David Arquette

David Arquette
David Arquette

Arquette in August 2010
Born David Arquette
September 8, 1971 (1971-09-08) (age 40)
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, occasional professional wrestler
Years active 1990–present
Spouse Courteney Cox (1999– [1])
Children Coco Riley Arquette (Daughter)

David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, and occasional professional wrestler. 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, including playing "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, Arquette became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, an angle that has been cited by prominent professional wrestling commentators as being pivotal to the degradation of the title and the demise of WCW.[2][3]

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Personal Life

David Arquette is Married to Courteney Cox and is great friends with Jennifer Aniston

Early life

Arquette was born in a Subud commune which had no electricity, no bathrooms and even no running water in Winchester, Virginia.[4] 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.[5][6] Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. David Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Nazi-occupied Poland, and Arquette's father was a convert to Islam.[7] Arquette's siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis (born Robert), Richmond, and Patricia Arquette. The Arquettes had a dysfunctional upbringing, with a mother who was physically abusive and a father who abused substances, mainly marijuana.[8][9]

Acting career

Arquette on the set of Scream 4 in July 2010

Arquette has appeared in a number of movies including 1992's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as Benny) and 1994's Airheads (as Carter). He also did guest spots on television shows like Blossom (1992), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992), Friends (1996). Arquette also worked along side Drew Barrymore in the movie Never Been Kissed (1999) as her younger brother.

Arquette arguably achieved his biggest success in the horror/slasher film franchise Scream as Dewey Riley. 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 (as their characters later did). Together, they appeared in a 2003 advertisement for Coke. The same year they formed production company Coquette (both a portmanteau of their last names and a word meaning a flirty woman) and have produced a number of films and television series, including Daisy Does America, Dirt, and Cougar Town, the latter two starring Courteney Cox-Arquette.

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 alongside Jonathan Silverman and Kelly Hu in the 2007 ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, which was canceled after one season after only airing 12 of its 13 episodes. Since then, he has appeared in the 2008 film Hamlet 2, as Gary, and reprised his role as Dewey Riley in Scream 4, again acting alongside his wife Courteney.[10] He recently appeared alongside his sister in the TV show Medium on the January 7, 2011 episode.

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 recently signed on to direct Glutton, a '3D psychological thriller'. Glutton is scheduled to begin filming in July 2011 in Canada.[11]

Arquette appeared on the 13th season of Dancing With The Stars, partnered with Kym Johnson. He was eliminated November 1st, 2011.

Professional wrestling career

David Arquette
Ring name(s) David Arquette
Height 5'9"
Trained by Diamond Dallas Page
Chris Kanyon
Debut April 12, 2000[12]

World Championship Wrestling

In 2000, after filming the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) produced movie Ready to Rumble, Arquette was brought into WCW storylines. He made his first appearance on the April 12, 2000 episode of Thunder, first sitting in the crowd then leaping into the ring to take part in a worked confrontation with Eric Bischoff and his New Blood stable.[13] Afterwards he was placed into an alliance with Chris Kanyon and the reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page, and with their help defeated Bischoff in a singles match in the April 24 episode of WCW Monday Nitro.[14] On the following Thunder (April 26), 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.[15]

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, Courteney 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 he's seen backstage wetting himself in fear and attempting to "give back" the belt. He did, however, successfully defend the belt against Tank Abbott with help from Diamond Dallas Page.[16]

He held the championship until the May 7, 2000 Slamboree pay-per-view. During the show he was booked to defend the championship against Jarrett and Page in a Triple Cage--the same match featured in the climax of Ready to Rumble--and ended up turning on Page in the end, giving the victory to Jarrett.[17] He made another appearance after Slamboree, cutting a promo on the May 8 Nitro explaining that his entire friendship with Page and title run was a "swerve," prompting Page to run to the ring and deliver a Diamond Cutter to him.[18] 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 vehemently 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 world 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 tragic accident), Brian Pillman (who died due to complications from an undiagnosed heart condition), and Darren Drozdov (who became a quadriplegic after an in-ring accident).[19]

After World Wrestling Entertainment purchased WCW, Arquette's championship run was listed as the top reason for the "failure" of Nitro in a WWE Magazine list.[3]

Part–time WWE appearances

On February 8, 2002, Arquette appeared on WWF SmackDown!, popping up in the crowd holding up a sign reading "Former WCW World Champ."[20]

On December 13, 2010, Arquette appeared on WWE Raw, as one of the presenters during the 2010 Slammy Awards. He later teamed with Alex Riley in a former champions 2-on-1 Handicap match in a losing effort against Randy Orton. Immediately following the match Arquette and WWE Champion The Miz tried to take advantage of Orton, which led to Arquette being powerbombed through a table by Orton.[21]

Other ventures

Literature

In May 2007 Image Comics, in conjunction with Raw Studios, published David Arquette's the Tripper, which was adapted for the comicbook medium by artist Nat Jones and writer Joe Harris with whom David Arquette shared story accreditation.

Fashion design and clothing line

Propr Collection is a venture between David Arquette and Ben Harper.[22]

Personal life

Arquette married actress Courteney Cox on June 12, 1999. Their only child, a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette, was born on June 13, 2004. Jennifer Aniston (Cox's Friends co-star) 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."[23] In an interview with Howard Stern one day later, on October 12, 2010, Arquette said that "it'd been like four months or so" since he and Cox had sex before their announced separation; when asked about Jasmine Waltz, who Stern described as "that girl in the papers who looks like Courteney," Arquette stated, "I had sex with a girl once. Maybe twice."[24]

Charity work

Arquette serves as Chair of the Entertainment Council for Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

Alcohol problems

Arquette checked into rehab for treatment of "alcohol and other issues" on January 1, 2011, shortly after celebrating New Year's Eve.[25] On April 8, 2011 Arquette announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he had reached the 100 day sober milestone. On October 8, 2011 Arquette confirmed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he had been sober for over 9 months.

In popular culture

The band The Black Math Experiment produced a tongue-in-cheek song about Arquette's acting and wrestling career entitled, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette”. Arquette himself helped promote the band, notably on MTV’s Total Request Live (TRL)[26][27] and during his promotional tour for The Tripper.[28][29][30] He also used the band's music for the B-roll in the DVD of the film.

Arquette has appeared on The Howard Stern Show many times, including multiple times as the show's celebrity intern.

Filmography

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
    • Spear
    • Worm (elbow drop with "worm" dance move theatrics)

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "Separation announcement". Ctv.ca. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101011/courtney-cox-split-101011/. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  2. ^ Reynolds, R.D.; Alvarez, Bryan The Death of WCW, ECW Press, 2004
  3. ^ a b Gargiulo, Eric. "WWE's top 15 reasons why WCW Monday Nitro failed". PhillyBurbs. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20090415070616/http://www1.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/341-01082008-1467608.html. Retrieved 2008-05-29. 
  4. ^ 'David Arquette's Life After Rehab'
  5. ^ Patricia Arquette Biography (1968–)
  6. ^ David Arquette Biography (1971–)
  7. ^ Pfefferman, Naomi (2002-10-08). "Arquette Reconnects". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9457. Retrieved 2006-12-13. 
  8. ^ 'David Arquette's Life After Rehab'
  9. ^ 'All the Arquettes'
  10. ^ Variety Staff (2009-09-24). "Dimension Goes Back to its Roots". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009176.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  11. ^ a b Jeff Sneider. "David Arquette hungry for 'Glutton'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034605. 
  12. ^ "WCW Thunder Results – April 12, 2000". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000042t.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  13. ^ "WCW Thunder Results – April 12, 2000". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000042t.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  14. ^ "WCW Monday Nitro Results – April 24, 2000". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000044m.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  15. ^ "WCW Monday Thunder results – April 26, 2000". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000044t.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  16. ^ "WCW Monday Nitro Results – May 1, 2000". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000045m.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  17. ^ "Slamboree 2000 results". DDT Digest. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000051p.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  18. ^ "WCW Monday Nitro Results – May 8, 2000". DDTDigest.com. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000051m.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 
  19. ^ The Death of WCW pg. 258.
  20. ^ "SmackDown! results – February 8, 2002". Online Onslaught. http://www.oowrestling.com/recaps/smackdown/20020207.shtml. Retrieved 2007-05-18. "then David F’ing Arquette sneaks in some camera time with a “FORMER WORLD CHAMP” sign in the front row behind them." 
  21. ^ "RAW Results December 13, 2010". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/results/16558124/. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  22. ^ David Arquette’s Propr Clothing Collection on StyleFrizz.com
  23. ^ "Cox and Arquette reveal separation – mirror.co.uk". Daily Mirror (Daily Mirror). 12 October 2010. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2010/10/12/cox-and-arquette-reveal-separation-115875-22627110/. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  24. ^ "Five Things to Know About David Arquette's Rebound Hookup - eoline.com". 12 October 2010. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b205199_five_things_know_about_david_arquettes.html. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  25. ^ "David Arquette Checks Into Rehab", TMZ.com, January 2, 2010.
  26. ^ MTV’s transcript from Total Request Live
  27. ^ Coverage and interview on MTV and David Arquette, with MTV photo
  28. ^ Houston Chronicle account of David Arquette and The Black Math Experiment onstage
  29. ^ Video highlights by David Arquette of his visit with The Black Math Experiment with interview excerpts
  30. ^ Video montage by The Houston Chronicle of David Arquette and The Black Math Experiment onstage with interview excerpts
  31. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKaGUGf4rT4
  32. ^ "WCW World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 

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