Jeremy Piven, Actor

Pearl also starred in a second video titled Good Cop, Baby Cop. In March 2023, it was revealed that McKay's next project would be titled Average Height, Average Build, a political satire focused on a serial killer. The film is set to star Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr.,  Forest Whitaker, and Danielle Deadwyler.
Later that month, an extra from "Entourage" Anastasia Taneie alleged that Piven had sexually assaulted her. On November 27, 2017, CBS pulled the plug on "Wisdom of the Crowd", which Piven had been the star of, in light of the allegations as well as bad ratings. In January 2018, Buzzfeed published an article in which three more women accused Piven of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior. Buzzfeed News corroborated the stories with eight people who said the women had shared the encounters with them. Among his many notable roles, Piven is best known as movie agent Ari Gold in the hit series Entourage, which aired for eight seasons and won Piven three Emmy® Awards and a Golden Globe®.

Piven honed his acting skills at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before departing after his sophomore year to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Sonequa Martin-Green and Jeremy Piven present an award at the 2017 Primetime Emmys. Jeremy Piven escorts Ann Dowd on stage to accept her award at the 2017 Primetime Emmys. While Jeremy doesn't know if Mark will ever sign on to get in front of the camera for a recurring role on "Entourage" ...
Entourage debuted on the cable channel in July of 2004 and immediately garnered critical accolades. The storyline was loosely based on the early years of actor Mark Wahlberg's career, one of the series' producers, and the friends who came with him to Hollywood from his Boston hometown. On the show, the hot new heartthrob actor is Vincent Chase , whose posse includes his older brother, an actor whose career seems to be skidding downhill as Vincent's is taking off; the part was given to Kevin Dillon, real-life brother of actor Matt Dillon. Also eager to spend Vincent's money is a dope-smoking, X-Box-addicted layabout named Turtle . The foursome was rounded out by Eric , Vincent's level-headed manager, who is often mocked for his last paid job, as manager of a Sbarro pizza outlet back in Queens. Piven's role was originally a small one as Vincent's new agent, a powerful Hollywood deal-maker named Ari Gold who was loosely based on Wahlberg's onetime agent, a notorious industry figure named Ari Emanuel.

Piven appeared in David Mamet's "Speed the Plow," the first Broadway revival of the place. The production opened in October 2008 and was set to run for nearly a year and a half. However, Piven missed several performances, and on December 17, 2008, his agent announced that due to an undisclosed illness that Piven would be ending his run in the play. Piven appeared in the 2007 video for rapper Common's single "Drivin' Me Wild." The two had been co-stars in "Smokin Aces" and they were reunited when Piven hosted "Saturday Night Live" in January 2007. He was born Jeremy Samuel Piven on July 26, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City. His parents are Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven, both actors and drama teachers.
He’s just such a brilliant actor and all these people I have no doubt will be stars, all of them, you know, if they haven’t already, you know? I mean sometimes people will come and do a cameo on our show and then they’re suddenly, literally doing the lead in a new Star Wars movie. It was almost like going to graduate school — 4 years of graduate school — and hopefully I’m a better person because of it. It’s not easy to be That Jeremy Piven Guy, to stand out when relegated to a bit part and surrounded by other, starrier players, as Piven seemed doomed to be. But he was good at it, giving the few lines he got in films and TV shows just enough character to make himself noticeable without being over the top. In addition to his success on “Entourage,” Piven has also achieved significant success playing the title role in the British/PBS television drama series “Mr.

In 2020, the former producer was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault. Then, in Feb. 2023, Weinstein was also sentenced to 16 additional years for his rape and sexual assault conviction in Los Angeles. The press tour for Sweetwater has already commenced with Piven giving interviews on Good Morning America and Sherri Shepherd’s daytime talk show Sherri. Neither Spencer nor Shepherd asked about Piven’s allegations. In January 2018, BuzzFeed published an article in which three more women accused Piven of "sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior". BuzzFeed News corroborated the stories with  eight people who said the women had shared the encounters with them in the years since.
It was the first industry honor the actor had ever won, though he had, according to Time 's Joel Stein, "made a career of playing supercharged supporting characters as if he were Al Pacino on a leash. His talent is being big and real simultaneously." “I’ve been around a while, and you’re lucky to get your pilot picked up, much less have a run like that. I was so immersed in something else, [filming the British series Mr. Selfridge], but the idea of going back to it seemed really fun. I really do think that everything that one does informs the next thing that you do. And going over there and working in a different tone and playing with the best actors in the world—the talent pool is so deep in the U.K.

The comedian has appeared in countless films with John Cusack. Just like Jeremy, John is also from Evanston and is a fellow alumnus of the Piven Theatre Workshop (as are Cusack’s sisters Joan and Ann). Both Jeremy and John once shared an apartment and have been friends since high school. Piven's role is a dramatic turn from his days playing the smart-mouthed Gold, despite both characters flying off the handle at any given moment. When RadarOnline.com spoke to him on the red carpet, he didn't hesitate to talk about his past, revealing he's not closing the door on an Entourage sequel.
Adam McKay (brother-in-law)Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards. He also starred in the British period drama Mr Selfridge, which tells the story of the man who created the English department store Selfridges, and portrayed Spence Kovak on Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom Ellen. McKay first noticed shaking in his hands while performing with Second City at age 26. He conducts print interviews lying down and televised ones in a special high backed chair to accommodate his disability. McKay had a heart attack while filming the biopic Vice starring Christian Bale, whose character Dick Cheney has multiple heart attacks in the film.