Johnny "Drama" Chase

Entourage character


name=Johnny Chase
age=Mid to late 30's
home=Queens, NY
relatives=Vincent Chase (half brother)
job=Actor
lovelife=
actor=Kevin Dillon
episode=Entourage (Pilot)

Jonathan "Drama" Chase is a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series "Entourage". He is played by Kevin Dillon.

Drama is Vincent Chase's older half-brother. He has been a C-list actor for the better part of his career, best known for his starring role as Tarvold in a cult television series, "Viking Quest" and is currently cast in "Five Towns", which scored 16 million viewers on its premiere.

Fictional biography

Season one reveals that Drama has not had a serious acting gig for three years. Instead, he is Vincent's chef and fitness consultant. He is a pompous, self-important individual who constantly brings up bit roles he has played over the years in such movies and television shows as "Barbershop", "Melrose Place" [Drama mentioned this in the episode "Aquamansion".] , "Nash Bridges", "The Commish", "A Different World," "Pacific Blue," "Full House," "21 Jump Street," "227" and "Beverly Hills 90210", as well as a national television commercial for herpes drug Valtrex, [Drama mentioned this in the episode "Chinatown".] and tries to give acting advice to his brother. He starred as Tarvold in the fictional science fiction series "Viking Quest", which spawned his catchphrase "Victory!". He is always looking to capitalize on Vincent's success, which pays off with a supporting role in a film called "Queens Boulevard", a bit part in another film, "Medellin", and an appearance in a flashy Chinese commercial that Vincent does. He lives with Vincent, who finances most of his life. Although he occasionally finds his little brother's charity emasculating, he almost never turns it down. While it would seem that he is nothing more than a leech, Johnny cares deeply for his brother and the rest of the group, springing to their help when needed. In Season 2 Episode 4, it is revealed Johnny is a member of SAG union, as he asked a plastic surgeon if he accepted SAG insurance for his calf implants. Johnny Drama landed a role as the "older Irish brother" in "Five Towns", an Edward Burns television pilot; [Drama mentioned this in the episode "The Release".] Burns felt he owed Drama because Drama turned down a role in Burns' successful real-life film "The Brothers McMullen", forcing Burns to play it himself. The pilot was picked up in the episode "The Resurrection". After the "Five Towns" pilot performed very well, Drama effectively resumed a successful career and bought out a $1.5 million condo. He was mistakenly offered a lead role in Rush Hour 3 by Brett Ratner when Ratner's assistant misread the credits in Drama's show and picked Drama instead of his younger co-star. Drama still however was able to coerce Ratner to give him a role as a French bus driver. During hiatus of "Five Towns", Drama followed Eric, Vince, and Turtle to the "Medellin" set and successfully secured a role in the film as a military leader who infiltrates Escobar's compound in the movie's climax. However, before this, Drama stirred up trouble by claiming to have received a handjob from the film's lead actress, who director Billy Walsh was infatuated with. It is unclear whether this handjob actually occurred, as Turtle finds it unbelievable, coupled with Drama's tendency to exaggerate his macho image, particularly on camera. In the Season 4 season finale, Drama gets a girl finally, who is obsessed with his Viking Quest show as all people in France are still in love with the show and he is a large star there, as he was at Comic-Con. Drama increases his publicity in France by having sex with the girl he is in love with there, for three hours. In the end he and his girl stop after he sees a large crowd and his friends and brother cheer him on.

Drama claims to be Irish [This was mentioned in the episode I Love You Too] and Chilean [Drama mentions having "some Chilean blood" in the episiode The Sundance Kids] , and may be part Japanese [In the episode Chinatown, Vince mentioned that he has a Japanese grandfather. It is possible that Drama shares this grandfather.] . In Gary's Desk, Drama along with Turtle and Vincent have their own offices in Eric's company "The Murphy Group".

Though it is never explicitly mentioned that Drama is multilingual, he has quoted words from Spanish, French and Yiddish.

Interests

Drama is a New York Mets fan. [This was mentioned in "Manic Monday"] . He also loves the Irish band U2; his motto for their concerts is "Floor level or bust" [This was mentioned in the episode I Love You Too] . Drama has a taste for Jose Cuervo tequila [This was mentioned in the episode "Aquamansion"] .

Inspiration

Drama's character is based on Mark Wahlberg's cousin friend, Johnny Alves.cite video
people = Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar
title = [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387199/ Entourage - The Complete Second Season]
medium = DVD
publisher = HBO Home Video
location = United States
date = 2004] [mentioned by Mark Wahlberg on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on March 12, 2007.] Drama's situation also reflects that of his portrayer, Kevin Dillon, whose career has been less successful than his older brother Matt Dillon's.

Relation to Vincent

Drama's exact relationship to Vincent is not clear. They are consistently referred to as brothers, but Turtle once emphasized that Johnny was Vince's "half"-brother and that Vincent thought Drama was his cousin until Vince was 14. On the HBO "Entourage" web site, Drama is also referred to as Vince's half-brother. [ [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/about/index.html HBO web site] ]

Vince and Drama share the same last name, and they appear to have the same mother in the episode "Aquamom". [Drama, to Mrs. Chase: "Always hugs him first. I am your first born, y'know."] However, Drama calls Vincent's mother "your" mom" in the episode "My Maserati Does 185". [Vincent: "all the Chase men have great legs." Drama: "you got your mom's calves, I got Dad's."] .

Drama is at least 9 years older than Vince, but claims he is 31. [Vince mentioned that the first concert he went to was a U2 gig when he was 7, and Drama drove him there in the episode "I Love You Too". Upon hearing this, Turtle asks how old Drama really is, and he responds "31"]

Relationship history

Relationships prior to the show

* Drama had a relationship with a girl named Stacy LaRosa ( [http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSf8lgn0oAk] ), mentioned in the episode Oh, Mandy. Drama seemed to break up with her prior to Valentines Day so he didn’t have to buy her a present.
* Drama was married at one time, for 9 days. The marriage was annulled. [Drama mentioned this in the episode "Talk Show".]

Relationships during the show

* In the first season, Drama had a fling with a muscular woman ( [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/episode/season01/episode04.html] ) in the episode Date Night. He ended this relationship because she was too tough for him and he felt emasculated.
* In season 2, Drama had a relationship with Vanessa Angel ( [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/episode/season02/episode17.html] ), in the episode I Love You Too. It is unclear how long the relationship lasted.
* In season 3, Drama fooled around with a female dog owner in the episode Dog Day Afternoon. The relationship didn’t last because of Turtle, so Drama was unable to see the girl in the future.( [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/episode/season03/episode36.html] ).
* In the 4th season, Drama found a new girlfriend at the Cannes Festival, Jacqueline ( [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/episode/] ), and had sex with her on the beach for three hours.
*In the 5th season, Drama breaks up with Jacqueline after he is too obsessed and drives her away. Venkataraman, Nitya [http://blogs.abcnews.com/screenshots/2008/06/johnny-drama-ad.html "Johnny Drama Adds View to His Entourage"] "ABCNews.com" "2008-06-23"]

Fictional filmography

References

External links

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=72488427 Johnny "Drama" Chase Official MySpace]
* [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/cast/character/drama.html Johnny "Drama" Chase Official HBO web page]
* [http://www.hbo.com/entourage Entourage Official HBO web page]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=64060893 Entourage Official MySpace]
* [http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/resume-of-entourages-johnny-drama-chase/ Drama's resume, from Entertainment Weekly ]
* [http://entourage.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny_%27Drama%27_Chase Johnny 'Drama' Chase] in "Entourage Wiki" at Wikia