Jeremy Piven
Next, Wilson will be seen in 12 Mighty Orphans and The Cleaner. Outside of acting, he was the host of ABC's 2020 docuseries, Emergency Call. Piven made his film debut in a 1986 teen romance, Lucas , which starred Corey Haim and featured a few other unknowns, including Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder. By then Cusack was beginning to land starring roles in similar projects, and Piven appeared with Cusack in One Crazy Summer , which also starred a young Demi Moore. He also had a supporting role in the cult-favorite Cusack teen romance, Say Anything , in 1989. A year later he appeared in The Grifters , and had a small role in The Player in 1992, both of which were Oscar-nominated films.
And it's been especially hard for Piven given his reputation for being a hothead not unlike his foul-mouthed Entourage character Ari Gold. But as Piven tries to tell Rolling Stone, he's nothing like Ari in real life. "There are people who think there's no way after playing that character for so long that you're not that guy," he said. "There was a time when I was angry. I had road rage. But if playing a character like Ari doesn't allow you to get it out of your system, then there's something wrong with you." Following his role in Say Anything, Dean went on to appear in films including Apollo 13, How to Make An American Quilt, The End of Violence, Gattaca and Enemy of the State.
On top of being mocked by blogs and late night shows, his co-star Elisabeth Moss called him "unprofessional," which only added to his reputation as an on-set diva. Oddly enough, an arbitrator would rule in Piven's favor that he didn't violate his contract. But according to The New York Times, he won because producers dragged their feet on hiring their own physician to question Piven's doctor's "fishy" diagnosis. Later that month, Anastasia Taneie, who worked as an extra on Entourage, alleged that Piven "confronted her in a dark hallway and groped her breast and genitals as he forcefully pushed her against a wall". On November 27, 2017, CBS decided not to order a full season of Wisdom of the Crowd following weak ratings and allegations of sexual harassment involving Piven. On August 1, 2019, Piven appeared on a KTVU morning news segment to promote a standup comedy show he was to perform in the next night in San Francisco.
As a child growing up in Chicago, the eight-year-old Piven climbed on stage at the Piven Theatre Workshop, founded by his father, Byrne, and mother, Joyce Piven. He is still very active with this workshop and returns to Chicago frequently to help keep his parents’ dream alive. The Spider-man actor stars in and is executive producing a new thriller from the writer of A Beautiful Mind due to hit AppleTV+. When BuzzFeed News published a first report about sexual misconduct allegations against Piven, he called reporters directly and commented on the “due diligence” of their reporting.
He also appeared in Pitch, The Oath, The Ugly Truth, The Notebook and He’s Just Not That Into You. He also tried his hand at directing, helming John Travolta's Gotti. Piven was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2017, which he has since denied. Ferrara has since stirred up some buzz when he played Joe Proctor in the Starz series Power. The New York native also had featured roles in Think Like a Man, Dating & New York, Last Vegas and Club Life. Grenier didn’t just need to embody his character Vincent Chase for this lead role — he needed to embody Mark Wahlberg himself.
In this launching, Jeremy teamed up with Kast Media, the company behind The Sarah Silverman Podcast and Welcome to the OC, Bitches. Jerem hosts and sits down with stars such as Mark Cuban and UFC stars Rashad Evans, Common, Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Foxx,and Jorge Masvidal. Piven — famous for playing the hot-headed talent agent Ari Gold — addressed the speculation at Thursday's Los Angeles premiere of his new movie, The Walk, as part of the Dances With Films Festival.
On November 13, 2017, Piven voluntarily took a polygraph test in which he was asked a series of questions about each allegation Jeremy Piven and again denied them. The polygraph test was administered by a member of the American Polygraph Association.
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.
The ex-director turned minster Billy Walsh is played by Coiro, a character based on Entourage screenwriter Rob Weiss. Coiro since landed cameo roles in various TV shows, most notably playing Jed in The Walking Dead. The American comedy-drama television series titled Entourage premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004. The seires concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons.
His parents are Byrne Piven (1929–2002) and Joyce Hiller Piven (née Goldstein), both of whom were actors and drama teachers. His elder sister is director Shira Piven, whom he has described as one of his first acting teachers; his brother-in-law is director Adam McKay. In 1999, he married Shira Piven, a film and television director.
Jeremy joined Evanston Township High School where he earned his high school diploma. He attended Harand Theater Camp in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin as a teenager where he played Bernardo in West Side Story. Also, Jeremy trained at Piven Theatre Workshop in Illinois, which was founded by his parents. The comedian has had several relationships with well-known media personalities.