Jeremy Piven facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jeremy Piven
Piven in February 2009
Born	Jeremy Samuel Piven (1965-07-26) July 26, 1965 (age 59) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Parent(s)	Joyce Hiller Piven (mother) Byrne Piven (father)
Family	Shira Piven (sister) Adam McKay (brother-in-law)

Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965) is an American actor. He is famous for playing Ari Gold in the TV show Entourage. For this role, he won a Golden Globe Award and three Emmy Awards in a row. He also starred in the British TV show Mr Selfridge and played Spence Kovak in the sitcom Ellen.

Early life and training

Jeremy Piven was born in Manhattan, a part of New York City. He grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His family was Jewish.

His parents, Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven, were both actors and drama teachers. His older sister, Shira Piven, is a director. Jeremy says she was one of his first acting teachers.

As a teenager, Jeremy went to Harand Theater Camp in Wisconsin. He also trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop, which his parents started. He studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Jeremy has been in several movies with John Cusack. They are both from Evanston and trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop. They have been friends since high school.

Acting career

One of Jeremy Piven's first roles was Spike in the movie Lucas (1986). In 1992, he became a regular on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. He played Jerry, the head writer.

In 1993, he appeared in an episode of Seinfeld. He was also a supporting actor in the sitcom Ellen for three seasons. He played Ellen's cousin, Spence. He also voiced Elongated Man in the cartoon Justice League Unlimited.

Starting in 2004, Jeremy Piven became very well-known for his role as Ari Gold. Ari Gold was a fast-talking Hollywood agent in the HBO series Entourage. Jeremy was nominated for an Emmy award four years in a row (2005-2008). He won the award three times: in 2006, 2007, and 2008. He also won a Golden Globe award for this role in 2008.

Jeremy Piven has acted in many movies. These include Judgment Night, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Family Man, Black Hawk Down, Old School, and Runaway Jury. He also had small appearances in Rush Hour 2 and Cars.

In 2007, Jeremy appeared in a music video for the rapper Common. He also hosted the TV show Saturday Night Live in January 2007.

In 2009, Jeremy Piven was a guest host on the wrestling show WWE Raw. From 2013 to 2016, he played the main character, Harry Selfridge, in the British TV show Mr Selfridge. This show was about the real-life person who started the famous Selfridge's department store in London.

Personal life

Jeremy Piven lives in Malibu, California. His brother-in-law is the director Adam McKay.

Jeremy is a big fan of the Chicago Bears football team.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Lucas	'Spike'
	One Crazy Summer	Ty
1989	Say Anything...	Mark
1990	Grifters, TheThe Grifters	Sailor, Freshman
	White Palace	Kahn
1992	Player, TheThe Player	Steve Reeves
	Twogether	Arnie
	Bob Roberts	Candle Seller
	Singles	Doug Hughley
	There Goes the Neighborhood	Albert Lodge
1993	Twenty Bucks	Nervous Quick-Mart Clerk
	Judgment Night	Ray Cochran
	12:01	Howard Richter
1994	Car 54, Where Are You?	Herbert Hortz
	Floundering	Guy
	PCU	James 'Droz' Andrews
1995	Miami Rhapsody	Mitchell
	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Peter Walston
	Heat	Dr. Bob
1996	Livers Ain't Cheap	John
	E=mc2	Professor Paul Higgins
	Larger Than Life	Walter
	Layin' Low	Jerry Muckler
1997	Just Write	Harold McMurphy
	Grosse Pointe Blank	Paul Spericki
	Kiss the Girls	LAPD Detective Henry Castillo
1998	Music from Another Room	Billy Swan
	Phoenix	Detective Fred Shuster
	Very Bad Things	Michael Berkow
2000	Crew, TheThe Crew	Detective Steve Menteer
	Family Man, TheThe Family Man	Arnie
2001	Rush Hour 2	Versace Salesman
	Serendipity	Dean Kansky
	Black Hawk Down	CW4 Clifton 'Elvis' Wolcott
2002	Highway	Scawldy
2003	Old School	Dean Gordon "Cheese" Pritchard
	Runaway Jury	Lawrence Green
	Scary Movie 3	Ross Giggins
2004	Chasing Liberty	Alan Weiss
2005	Two for the Money	Jerry
	Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?	Rock Rivers	Voice, direct-to-video
2006	Cars	Harv	Voice, American version
	Keeping Up with the Steins	Adam Fiedler
	Smokin' Aces	Robert 'Buddy Aces' Israel
2007	Kingdom, TheThe Kingdom	Damon Schmidt
2008	RocknRolla	Roman
2009	Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, TheThe Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Don Ready
2011	I Melt with You	Ron
	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Timekeeper, Danger D'Amo
2012	Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, TheThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Black Bellamy	Voice
	So Undercover	Armon
	Welcome to Me	Additional voices
2014	Edge of Tomorrow	Colonel Walter Marx	Uncredited role
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Detective Bob
2015	Entourage	Ari Gold
2020	Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind	Narrator
	My Dad's Christmas Date	David
2021	Last Call	Seamus 'Mick' McDougal
	American Night	Vincent
	Ghost Killers	Greg
2022	The Walk	Johnny Bunkley
	The System	Warden Lucas
2023	Sweetwater	Joe Lapchick
2025	All-Star Weekend	Danny	Completed

Television

Awards and nominations

Jeremy Piven has won several awards for his acting. He is especially known for his role as Ari Gold in Entourage.

See also

In Spanish: Jeremy Piven para niños