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BIRTHPLACE: New York, NY
BIRTHDATE: July 26th 1965
HEIGHT: 5'9
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown
Jeremy was born in Manhattan. Raised in Evanston, Illinois. His parents are Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven famous for their Piven Theater Workshop. Of course Jeremy was a student here but also his friend John Cusack attended the Piven theater workshop. He attended Drake University as a student of the theater. Later earning his degree from New York University, Piven also attended the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and The National Theater of Great Britain, where he trained intensively in Shakespearean acting.
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TV SERIES:
"Cupid" (1998) .... Trevor 'Cupid' Hale
"Pride & Joy" (1995) .... Nathan Green
"Ellen" (1994) .... Spence Kovak (1995-)
"The Ticket " (1994) .... Miles
"The Larry Sanders Show " (1992) .... Jerry (1992-93)
"Carol & Company" (1990) .... Skit characters
MOVIES:
Just Right (1998) .... Harold McMurphy
Music From Another Room (1998)
Very Bad Things (1998) .... Michael Berkow
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) .... Paul Spericki
Just Write (1997) .... Harold McMurphy
Kiss the Girls (1997) .... Henry Castillo
Phoenix (1997)
Larger Than Life (1996) .... Walter
E=mc2 (1996) .... Dr. Paul Higgins
Layin' Low (1996) .... Jerry
Heat (1995) .... Dr. Bob
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) .... Pete Walston
Miami Rhapsody (1995) .... Mitchell
Livers Ain't Cheap (1995)
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) .... Herbert Hortz
Floundering (1994)
PCU (1994) .... Droz
The Ticket, (1994) .... Miles Mountjoy
12:01 (1993) (TV) .... Howard Richter
Judgment Night (1993) .... Ray Cochran
Twenty Bucks (1993) .... Quick-Mart Clerk
Bob Roberts (1992) .... Candle Seller
The Player,(1992) .... Steve Reeves
Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992) .... Patrolman
Singles (1992) .... Doug Hughley
There Goes the Neighborhood (1992) .... Albert Lodge
Twogether (1992) .... Arnie
White Palace (1991) .... Kahn
The Grifters,(1990) .... Sailor - Freshman
Say Anything... (1989) .... Mark
Elvis Stories (1989)
Lucas (1986) .... Spike
One Crazy Summer (1986) .... Ty
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Spenceisms
Spence telling why he was kicked out of his residency program:
"Who the hell knows what I did, itīs all politics. You know, you miss a hospital picnic, punch a patient."
Spence telling why he punched the patient:
"I spent 9 hours stuffing this guys brain back into his head. He comes back a week later whining because I had to shave of his hair plugs. ( Screaming ) The man got his brain, okay."
Spence telling what medicine gave him:
"That`s eleven years I gave to medicine. What did medicine give me? The old kiss-off, the old letīs just be friends, the old "for the love of god, stop choking the chief of medicine or weīll call in security."
Spence about George Clooney:
"George Clooney punched a patient on "ER", they didnīt can his butt, noooo...."
What Spence does when heīs taking a bath:
"Iīm playing "Crimson Tide" waiting for Denzel Washington to punch me in the face."
Spence about Martha Stewart:
See, thoese arenīt just people, okay, theyīre Martha Stewart people, alright, she probably grew them herself."
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Palace Chat with actor Jeremy Piven
