Johnny "Drama" Chase
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| Played by Kevin Dillon | |
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| Home town | Queens, NY |
| Age | 41 |
| Known relatives | Vincent Chase (half-brother), Rita Chase (Mother or Stepmother) |
| Profession | Television Actor (Viking Quest, Five Towns) |
| Significant other | Single; previously had a long distance relationship with Jacqueline, a Viking Quest fan from France |
| Key episode | Entourage (Pilot) |
Jonathan "Johnny Drama" Chase is a character on the Dramedy television series Entourage. He is played by Kevin Dillon.
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[edit] Fictional biography
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. 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[1], Nash Bridges, The Commish, A Different World, Pacific Blue, Full House, 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills 90210, and Star Trek as well as a national television commercial for herpes drug Valtrex,[2] 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!". In the episode Drive, Drama reveals he is a Razzie Award winner. 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. 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;[3] 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 the 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 on the beach 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[4] and Chilean[5], and may be part Japanese[6]. 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 a polyglot, he has quoted words from Spanish, French and Yiddish.
In the Season Five finale Johnny became the co-owner of a Queens bar that was renamed "Johnny Drama's", after that he became a partner with the owner who had to settle a gambling debt problem.
In Season Six, Five Towns is still filming and is still a successful show. This changes for Drama when he threatens Five Towns NBC network executive Dan Cokley after he suspects Cokley is trying to sleep with Turtle's girlfriend, Jamie Lynn Sigler. Cokley decides that instead of firing Drama, he will convince the writers to torture and humiliate Drama's character on Five Towns. Drama soon decides that he has enough of his character getting bad scenes and tries to get out of his contract on Five Towns and sign on to star on Melrose Place 2009 after Melrose Place producer Phil Yagota offered him to audition for a role. Melrose Place, was a show that Drama had been fired from in 1993. In the season finale after Drama's agent Lloyd Lee resigns from his secretary position at Ari Gold's agency, Miller Gold Agency, after an aggressive offer from Gold's rival, Adam Davies at the Terrence McQuewick Agency, where Gold was fired from in 2005. Drama becomes unstable after hearing Lloyd's departure, and has Ari and Lloyd both compete to get him out of his Five Towns contract, and onto Melrose Place, to see which agent wanted him the most. Ari, furious at Lloyd after hearing from Vince that Lloyd had left his agency for his arch rival's, immediately goes to Cokley's office and convinces him to release Drama out of the Five Towns contract, where Lloyd only makes a few phone calls and is humiliated by Ari on the phone via Cokley's secretary. Drama, impressed by Ari's capability, verbally agrees to make Ari his permanent agent. Drama then sees Lloyd standing in front of the Chase home, where inside he gives a compassionate speech where he tells how Ari "has never seen one of your shows" and "I will be devastated if I lose you Drama, will Ari?" Drama, not knowing what to do goes to Ari's office, and asks Ari is he really cares about him or does he just want to get back at Lloyd. Ari relents and advises Drama to make Lloyd his agent. At the first Melrose Place audition, Drama in fear of rejection, has a mild heart attack and mentally breaks down, urinating in his pants. Drama then eventually decides that he is an actor and must redo the audition. He does well at the audition, but is turned down by the network for being "too old". Phil Yagota then notifies Drama that the network decided that he is ready to have a series created for him and offered an exclusive holding deal, which Drama had never had before. Drama is in delight as he and Vince head to Italy to film Vince's new movie.
[edit] Interests
Drama is a New York Mets fan.[7]. He also loves the Irish band U2; his motto for their concerts is "Floor level or bust"[4]. Drama has a taste for Jose Cuervo tequila [8]. Drama attended an S&M seminar [9].
[edit] Inspiration
Drama's character is based on Mark Wahlberg's cousin friend, Johnny Alves.[10][11]
[edit] 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.[12].
Vince and Drama share the same last name, and they appear to have the same mother in the episode "Aquamom" when Johnny calls himself her "first born". However, Drama calls Vincent's mother "your mom" in the episode "My Maserati Does 185".
Drama may be simply very close to Vince's mother, Rita Chase, due to the fact that the line in "My Maserati Does 185" about their shared father is a definitive genetical statement said in a genuine sense.[13] This means that Rita may not actually be Drama's biological mother, but either his stepmother and/or adoptive mother, with Vince and Johnny having the same biological father, who was an alcoholic and left the family when both were relatively young.
Rita Chase may indeed be Johnny's biological mother. His line in "Aquamom"[14], along with the fact that "Aquamom" came after "My Maserati Does 185" may support this theory. This creates, what Entourage creator Doug Ellin has referred to as, an auto-perspective angle in which the audience can assume one or the other in reference to Johnny's actual parentage.[15]
Drama is at least 9 years older than Vince.[16]
[edit] Relationship history
[edit] Relationships prior to the show
- Drama had a relationship with a girl named Stacy LaRosa ([1]), 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.
- In the episode The Day Fuckers, it was revealed that Drama had anal sex with a girl named Jess Mancini during high school, and made her ride her bike home afterwards.
- Drama was married at one time, for 9 days. The marriage was annulled.[17]
[edit] Relationships during the show
- In the first season, Drama had a fling with a muscular woman ([2]) 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 ([3]), 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.([4]).
- In the 4th season, Drama found a new girlfriend at the Cannes Festival, Jacqueline ([5]), 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.[18]
[edit] Fictional filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| - | Miami Vice | Cocaine informant (Guest star) | |
| 1987 | Barfly | Extra (3 days) | |
| 1988 | License to Drive | Unknown | |
| 1988 | 227 | Building Inspector (Guest star) | |
| 1989 | A Different World | Drunk Frat Guy (Guest star) | |
| 1989 | Booker | Dead Body (Guest star) | |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Singing Felon (Guest star) | |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | Mute Clerk (Guest star) | |
| 1991 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Eddie, Donna's Stalker (Guest star) | |
| 1991 | Point Break | Stoned Surfer #5 (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Dead Body (Guest star) | (Kevin Dillon actually guest-starred in three episodes of NYPD Blue as a police officer). |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Guest Lead (Guest star) | |
| 1993 | Amongst Friends | Kid in Trunk | |
| 1994 | The Crow | Small part. | |
| 1994 | Friends | Joey Tribbiani (unaired pilot) | Was originally cast as Joey, but was replaced by Matt LeBlanc. |
| 1994 | Full House | Uncle Jesse's Tough-Guy Nephew (Guest star) | |
| 1994 | The Commish | Bulimic Pedophile (Guest star) | |
| 1997 | Pacific Blue | Officer Ross Harper (Recurring Guest star) | |
| 1997 | Viking Quest | Tarvold | First-ever Lead Role. Co-starred with Vanessa Angel. |
| 1998 | Kissing a Fool | Cubs Fan | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Voyager | Klingon (Guest Star) | |
| 1999 | Nash Bridges | Retarded Brother (Guest star) | "Season 3, Episode 7" (Actual Airdate: October 31, 1997) |
| 2001 | 7th Heaven | High School Swimmer with Alopecia | |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Customer (Uncredited) | Scenes cut from film. |
| 2003 | The Practice | Law Clerk (Guest star) | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: SVU | Dead Body (Guest star) | |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Bank robber (Guest star) | |
| 2004 | Head On | Thug | Co-starred with his half-brother Vince. |
| 2004 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | Made a surprise appearance on the show with his half-brother Vince. |
| 2005 | Queens Boulevard | Bookie | Co-starred with his half-brother Vince. |
| 2005 | Chinese Energy Drink (Television Commercial) | Un-named role | Brief cameo with his half-brother Vince. |
| 2006 | Gotcha! | Himself | Drama had a prank pulled on him involving Chuck Liddell, in the pilot episode of Paulie Shore's new Punk'd-like celebrity hidden camera show. |
| 2006-2009 | Five Towns | The older brother "Quinn" | Second-ever Lead Role. About five Irish brothers who "run" the five boroughs of New York City. Produced by Eddie Burns, who also directed the Pilot. Has shot at least 87 episodes. Currently airing on NBC. |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | French Bus Driver | Scenes cut from film. |
| 2007 | Medellin | U.S. Army General | Co-starred with his half-brother Vincent Chase. |
| 2008 | The View | Himself | The cast of Five Towns made an appearance as Special Guests on the show. |
[edit] References
- ^ Drama mentioned this in the episode "Aquamansion".
- ^ Drama mentioned this in the episode "Chinatown".
- ^ Drama mentioned this in the episode "The Release".
- ^ a b This was mentioned in the episode I Love You Too
- ^ Drama mentions having "some Chilean blood" in the episode The Sundance Kids
- ^ In the episode Chinatown, Vince mentioned that he has a Japanese grandfather. It is possible that Drama shares this grandfather.
- ^ This was mentioned in Manic Monday
- ^ This was mentioned in the episode Aquamansion
- ^ This was mentioned in the episode Security Briefs
- ^ Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar. (2004). Entourage - The Complete Second Season. [DVD]. United States: HBO Home Video.
- ^ mentioned by Mark Wahlberg on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 12, 2007.
- ^ HBO web site
- ^ Vincent: "all the Chase men have great legs." Drama: "you got your mom's calves, I got Dad's."
- ^ Drama, to Mrs. Chase: "Always hugs him first. I am your first born, y'know."
- ^ Entourage Season 4 DVD, Disc 3, Bonus Features.
- ^ 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"
- ^ Drama mentioned this in the episode "Talk Show".
- ^ Venkataraman, Nitya "Johnny Drama Adds View to His Entourage" "ABCNews.com" "2008-06-23"
[edit] External links
- Johnny "Drama" Chase Official MySpace
- Johnny "Drama" Chase Official HBO web page
- Entourage Official HBO web page
- Entourage Official MySpace
- Drama's resume, from Entertainment Weekly
- Johnny 'Drama' Chase in Entourage Wiki at Wikia
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