David Arquette
David Arquette Biography
David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer. A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the mid-1990s after starring in several Hollywood films, such as the Scream series, Wild Bill and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has since had several television roles, such as Jason Ventress on ABC's In Case of Emergency.In addition to his acting career, Arquette took a brief foray into professional wrestling in early 2000, competing for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). During his tenure (and mostly as a plug for his movie Ready to Rumble), Arquette became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, an angle that has been cited by wrestling commentators as being pivotal to the degradation of the title and the demise of WCW.
Early life
Arquette was born in a Subud commune in Winchester, Virginia. The area had no electricity, bathrooms, or running water. He is the son of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor. Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Nazi-occupied Poland, and his father was a convert to Islam from Catholocism. Arquette's siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond, and Patricia. The Arquettes had a dysfunctional upbringing, with a mother who was physically abusive and a father who abused substances.Acting career
Arquette appeared in a number of movies in the 1990s, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Airheads (1994), and Never Been Kissed (1999). He had guest spots on television shows like Blossom (1992), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992), and Friends (1996). Arquette arguably achieved his biggest success in the horror/slasher film franchise Scream. It was during the filming of the first film in 1996 that he first met his future wife, Courteney Cox. The couple married in 1999; together, they appeared in a 2003 advertisement for Coke and formed the production company Coquette (both a portmanteau of their last names and a word meaning a flirty woman), which has produced a number of films and television series, including Daisy Does America, Dirt, and Cougar Town. Arquette guest starred alongside Cox on Cougar Town in 2012.Arquette appeared in the Sega video game ESPN NFL 2K5, voicing himself as a "celebrity adversary" and manager of his own team, the Los Angeles Locos, as well as appearing as an unlockable character in Season Mode. He also appeared in the 2001 EA video game SSX Tricky, as the voice of lead character Eddie. Arquette starred in the 2007 ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, which was canceled after one season. Since then, he has appeared in the 2008 film Hamlet 2, and reprised his role in Scream 4, again acting alongside Cox. He appeared alongside his sister in the TV show Medium in January 2011.
He appeared in Rascal Flatts' music video for their song "Why Wait" in 2010. Arquette, a well-known horror fan, made his directorial debut with 2007's The Tripper, and has signed on to direct Glutton, a 3D psychological thriller. The film began shooting in July 2011 in Canada. Arquette appeared on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Kym Johnson. He was eliminated on November 1, 2011.
Professional wrestling career
In 2000, after filming the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) movie Ready to Rumble, Arquette was brought into WCW storylines. He made his first appearance on the April 12, 2000 episode of Thunder, sitting in the crowd before leaping into the ring to take part in a worked confrontation with Eric Bischoff and his New Blood stable. Afterwards, he formed an alliance with Chris Kanyon and the reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page, and with their help, he defeated Bischoff in a match in the April 24 episode of WCW Monday Nitro. On the following episode of Thunder, Arquette teamed with Page in a match against Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett, with the stipulation that whichever man got the pin would take the championship. Arquette pinned Bischoff again in the match's finish, receiving the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in the process.During his time as champion, Arquette was mostly used as comic relief. He only appeared on two shows as champion, the May 1 Nitro and May 7 Slamboree pay-per-view. During the former, a vignette was shown, filmed on the set of Arquette's film 3000 Miles to Graceland, which also featured his wife Courteney Cox and their co-star Kurt Russell. In the vignette, Cox informs Russell that Arquette is the WCW Champion, causing Russell to laugh and walk off and Arquette to chase after him with a steel chair. In another portion of the show, Arquette was seen backstage trembling in fear and attempting to "give back" the belt. He did, however, successfully defend the belt against Tank Abbott with help from Page.
Arquette held the title until the Slamboree pay-per-view on May 7, 2000. During the show, he was booked to defend the championship against Jarrett and Page in a Triple Cage match, the same match featured in the climax of Ready to Rumble. In the end, he turned on Page and gave the victory to Jarrett. After Slamboree, Arquette cut a promo on the May 8 episode of Nitro, explaining that his entire friendship with Page and title run was a "swerve". Page subsequently ran down to the ring and hit him with a Diamond Cutter. Arquette made one final appearance with WCW at the New Blood Rising pay-per-view on August 13, when he interfered in a match between Buff Bagwell and Kanyon.
Arquette was totally against becoming the WCW World Champion, believing that fans like himself would detest a non-wrestler winning the title. Vince Russo, who was the head booker for WCW at the time, insisted that Arquette becoming the champion would be good for the company and for publicity. Arquette reluctantly agreed to the angle. All the money he made during his WCW tenure was donated to the families of Owen Hart (who died in a freak accident), Brian Pillman (who died from an undiagnosed heart condition), and Darren Drozdov (who became a quadriplegic after an in-ring accident). After World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) purchased WCW, Arquette's championship run was listed as the top reason for the "failure" of Nitro in a list published by WWE Magazine.
On February 8, 2002, Arquette appeared on WWF SmackDown!, popping up in the crowd with a sign that said "Former WCW World Champ". On December 13, 2010, Arquette appeared on WWE Raw as one of the presenters during the 2010 Slammy Awards. During that time, he adopted a comical heel gimmick. He later teamed with Alex Riley in a Handicap match in a losing effort against Randy Orton. Immediately following the match, Arquette and WWE Champion The Miz tried to attack Orton, which led to Arquette being powerbombed through a table by Orton. Arquette has also appeared in promotional commercials for the WWE's "Be A Star" anti-bullying campaign.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Spear
- Worm (High-impact elbow drop with theatrics)
- Theme music
- "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Bif Naked (WCW)
Championships and accomplishments
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WrestleCrap
- Gooker Award (2000)
Other ventures
In May 2007, Image Comics (in conjunction with Raw Studios) published David Arquette's the Tripper, which was adapted for the comic book medium by artist Nat Jones and writer Joe Harris, with whom Arquette shared writing duties. Propr Collection is a clothing line run by Arquette and Ben Harper. Arquette was briefly in a band by the name of Ear2000, who contributed a song to the Scream 3 soundtrack. The group, whose style blended hip-hop and rock, has since broken up. Arquette has also been a part of Washington's Red Museum, and recorded "Post Empire" with the band, which was released in 2011.In popular culture
The band The Black Math Experiment released "You Cannot Kill David Arquette", a tongue-in-cheek song about Arquette's acting and wrestling career. Arquette himself helped promote the band on MTV's Total Request Live, and during his promotional tour for The Tripper. He also used the band's music for the B-roll in the DVD of the The Tripper. In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, when America and Canada go to the war, the countries begin bombing celebrities' houses, the Arquette family being one of them. Arquette has appeared on The Howard Stern Show many times, including multiple times as the show's celebrity intern.Personal life
Arquette married actress Courteney Cox on June 12, 1999. They have a daughter, Coco Riley Arquette, born June 13, 2004. Jennifer Aniston is Coco's godmother. On October 11, 2010, it was announced that Arquette and Cox were having a trial separation but "still love each other deeply". In an interview with Howard Stern the following day, Arquette said that "it'd been like four months or so" since he and Cox had sex before they announced separation; when asked about Jasmine Waltz, whom Stern described as "that girl in the papers who looks like Courteney", Arquette stated: "I had sex with a girl once. Maybe twice." In June 2012, Arquette filed for divorce after nearly two years of separation from Cox.Arquette serves as chair of the entertainment council for the hunger-relief organization Feeding America. He checked into rehab for treatment of "alcohol and other issues" on January 1, 2011, shortly after celebrating New Year's Eve. On April 8, 2011, Arquette announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he had reached the 100 day sober milestone. Later that year, Arquette confirmed on The Tonight Show that he had been sober for over nine months. In June 2012, while in Israel to film an episode of the travel show Trippin, Arquette belatedly celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall. The presiding rabbi was Shmuel Rabinovitch.
Filmography
Film
As actorYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | Where the Day Takes You | Rob | |
1992 | Halfway House | Short film | |
1992 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Benny | |
1992 | Cruel Doubt | Josh Duggan | |
1993 | ' | ||
1993 | Grey Knight | Murphy | |
1993 | At Home with the Webbers | Johnny Webber | |
1994 | ' | Bobby | |
1994 | Airheads | Carter | |
1995 | Fall Time | David | |
1995 | Frank & Jesse | ||
1995 | Wild Bill | Jack McCall | |
1996 | Kiss & Tell | Skippy | |
1996 | Beautiful Girls | Bobby Conway | |
1996 | Skin and Bone | Buzz Head | |
1996 | Johns | John | |
1996 | Scream | Deputy Dewey Riley | |
1997 | Dream with the Fishes | Terry | |
1997 | ' | Tommy Hudler | |
1997 | Scream 2 | Deputy Dewey Riley | |
1998 | RPM | Luke Delson | |
1998 | Free Money | Ned Jebee | |
1999 | Ravenous | Pvt. Cleaves | |
1999 | Never Been Kissed | Rob Geller | |
1999 | Muppets from Space | Dr. Tucker | |
1999 | ' | Bartender | |
2000 | Scream 3 | Deputy Dewey Riley | |
2000 | Ready to Rumble | Gordie Boggs | |
2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Gus | |
2001 | See Spot Run | Gordon | |
2001 | ' | Henry Popopolis | |
2001 | ' | Hoffman | |
2002 | Eight Legged Freaks | Chris McCormick | |
2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel | |
2002 | Happy Here and Now | Eddie | |
2003 | Essentially Naked | Gordie Boggs | Segment: "We're Not Gonna Take It" |
2003 | ' | Josh Adams | |
2003 | Stealing Sinatra | Barry Keenan | |
2004 | Never Die Alone | Paul | |
2005 | Slingshot | Ash | |
2005 | ' | Max's dad | |
2005 | ' | Peter | |
2005 | Dirt Squirrel | Dirt Squirrel | |
2006 | Time Bomb | Mike Bookman | |
2006 | ' | Harvey | |
2006 | ' | Muff | |
2008 | Hamlet 2 | Gary | |
2008 | Nosebleed | Short film | |
2008 | ' | Robert | Short film |
2010 | Black Limousine | Jack | |
2010 | ' | Kiyash Monsef | Short film |
2011 | Scream 4 | Sheriff Dewey Riley | |
2011 | Conception | Paul Reynolds | |
2012 | ' | Robert Mars | |
2012 | 40 is the New Dead | Cameron Scott | |
2012 | ' | Buddy Cooper | |
2013 | Sold | Sam | |
2013 | Orion | ||
201? | Hemlock Drive | ||
201? | Mile High | ||
2013 | Field of Lost Shoes | Filming |
- Just Before I Go (2014)
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | ' | Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews | 13 episodes |
1990-1991 | Parenthood | Tod Hawks | 12 episodes |
1992 | Blossom | David Slackmeir | Episode: "Only When I Laugh" |
1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Dennis "Diesel" Stone | Episode: "Wild Horses" |
1994 | Rebel Highway | Dude Delaney | Episode: "Roadracers" |
1995 | Double Rush | Hunter | 13 episodes |
1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Augustus McCrae | Miniseries |
1996 | Friends | Malcolm | Episode: "The One with the Jam" |
1998 | Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | Episode: "1.15" | |
1999 | ' | Mr. Smith | Episode: "The Curse of the Coyote Man" |
2000-2002 | Pelswick | Mr. Jimmy | Voice 26 episodes |
2001 | Son of the Beach | Johnny Queefer | Episode: "Queefer Madness" |
2002 | Son of the Beach | Johnny Queefer | Episode: "Saturday Night Queefer" |
2003 | Static Shock | Leech | Voice Episode: "Romeo in the Mix" |
2007 | In Case of Emergency | Jason Ventress | 13 episodes |
2008 | My Name Is Earl | Sweet Johnny | Episode: "Sweet Johnny" |
2008 | Pushing Daisies | Randy Mann | Episode: "Frescorts" |
2009 | Pushing Daisies | Randy Mann | 3 episodes |
2011 | Medium | Michael "Lucky" Benoit | Episode: "Only Half Lucky" |
20112013 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Skully | Voice Skully the Parrot |
2012 | Cougar Town | Daniel | Episodes: "My Life / Your World: Parts 1 & 2" |
2012 | Tron: Uprising | Link | Voice 5 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | SSX Tricky | Eddie Wachowski | Voice |
2004 | ESPN NFL 2K5 | Himself | Voice unlockable character |
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