Jeremy Piven

Biography: Born in New York city, Jeremy Piven was raised in Evanston, IL., the location of his parents (Joyce and Byrne Piven) theater school (the Piven Theatre Workshop). Piven is an alumnus of his parents theater school and is a longtime friend of fellow alumnus John Cusack. Jeremy Piven is a graduate of Evanston Township High School, Drake University (as an undergraduate), New York University (for a graduate degree), and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and The National Theater of Great Britain (where he intensely studied Shakespearean acting.) Piven's first true national televised success came in the form of the critically-acclaimed ABC T.V show, Cupid, which was filmed in Chicago where Piven now owns a home. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. Piven was also a regular on Larry Sanders Show, and Ellen in the early and mid 1990s respectively, but neither garnered him as much recognition as his role in Cupid. During the same time frame, Piven was able to score a few guest stars on several renowned shows such as the popular sitcom Seinfeld. More recently, Piven was a guest star on yet another sitcom, the long-running NBC hit Will & Grace. Over the years, Piven has also been the voice of many cartoon characters. He was a regular on All Grown Up, the sequel series to the popular Rugrats cartoon (which he provided voices for as a guest star on two occassions). In addition, Piven provided his voice for characters from superhero cartoons Justice League Unlimited and MTV's Spider-Man. Piven has also made an assortment of single episode appearances on a number of other TV cartoons. Piven has been involved in over 40 films over the years, including Grosse Pointe Blank, Serendipity, Say Anything, Black Hawk Down, Phoenix, Kiss the Girls, Just Write, Rush Hour 2, Music from Another Room and Very Bad Things. More recently, Piven has had more significant roles in films including Runaway Jury, Old School, Chasing Liberty, Two for the Money and Keeping Up with the Steins . Piven's latest and greatest success, however, has been on the small screen in his role as super agent Ari Gold in the HBO series "Entourage", which has won him three consecutive Emmys in 2006,2007 & 2008. Expand

Jeremy Piven's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 50
Highest Metascore:
Metascore: 86
Lowest Metascore:
Metascore: 26
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Negative: 6 out of 21
21 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
Metascore: 73
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Apr 27, 2012 Black Bellamy 7.1
Metascore: 38
Angels Crest
Dec 30, 2011 Cast 4.5
Metascore: 26
I Melt with You
Dec 9, 2011 Ron 5.5
Metascore: 37
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Aug 19, 2011 Timekeeper 2.0
Metascore: 39
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Aug 14, 2009 Don Ready 5.8
Metascore: 53
RocknRolla
Oct 8, 2008 Roman 7.5
Metascore: 56
The Kingdom
Sep 28, 2007 Damon Schmidt 6.0
Metascore: 45
Smokin' Aces
Jan 26, 2007 Buddy Israel 5.8
Metascore: 57
Keeping Up with the Steins
May 12, 2006 Adam Fiedler 5.3
Metascore: 50
Two for the Money
Oct 7, 2005 Jerry 4.1
Metascore: 46
Chasing Liberty
Jan 9, 2004 Alan Weiss 7.8
Metascore: 49
Scary Movie 3
Oct 24, 2003 Ross Giggins 6.7
Metascore: 61
Runaway Jury
Oct 17, 2003 Lawrence Green 4.3
Metascore: 54
Old School
Feb 21, 2003 Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard 7.2
Metascore: 52
Serendipity
Oct 5, 2001 Dean Kansky 7.4
Metascore: 42
The Family Man
Dec 22, 2000 Arnie 6.0
Metascore: 37
The Crew
Aug 25, 2000 Det. Steve Menteer 4.0
Metascore: 31
Very Bad Things
Nov 25, 1998 Michael Berkow 5.6
Metascore: 46
Kiss the Girls
Oct 3, 1997 Henry Castillo, LAPD 7.4
Metascore: 76
Grosse Pointe Blank
Apr 11, 1997 Paul Spericki 7.6
Metascore: 86
Say Anything...
Apr 4, 1989 Mark 9.0