Mazel Tov
Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories
Jeremy Piven
As the son of two acting teachers, Jeremy Piven certainly had great footsteps to follow in and his stellar career speaks for itself. With close to fifty film credits under his belt, plus an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a comedy, playing Agent Ari Gold in HBO's Entourage, Piven, known for his scene stealing roles, is truly on a roll himself.
Born on July 26, 1965, to Byrne and Joyce Hiller Piven, acting was in his blood long before his bar mitzvah. Byrne and Joyce studied acting, and in 1967, the entourage, including Byrne and Joyce, Jeremy, and his older sister, Shira, relocated to Chicago from New York. In Chicago the Pivens founded the Piven Theatre Workshop. At eight, Jeremy had his first acting job in his parents' theater, doing Chekhov. He graduated from Evanston Township High School, where he played football, and attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
At the age of nine, he befriended John Cusack, who, with his sister, Joan, was a student at the ... read full excerpt from Mazel Tov: Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories ebook
