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Ari

Ari Gold - Jeremy Piven

Ari Gold

To call Ari a shark would be a compliment. This high power agent is ruthless, relentless, and is ALWAYS at the top of his game. A frequent name-dropper, Ari is well known throughout the industry, and his clients know that even though he may be tough to work with, there may be no better agent in the industry. After a power struggle with his boss, Ari was ousted from the agency that he helped build, and is now establishing Miller Gold as a major powerhouse in the industry. Unfortunately, the opportunity to build his own agency came at a price, as Vince felt that Ari had become more impersonal (the agent didn’t apologize after The Ramones project fell through), with the star firing the only agent he’d ever employed.

Jeremy Piven

A 2005 Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominee for his portrayal of Entourage’s slick-talking agent, Ari Gold, Jeremy Piven has acted in over 40 films. He recently received a 2005 Distinguished Performance Honor from the Drama League for his performance as ‘Tom’ in the off-Broadway hit, Fat Pig by Neil LaBute, in which he starred opposite Keri Russell and Andrew McCarthy.

Piven can also be seen starring opposite Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey in Universal’s For the Money, and starred in Lucky 13, a comedy about the competitive world of lavish Bar Mitzvahs, which received the Audience Award at the 2005 Comedy Arts Festival.

Other memorable big screen roles include Chasing Liberty, Scary Movie 3, Runaway Jury, Old School, Serendipity, Black Hawk Down, Very Bad Things, Rush Hour 2 and The Family Man. On the small screen, Piven was a series regular on “Cupid” and “Ellen” and appeared on “The Larry Sanders Show.”

Piven was born and raised in Chicago, where his parents founded the Piven Theatre Workshop. His father, Byrne, taught the likes of John and Joan Cusack, Roseanna Arquette and Aidan Quinn. Jeremy is still very active with this Theatre and returns to Chicago frequently to help keep his father’s dream alive. He currently resides in Malibu, California.