Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor.
He was born in Manhattan to Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven. Piven attended and graduated from Evanston Township High School.
He also trained at his parent theatre Workshop known as Piven Theatre Workshop. He also attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he departed after his sophomore year to attend New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
He left Tisch during his senior year to pursue his acting career and is an alumnus of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
As an actor, one of Piven’s early roles was Spike in Lucas (1986). His first important role came in 1992 when he became a regular cast member on HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show, where he played head writer Jerry.
Piven guest hosted the WWE Raw wrestling program n August 3, 2009. In August 2011, he stated he was interested in portraying the drummer from the Who, Keith Moon.
Through 2013 to 2016, he played the title role in the British television drama series Mr. Selfridge, the semi-fictional story based on the life of Harry Selfridge, who founded the London department store Selfridge’s.
On August 1, 2019, Piven starred on a KTVU morning news segment to promote a standup comedy show he was to perform in the next night in San Francisco.
Did Jeremy Piven win an award for Entourage?
For Jeremy Piven’s role as Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards.
How much was Jeremy Piven paid Entourage?
Jeremy Piven’s salary per episode was $350,000. During his eight seasons as a lead performer on Entourage, Jeremy earned a total of at least $15 million.