies, when you're having fun. |
Jack: | Once upon a time. |
Jack: | I was wondering if you would be willing to help me. |
Ron: | The hand of fate taps the shoulders of those around you. |
Ron: | You only see ahead as you whip yourself into a frenzy. |