List of recurring characters in Entourage
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This is the list of major and minor recurring characters in the ongoing HBO dramedy series Entourage. This list focuses on the characters themselves whether they are real people or fictional characters. For the complete list of celebrity appearances and cameos see the List of celebrities appearing on Entourage.
Debi Mazar's recurring role of Shauna in season 1 becomes a regular role in season 2. Mazar makes her final regular appearance in episode 42. When she made appearances in seasons 4 and 5, Mazar was credited as a special guest star.
Perrey Reeves (Mrs. Ari) and Rex Lee (Lloyd) had recurring roles in the first two seasons. Starting in season three, Reeves and Lee joined the supporting cast of the show and were credited as "starring" in the end credits in the episodes that they appeared in. After Debi Mazar left on maternity leave, Reeves began to receive in the opening credits starting in season 4 replacing Mazar's credit, and is now credited whether she appears in the episode or not. Rex Lee's name also now appears in the opening credits as of season 5 whether he appears in the episode or not.
Also In season 4, Rhys Coiro's recurring character Billy Walsh was given a bigger role in the storyline, and Coiro was credited as "starring" in the first six episodes of the season. However, when his character returned in episode 52, he again was credited as a guest star.
[edit] Major recurring characters
[edit] Mrs. Ari
Ari's long-suffering wife and the mother of his children. She is strong enough to stand up to Ari's intimidating personality, and is in charge of the homestead. Former soap actress, now a tennis-playing Beverly Hills socialite. In season 3, it is revealed that Mrs. Gold has a sizable trust fund in which her husband has been dipping into to start his new talent agency. Season 3 also revealed that Ari met his wife as an undergraduate at Harvard, when he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau, a traditionally Jewish fraternity. Mrs. Gold is a recurring guest star in the first 3 seasons and a credited star in the intro of Season 4. Creator/Producer/Head Writer Doug Ellin has stated the change in the introduction credits is the work of HBO. In season 4, it is revealed that Mrs. Gold played "Kendall Scott" on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, when the producer of Y&R calls her for a one-day arc comeback. She was then offered a full-time role, but turns it down stating that she left acting at age 25 because she wanted a family. Ellin has stated in many interviews and on various DVD commentaries that Mrs. Gold will never get a first name in the show. In season five, it is revealed that Mrs. Gold did an erotic film that Ari tried to hide, but Adam Davies posted a picture from the film on the web. She later tells Ari that he has to make the decision of whether he wants to be studio head of Warner Brothers on his own. Played by Perrey Reeves. (32 episodes)
[edit] Lloyd
Ari's current, long-suffering assistant. Lloyd is a gay Chinese American who holds an art history degree from Sarah Lawrence College as well as an MBA from Stanford Business School. As Ari's assistant, he is subject to a demanding and verbally abusive boss and his sexual orientation and ethnicity often fuel Ari's venomous barbs. Lloyd considers E the "only nice person" in Los Angeles. He remains loyal to Ari when he is terminated, and delivers a motivating speech to Ari following the incident, which inspires him to start up his own agency. Although Ari continually verbally abuses Lloyd, he cares a great deal for him as Lloyd repeatedly proves himself as Ari's best assistant. Ari goes out of his way to help Lloyd on two episodes: Ari goes to a gay house party and saves Lloyd from a gay TV show writer played by Will Sasso who is looking to take advantage of Lloyd; Ari reunites Lloyd with his boyfriend after a relationship breakup. In season 3, Lloyd booked Johnny Drama an audition in an Edward Burns' TV pilot and is his current agent. In the Season 4 finale, Lloyd and his boyfriend Tom go on a Rosie Cruise, which can be seen in the background of Ari and Lloyd's phone conversations. It is revealed in Season 4 that he has a picture of Ari being used as his personal dart board, probably for all the times Ari makes fun of him. Also in Season 4, it is revealed that his family is wealthy after Ari visits Lloyd and finds him living in an upscale condominium. In season 5 title credits, Lloyd is credited as a main character. In the season 6 premiere, an infuriated Lloyd holds a power play over Ari when he demands a promotion after being Ari's assistant for 3 years. This is partially influenced by a conversation Lloyd has with his father, who is revealed to own a winery in Napa Valley. Played by Rex Lee. (37 episodes)
[edit] Shauna Roberts
Vince's publicist, who describes herself as Vince's "West-Coast mother", is a brutally honest woman who speaks her mind to Vince and the boys. Shauna is a recurring guest star in Season 1 and a star in Season 2, 3 and 4. At the beginning of season 3, Shauna is pregnant but is still working as a publicist for Vince. In Season 3 season finale we find out her child is a girl, but in season 4 Gary's Desk episode we find out its now a boy as she asks her assistant where is her son. Creator/Producer/Head Writer Doug Ellin has stated the change in the introduction credits is the work of HBO.[citation needed] In season 5 she gets a job Vincent to do an appearance at a sweet sixteen party in which he will be paid $200k which would prevent Vince from having to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy. She needed help from Marvin to convince Eric and Vincent to take the appearance job. Played by Debi Mazar. (27 episodes)
[edit] Billy Walsh
An egotistic independent film director who directed Vince in Queens Boulevard and Medellin. He also receives a 25 picture deal to film pornography under the name Wally Balls. He has a mercurial, intimidating personality, which comes from his early success as the youngest director ever to win the Sundance Film Festival. He also claims to paint. According to interviews on the season 2 DVD, Billy is mainly inspired by Entourage writer Rob Weiss and Vincent Gallo and secondly another indie director Quentin Tarantino. Billy is from a wealthy family, having grown up in New York suburb of Scarsdale and his exposure to Queens is limited to a supermarket his father owned there. (Weiss is from the wealthy, predominantly Jewish Five Towns area of Long Island). While he thinks of himself as an artist and shows scorn for the studio system (he yells "Fuck commerce!" at a press meeting for Queens Boulevard), he also hopes to sell Medellin to a studio that could win him an Oscar. However, when Medellin flops at Cannes, he insults the French people in the audience for the somewhat noble cause of demanding respect for the crew of the movie. After Cannes, Medellin is released straight to DVD and bombs. He and Vincent are supposed to be making Silo, the replacement of Lost in the Clouds film, but it falls through after the Medellin disaster. Billy has been working on an unfinished screenplay specifically written for Vincent which he has yet to have finished. It is mentioned in Neighbors episode of season 2. Played by Rhys Coiro. (15 episodes)
[edit] Marvin
Vince's accountant, who constantly warns Vince against his frivolous spending. Marvin feels that Vince and Eric don't listen to his financial advice and is often shown yelling at Vince and Eric over the phone with the running joke that Vince always hangs up on him claiming his cell phone dropped the call. He warns Vince in Aquamansion that he does not have the funds to buy an expensive home, yet Vince does anyway. In Season 4, Marvin constantly warns Vince not to live off of his American Express Black Card. In season 5 Marvin tells Vince he has to file chapter 11 or find a job fast. Marvin tries to convince Vincent and Eric to do the job Shauna set up. The inspiration for Marvin comes from Doug Ellin's own father.[citation needed] Played by Paul Herman. (4 episodes)
[edit] Charlie Williams
At the start of season 5 he is the newest client to join Eric Murphy's Management Company "The Murphy Group". Charlie is a comedian, who has moved to L.A. in the last 6 months and has no car. He is struggling as an actor, constantly getting turned down at auditions for guest spots. In the premiere of season 5, it is said he has been represented by Eric for the last 3 months. Charlie and Eric were going to go to a T.V. studio when Eric had to deal with Dom's arrest. Eric tells Charlie to take a cab to the meeting. Eric finally arrives at the studio meeting, but brings Dom and Vincent along, since he is running late. Charlie and Eric pitch a pilot to the studio and Charlie closes it, with the help of Vince agreeing to do a guest spot for the pilot. Now the studio wants the script from Eric and Charlie. The studio liked the script for Charlie's show and green lights it into production. But they need to start casting characters, one name that comes up is Seth Green. Charlie tells E to get Seth Green so they can start filming the show. However, during a meeting between the studio head, E, Charlie and Seth, Charlie attacks Seth after Seth threatens to have Charlie replaced with Nick Cannon. In the season five finale, Charlie's pilot gets filmed and he gets a spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live to do his stand up act. Charlie was finally able to buy a Toyota Prius. Played by Bow Wow. (4 episodes)
[edit] Dana Gordon
Dana was a high ranking Warner Brothers executive who helped Ari Gold secure the role of Aquaman for Vincent Chase. In one episode, she jokingly referred to herself as "The Vanna White" for her studio. It was hinted in Season 2 and referred to in Season 4 that she had a brief relationship with Ari, and in Season 5 Ari hinted to his wife that he had slept with Dana. Later, she assured Ari that Warner Brothers' top chief would choose Vincent for the role of Aquaman because Allen's daughter had a poster of him in her room and both of them are big fans of Vincent Chase. She was fired by Warner Bros. after it was revealed that she had told Ari that the head of the studio had no intention of producing the Ramones movie and only bought the rights to the script to spite Vince. She is once again seen in Season 4 with a job at another studio, holding the reins to a movie Vince wants, but already has offered it to Heath Ledger until he backs out due to Ari's trickery. She then offers it to Vince. Dana gets betrayed by Ari again, he overrides her in getting her studio to agree to make SILO instead of Lost in the Clouds. In the end she gives in and helps Ari, thus saving her job. In the season finale, she almost buys Medellin, but thanks to Yair Marx's move, she is saved from buying a flop. She even thanks Ari, saying that not selling her Medellin was the nicest thing he had ever done for her. In Season 5, she becomes the head of the Warner Brothers studio, a position that was offered to Ari, but he turned it down and convinced the studio to give her the position. She in return as a thank you to Ari, agrees to give Vince the second lead in Smoke Jumpers and pay Vincent his quote. Later on a flight with John Ellis, Dana is informed by Ari that Verner, the films director, tried to fire Vince, and that the production of the movie is in total disarray. This leads to a meeting between Dana and Verner, Eric, Ari and Vince in which she tells Ari that she is not replacing the director , and tells Verner to finish the movie with Vince. Disappointed with her decision, Verner runs to find John Ellis in order to supersede Dana's word. John Ellis and Dana end up screening Vince's scenes to come to a decision, and despite admitting to Vince that he was great in them, Ellis shuts production down, putting Dana's job in jeopardy. Played by Constance Zimmer. (10 episodes)
[edit] Barbara "Babs" Miller
Mandy Moore's agent and former mentor to Ari Gold. Shortly after Ari's departure from Terrance's agency, Barbara offers him money as part of a joint partnership to create their own agency now known as the Miller Gold Agency. The agency is a 50/50 partnership between Babs and Ari. In season 5 she offers Ari 10 cents per every dollar he invested in the MGA agency should he take the Warner Brothers Studio head position. After Ari doesn't take the studio head job, she is told by Ari that he wants to expand their agency, something Babs has wanted to do for a while now. Ari informs Babs that he is buying out Klein-Cutter Talent Agency, which has five agents, 65 profitable clients and made $5 million the year before. Babs likes those numbers, but doesn't believe Klein is big time agent material. Because of this, she refuses to agree to the buyout, which she is allowed to do under their partnership contract. Babs agrees to meet with Andrew Klein and have an open mind. However, during the meeting Klein has a panic attack, making Babs say no to hiring Klein and mergering Klein's agency with theirs. In the end Babs agrees to hire Klein as long as Ari keeps Klein on his side of the agency and is kept under his name for paychecks. She agrees only because Ari ruins her award ceremony and is under pressure to look good by making Ari apologize for ruining the ceremony and the fact that Ari was threatening her to split their company. Played by Beverly D'Angelo. (11 episodes)
[edit] Andrew Klein
Andrew Klein is a TV lit. agent who works in the suburbs. He and Ari used to work together as assistants in Terrance and Jim Oliver's Agency. When Terrance and Jim Oliver split their agency half the agents went with Terrance (Ari included), and the other half went with Jim (Andrew included). Later on Jim Oliver would end up ripping off both his clients and employees. Ari and Andrew's meeting ended up Andrew asking Ari for a 500K loan, since the writers strike has been hurting his agency. He gives Ari his financial records to prove he can pay back the loan. After Lloyd does some accounting calculations, Lloyd discovers that Klein-Cuttler Talent Agency is very profitable and has a writer in every television series currently on and can pay back Ari within 90 days. During a second dinner meeting, Ari tells Andy he wants to buy Klein-Cuttler. Andy initially doesn't want to because he wouldn't be his own boss, but Ari tells him that the buy out would mean more money, more responsibility and a second chance at being a big time agent. If Andy still felt he didn't want to sell, then Ari would be happy to give out the loan. But after Ari telling Andy if it weren't for him Ari would have left LA during their days as assistants to go back to Chicago and become a lawyer. Finally Andy agrees, but when Ari goes to inform Babs after the dinner, she dismisses the idea of an expansion involving Andrew Klein. Like Ari he married young, he has a wife (Marla) and two kids. Is shocked that he has to prove himself to Babs in order to join Miller-Gold Talent Agency. Ari pays for Klein's new clothes as a welcoming gift to his agency. Klein has a panic attack, when Babs demands he demonstrate how he would sign a top actor or actress to their agency. Babs initially disagrees to Klein joining after his panic attack, but after Ari ambushes Babs at her award ceremony she is forced to agree. Played by Gary Cole (2 episodes)
[edit] Christy
Assistant to Shauna, Vince's publicist. The actress who plays Christy is the daughter of Former HBO President/CEO Chris Albrecht. Played by Kate Albrecht. (8 episodes)
[edit] Adam Davies
Worked at Terrance's agency and represented Drama, purportedly as part of a "family deal". After Ari had become angry at him for accidentally mentioning his planned coup d'état in the open, he informed Terrance about Ari's plan. When Ari confronts him, he tells Ari that he "should be a nicer person" and Ari responds with an insult towards his girlfriend and references oral sex. Adam happily drops Drama as a client following Ari's termination; Drama retaliates by stealing a television from his office while being antagonized by Pauly Shore. In a later episode he blackmails Ari for a partnership in Ari's new firm. Davies becomes angered after discovering that Vincent Chase is back from his hiding stint in Mexico. The reason he became angry is because the producer of a film he wanted his client in was being offered to Vincent. He and Ari drag race, in which Ari loses so he sends Davies his $100 in a bag of human feces. In return, Davies hires male strippers to embarrass Ari during his major meeting with T.I. Davies then informs Ari that he will mess with Ari for the rest of his life from that point on. Ari then sends photos of Davies' ex to Davies. However, the retaliation backfires when Davies sends Ari a photo of Mrs. Ari in a soft porn film she did, of which Ari tried to hide from the public, telling Ari he posted it on the web for everyone to see. Ari ends their feud by bitch slapping Davies in front of the old agency he used to work at and causing Davies to be embarrassed and apologetic. Played by Jordan Belfi. (8 episodes)
[edit] Josh Weinstein
Ari's former assistant turned up-&-coming Hollywood agent. Works at Triad, a competing agency, and constantly tries to lure Vince away from Ari. Josh was the first to introduce Vince and E to the script of Queens Boulevard, setting Vince on the fast track to becoming an indie star. Josh was also the first person to drop the info that "the whale" James Cameron would be directing Aquaman, and also informed Vince and E that producer Scott Wick had made an offer to Vince for Queens Boulevard. In Season Three Josh almost lands Vince again when he is shopping new agencies. For the first three seasons Josh plays Ari Gold's nemesis. He is repeatedly the thorn in Ari's side that will not go away. In Season 4 he is representing Heath Ledger, who is currently being offered a part in "Lost in the Clouds" directed by Curtis Hanson, which Vince wants. Ari tricks him into thinking the movie is another 'Brokeback', so he will talk Heath out of the part. Their feud seems to end officially in Season 4 during that time. In Season 5 Weinstein calls E and Vince telling them he has a meeting set up for them with Frank Darabont, an award-winning director. During the meeting it is revealed that Weinstein had hidden the fact that Frank's project was a TV pilot for Vince to star in. Frank, E and Vince, being insulted by the lies by Weinstein, all leave in disgust. However, Josh tells E and Vincent that maybe movie stardom for Vince is over and he should accept the life as a TV star like Drama has. Played by Joshua LeBar. (5 episodes)
[edit] Tom
Lloyd's boyfriend, who broke up with him for a short while. Lloyd cheated on him and Ari covered for Lloyd to get his assistant back to work. He works at Finish Line where he is on probation for getting caught not working while on the clock. Tom and Lloyd go on a Rosie Cruise which can be seen in the Season 4 finale. In season 5, Tom convinces Lloyd to move a party of theirs to Ari's house as his "own personal 'fuck you' to Ari Gold" for his constant degradations of Lloyd's race and sexual orientation. With Ari at Joshua Tree National Park for the night helping Vince with a major career decision, and Mrs. Ari and the kids at her parents up north for the weekend, Lloyd agrees to watch the Gold's family pets and have the party at the same time. Eventually, Mrs. Ari arrives home a night early to find Lloyd, Tom and 25 naked men partying pool-side at their home. Played by Brandon Quinn. (4 episodes)
[edit] Jacqueline
Drama's French girlfriend, he meets her during the season 4 finale in Cannes, France. During the beginning of Season 5, they remain in a relationship, keeping in contact with each other through daily phone calls and webchats. After Drama accuses her of lying to him about her whereabouts, she breaks up with him, claiming he has become a bit of a psychopath. Played by Julia Levy-Boeken (3 Episodes).
[edit] Amanda Daniels
Amanda becomes Vince's sexy new agent midway through season 3. She pushes Vince to do an adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel as his next movie but gets very upset when Vince puts it on hold when Ari reintroduces the Medellin script to him. Amanda feuds with Ari during this time because both want Vince as a client. Amanda and Vince become romantically involved after Vince reveals he can't say no to her because he is attracted to her. Amanda and Vince break up personally and professionally at the end of "Return of the King" when Vince wrongfully blames Amanda as the reason he did not land the lead role in Medellin. In season 5, Eric goes to her office in order to get her to help him sell an indie script entitled Nine Brave Souls of which Ari doesn't want Vince doing after the Medellin flop. She agrees to read it, nothing more, if Eric can get her on board he will be able to sign the writers as his newest clients to his expanding management company "The Murphy Group". Also her last name was revealed to be Daniels. She informs Eric that Edward Norton loved the script and wants to do it along with making some changes to it such as adding the firefight scene the characters talk about and giving it the new title of Smoke Jumpers, along with getting a big studio to finance the film for them. Warner Bros. ends up purchasing the rights to Smoke Jumpers, and after Dana Gordon reveals to Ari that Amanda is the next choice in line for the Warner Bros. studio head position if he were to turn it down, Ari realizes that another Vince-hater could not be in charge of the studio if he wanted any hope in getting Vince in the movie. Stuck in a moral dilemma between his own needs and that of his most prized client, Ari offers to turn down the studio head position and put his full support behind Amanda for the job if she will cast Vince as the second lead in Smoke Jumpers. Amanda's personality gets the best of her after she refuses the deal in a vindictive manner, saying she doesn't think Vince is good enough and that Vince and Ari's relationship with that studio will forever be screwed. As a result, Ari manipulates the job offer to give Dana Gordon the position just to spite Amanda, thus leaving her unable to attain her "dream job". Played by Carla Gugino. (7 episodes)
[edit] Justine Chapin
A pop singer who had a crush on Vince. Justine is notorious for saving her virginity. Is modeled after Britney Spears. In Season 5 she is back in town reinventing her image from popstar to duet star, working with Tony Bennett for her new album due to her previous album failing. She invites Vincent and the boys to her music video after party, at which she tries to set Vince up with one of her friends. At the end of the episode, however, Justine goes off with Vince, claiming she only did it to prevent her from entering a possible future relationship with him. He is willing to risk that future. Played by Leighton Meester. (3 episodes)
[edit] LB aka Lawrence Bear & Nick Masser
Two novice writers who sent "smokejumpers" to every major Hollywood actor in LA. E finding their script interesting tried to pitch it to Ari for Vincent, but after the Medellin flop, Ari advised against making another indie film. In order to sign the clients E agreed to sell their script, in which he asks Amanda Daniels for help. After finding the script amazing she manages to get Edward Norton and his company to make an offer for the script. However, Ari and Vincent try to use the script as leverage in order to get Vincent back on top with the studios. Due to the Medelliln flop no studio wants Vincent as the lead, so he ends up wanting to be a supporting cast member instead. Eventually E gets the exact offer his clients demanded from one of the studio heads Vincent and Ari first saw that day. However, a surprise bidding war effort made by Amanda which is twice times the amount E's newest clients wanted would bring Edward Norton, Edward Norton's studio, Alan Grey and Warner Brothers on board. (2 episodes played by Lukas Haas and Giovanni Ribisi )
[edit] Dom
Former member of Vince's entourage who served 5 years in jail for drug possession and assaulting a police officer. Dom reunites with his friends after being paroled, Dom is hired briefly by Vince to be his head of security, but is later fired by Vince after stealing a Shrek doll from the house of movie producer Phil Rubenstein (Bruno Kirby). They return the doll anonymously and without incriminating Dom, but decide to let Dom go from the entourage. Dom is given the Hummer and an apartment as a "severance package" with which to set up his life. Later, Dom gets caught in a high speed chase on the LA freeway with police. He tells E and Vince he ran because he thought he had his mother-in-law's medical marijuana in the glove box and got scared when he was about to be pulled over for speeding. Vince later learns Dom has a wife and a daughter named Izzy and also owns his own limo driving service and has found religion. Dom informs them that if he doesn't get out he will spend 30 years in jail, so Vince convinces E to put up the required bail bond of one hundred thousand dollars for Dom, since Vince is still in a dry spot. Dom told his wife about his legal troubles, and she left him for good because she told him if he ever went to jail again she would leave him for good. Played by Domenick Lombardozzi. (3 episodes)
[edit] Alan Gray
The head of the Warner Brothers Studio which produced and distributed the movie Aquaman. He personally likes Vince for the role of Aquaman and was willing to give him $12.5 million for the sequel, but they had a falling out due to his breaking the promise he made to Vince to accommodate the schedule change that would allow Vince to do his dream movie project, Medellín. This led to a contract stalemate. Vince did not show up to a business breakfast meeting with Alan, so he fired Vince and replaced him with Jake Gyllenhaal in the sequel to Aquaman. In season 3, he bought Bob Ryan's Ramones Biopic in order to spite Vincent, who failed to agree to his terms for Aquaman 2. In Season 5, Ari tees off against Alan in a golf match alongside Alan's "Pro" Phil Mickelson and Bob Ryan. During the match, Ari attempts to gamble Vince into Alan's newly acquired project "Smoke Jumpers". After defeating Ari, Alan suffers a heart attack caused by Alan's rant about his hatred for Ari and Vince. Alan later dies from the heart attack at the hospital. Played by Paul Ben-Victor. (6 episodes)
[edit] Bob Ryan
A legendary movie producer who has Oscar-winning movies listed in his credit. He and Eric came up with a movie project about The Ramones titled I Wanna Be Sedated, in which Vince would play Joey Ramone. Due to Ari's lack of respect and contempt for Bob, the humiliated producer sold the script to Warner Brothers, whose studio head Vince recently had a falling out with. This character is allegedly based on real-life Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Evans turned down an offer to play himself, but allowed his home to be used for filming. After the episodes aired, he decided to take legal action against the show's producers, claiming defamation of character because of too many similarities between himself and Ryan. Over the course of his appearances, Ryan is credited with producing virtually every important film of the 1970s -- except those which Evans actually produced. In Season Four, he writes a book about producing films called "Is This Something You Might Be Interested In?" which is his catchphrase during his appearances; Of which Eric read during the filming of Medellin to help production continue. Bob unexpectedly shows up during Ari and Alan's golf match and Alan convinces Bob to stay after his own match was canceled since he annoys Ari. Bob tries to pitch a romantic golf comedy script to Alan, after he tells Alan they make the Ramones Film first. Played by Martin Landau. (4 episodes)
[edit] John Ellis
John is the fictional chairman of Warner Bros. and offers Ari the opportunity to replace the late Alan Gray as head of Warner Bros. Studios for $10 million. Ari initially turns down the offer, but after it is revealed that Amanda Daniels (another Vince-hater) would get the position if Ari declined, he manipulates the offer so Dana Gordon would get the job instead of Amanda. Ellis' first order of business after hiring Dana Gordon as the new studio head was to give her full control over her first 100 million dollar movie, Smoke Jumpers. However, during a board meeting which he is running, the movie's director, Verner Vollstedt, storms into and interrupts the meeting to demand a conference with Ellis over his displeasure with Vince and the future of Smoke Jumpers. Ellis decides to watch the footage of Vince's scenes with Dana to determine if any action is necessary. Ultimately, despite his liking of Vince's scenes, Ellis decides to shut down production of the film after only one week due to it being over budgeted and in general disarray. He also begins to question his hiring of Dana Gordon, saying "this is why I hire women to blow me, not run my studio". Played by Alan Dale (3 Episodes).
[edit] Verner Vollstedt
The director of Smoke Jumpers. Verner has a vision in which to make this an Oscar winning film. However, because he feels Vince is not a truly gifted actor, Verner gives the majority of Vince's lines away to Jason Patric. It is later revealed Verner feels Vincent has a lot of bad acting mannerisms that he has picked up long the way to his stardom. Verner even goes to inform Vincent that taking away his lines is nothing personal. Even saying to Vince that he only has 8 weeks of work on this film, while he (Verner) has to work on this film for the next 2 years of his life in order to make a success. During the filming of a pivotal scene in Smoke Jumpers, Verner finds himself in a heated argument with Vince over his acting abilities. The argument eventually leads to Verner admitting that he never wanted Vince in the movie in the first place, and was forced to work with him because of Ari's deal with Dana Gordon. Eventually, Verner fires Vince from the movie, which causes Ari to intervene of Vince's behalf. Still unsatisfied, Verner travels to the Warner Bros. studio to meet with Dana Gordon to try and work out his problems, with Ari, Vince and the entourage in close pursuit. In the meeting, Vince exclaims that he is willing to put the past behind them and continue filming the movie, but Verner refuses, calling Vince a "talentless actor". Eventually Verner becomes so enraged by not getting what he wants that he angrily leaves the meeting, and stampedes through the Warner Bros. studio in search of the chairman, John Ellis. After interrupting a board meeting which John Ellis is running, Verner demands to speak with him with regards to Vince and the future of Smoke Jumpers. John Ellis decides to view Vince's scenes that were already shot to determine if any actions are necessary. Ultimately Ellis concludes that despite his liking of Vince's scenes, the movie is already over budgeted and clearly in disarray, and it would be best to shut it down completely. Played by Stellan Skarsgård (3 Episodes).
[edit] Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Turtle meets Jamie when he wins a first class seat from Hawaii to Los Angeles. He finds her distressed over a recent break-up and she appears to take a liking to him when he helps her get over it by giving her an aisle seat and sneaking her some drinks. In the LAX baggage claim, she gives him her number and permission to call her. Drama then continues to tease Turtle about his chances with her to the point where Turtle angrily proclaims that she jerked him off. Drama doesn't believe him and starts telling it to everyone he runs into, none of whom believe it either. The entourage run into Jamie at a night club later and Jamie throws a drink in Turtle's face for telling everyone she jerked him off. Drama tries to fix it by telling her it was him who told everyone, but she tells him that she actually did jerk him off and she's mad that he told Drama about it. She then says she actually liked him and would have had sex with him as well if he didn't say anything. One night, Jamie calls Turtle and tells him to come over and not to tell anyone. They have sex and spend the entire day together, where Jamie says she is attracted to losers as the reason for her calling him. She learns of Turtle's life and dreams and gets him to reveal his real name, Sal. Their plans to spend the weekend together are cut short when Turtle is asked to accompany Vince back to Queens. They keep in touch while he is there, while Drama keeps wondering who he's talking to. Drama then steals Turtle's phone when Jamie calls and answers it, causing her to reveal her relationship with Turtle. Played by herself. (3 episodes)
[edit] Sloan McQuewick
Terrance's daughter. Eric was romantically involved with her in seasons 2 and 3. At the beginning of season 4, Eric said that he and Sloan are "taking a break". In the middle of Season 4, it is shown that they actually broke up in the season 3 episode. Sloan reappears in season 5 after Seth Green gives Eric an ultimatum with regards to starring in his clients TV show. Eric must convince Sloan to call Seth and ask him to do the show or else he would refuse. Sloan is initially taken back by the request and refuses, as she also hates Seth Green for stalking her following a Teen Tour several years back. However, as Eric is leaving, she realizes that his situation is desperate and agrees to make the call if Eric really wants. It is also revealed that Sloan may still have feelings for Eric following their parting discussion about them both being single. Played by Emmanuelle Chriqui. (12 episodes)
[edit] Seth Green
Eric is the first to meet Seth while at the sky bar above a Beverly Hills hotel to apologize to Tori for cuddling her during a threesome with Sloan. While rolling around Las Vegas with his own entourage, Seth constantly antagonizes Eric by insinuating that he may or may not have been intimate with Eric's girlfriend Sloan. This leads to a bar brawl between the two entourages. He is later pursued for a role in Eric's client Charlie's TV show. After Seth and Eric have another argument over Sloan in front of Charlie, Seth threatens to have Charlie's role recast with Nick Cannon. This leads to a brawl between Charlie and Seth, as Seth seemingly only cares about finding any way possible to annoy Eric, even if it means going after the livelihood of Eric's client. Seth is then passed over for a role in Charle's TV show. Played by himself. (3 episodes)
[edit] Minor recurring characters
[edit] Yair Marx
An extremely wealthy man and international playboy from Dubai, Yair is described by Ari as being a potentially "very dangerous man who might be a prince, an arms dealer, a coke dealer - who knows?" Ari nervously says that Yair "could be Mossad or Hezbollah". After unsuccessfully pitching Sylvester Stallone as Pablo Escobar's father for Medellin, Yair offers to finance the film for 60 million dollars if Vince will sleep with Yair's wife, Nika Marx. Yair was the second producer of three that wanted to finance Medellin for Billy, Eric and Vincent. In the Season 4 season finale, he puts an offer to pay for their budget and then one for practically double the budget before the screening. After the screening he backs out saying he never signed any papers, telling Ari to sue his company but he won't get anything, since its based out of Dubai. Played by Assaf Cohen. (2 episodes)
[edit] Harvey Weingard
Is a producer based on Harvey Weinstein. Ari mentioned that every film he produced is like a "Midas touch" and a sure box office hit. He has a terrible temper and gets tricked by Vincent and Eric every time they make a deal. However, in the Season 4 season finale, Harvey ends up buying the film for a steal of $1. Ari goes on to say afterward that Harvey will save the film in the release. In Season 5 Harvey ends up releasing the film straight on DVD, probably due to flop and not recutting it. Played by Maury Chaykin. (4 episodes)
[edit] Nick Rubenstein
The spoiled, neurotic, cocaine-addicted son of famous movie producer Phil Rubenstein (Bruno Kirby). He comes into a large multi-million dollar trust fund from his father and is convinced by Ari, Vince and E to co-produce Vince's dream project, Medellin. Provided Eric and Vincent with a budget of 30 million dollars. After financing the film, it is shown that he has no more money and is under house arrest. Accepted the deal with Yair, but now has to take $1 as his payment. Played by Adam Goldberg. (4 episodes)
[edit] Anna Faris
Anna crashes into E's car during the later half of season 4. After Eric believes he and she had a moment, he is able to secure her as his newest client, after Vincent okays it. But, Eric hoped to also be involved with his Clush (Client-Crush word made up by Drama). After he indirectly causes Anna to break up with her boyfriend, Eric hides his true feelings about Silo, when Billy and Vincent want her to act for a part. After he reveals his feelings for her, him lying about liking the script, she fires him and ruins his chances of having a romantic relationship with her. She officially became the second client of "the Murphy Group" (Played by Herself) (3 Episodes).
[edit] Emily
Ari's former assistant (now James Cameron's assistant) and Eric's ex-girlfriend. Due to the fact that she was Ari's assistant and Eric's girlfriend, both of the men close to her demand loyalty from her. However, she wanted to stay neutral between the two, keeping business and personal life separate. In the episode of "Busey and the Beach", both Eric and Emily have a falling out as the situation of business escalated into harsh feelings. In a later episode in season 1, it was confirmed both broke up and were not on speaking terms. In season 2, as James Cameron's new assistant, she worked with Eric to help Vince land the title role of the movie Aquaman. Played by Samaire Armstrong. (8 episodes)
[edit] Kristen
Eric's ex-girlfriend and a psychology student at the University of Southern California. She's had a stormy relationship with Eric that culminated in numerous breakups, with the final one occurring after she cheated on him when he was away filming Queens Boulevard. It was Kristen's encouragement that led Eric to formally ask Vince to be Vince's manager at the end of season 1. Played by Monica Keena. (6 episodes)
[edit] Terrance McQuewick
Ari's former partner and former boss at the agency. A high school dropout, Terrance is a very powerful figure in the industry and one who has been able to make or break careers. In Season 2, Terence returns from retirement, leading to several confrontations with Ari, and ultimately the termination of Ari's partnership agreement. He is married to Melinda Clarke. Terence is Ari's business rival. His daughter is Sloan McQuewick. Played by Malcolm McDowell. (7 episodes)
[edit] Sarah Gold
Ari Gold's oldest child and first daughter. Side note: Ari has another daughter shown twice in the series, but has seemed to disappear. Played by Cassidy Lehrman. (8 episodes)
[edit] Jonah Gold
Ari Gold's youngest child and only son. He is played by the son of creator Doug Ellin in the later seasons (3 episodes).
[edit] Phil Rubenstein
Is a producer of films such as Shrek and Madagascar, with it he earned the title of being the "Animation King". After Vincent Chase's Aquaman opening occurred, he contacted Ari Gold for a meeting in order to revive Medellin. In the meeting with their old friend from New York Dom there, Phil agrees Vincent would be perfect as Pablo Escobar, after hearing Dom tell a story of Vincent and him (Dom). They almost lost the film because of Rubenstein's Shrek doll was stolen by Dom. He is the father of Nick Rubenstein (who ends up producing the Medellin film). The reason he did not return in both season 3.5 and season 4 for Medellin, as the actor Bruno Kirby died of cancer during the fall of 2006 just after season 3.0 part 1 finished airing. This is the second time a fake producer has died after being aired in a season. The first is Scott Wick character. Played by Bruno Kirby. (1 episode)
[edit] Scott Wick
Is the producer of Queens Blvd and Ari's Best Friend. In his first appearance in season one, "The Script and the Sherpa" we find out he dislikes Vincent. It isn't until Vincent provides Wick with marijuana despite the drought in California leaving all other dealers "dry", that Vincent gets the lead role in Queens Blvd. We see him again in the neighbors episode when Eric tries to get Wick to give Eric a print of Queens Blvd, in order to land Vincent that lead as Aquaman in the Aquaman film, as James Cameron has not heard of Vincent. He makes his final appearance during the Sundance Kids episode where he talks about the film and questions the director's choice of making it a four hour film. Unfortunately the actor who played him died in the fall after season 2. He was the first of two fake producers to die in real life, because of his death Scott is not mentioned in season 3 part 1. Played by Stanley DeSantis. (3 episodes)
[edit] Mandy Moore
A major figure in the history of Vince's love life, and co-star in the movie adaptation of Aquaman. Played by herself. (5 episodes)
[edit] Saigon
Is a Los Angeles-based rapper who is discovered by Turtle. He steals Vince's car with his friend, thinking it belongs to an Interscope Records executive that he can trick into listening to his music and "discover" him by placing a demo of his music in the car's CD player. When Turtle listens to the CD he convinces Billy to use it in the Queens Boulevard soundtrack and becomes Saigon's manager. In Season 3, Saigon is featured on Los Angeles radio host Big Boy's morning show, sending a barrage of phone calls to Turtle and opening doors for a record deal. Turtle convinces Ari to act as Saigon's film and TV agent (assuming that all rappers act eventually) in exchange for helping Turtle with negotiations. Turtle does not get Saigon his record deal due to Saigon's old manager appearing and getting Saigon a better deal with a more diverse label. Saigon then disappears from the show, but will supposedly make a reappearance of some sort in Season 5. Played by himself. (4 episodes)
[edit] Keshon
The cousin of Saigon, the rapper that Turtle discovers. Played by NaShawn Kearse. (2 episodes)
[edit] Rufus
During the first two seasons, Rufus was the owner of Home Video Solutions, a stereo/home entertainment system company whose clients were mainly movie stars. Since Rufus has a soft spot for movie stars, Vince and the gang decide to take advantage of Rufus' offer of a free home entertainment system in exchange for his company name being mentioned on-air during Vince's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In season 3, Rufus has changed businesses and now owns an auto body shop which Turtle uses to fix Drama's Lincoln Continental. Rufus' daughter Kelly is the object of Turtle's affection and he reluctantly allows Turtle to go on a date with her despite his reservations. Played by Marlon Young. (4 episodes)
[edit] Tori
Sloan's best friend. Eric developed feelings for after a ménage à trois with her and Sloan. After he revealed this to her, she convinced him he should set aside his feelings for her and stay with Sloan. Played by Malin Åkerman. (2 episodes)
[edit] Pauly Shore
A formerly out of work comedian, who is Johnny Drama's nemesis and also the person who set Hugh Hefner's monkeys out of their cages. In season 3 he gets his own reality series, similar to Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd series, known as "Gotcha'. Using Drama as his first celebrity star to be gotten. Played By himself. (3 episodes)
[edit] Arnold
Turtle's pet Rottweiler. Had a major role in season 3 when he attacked Turtle's date's female Rottweiler. Turtle who is so attached to Arnold got very offended when his date criticized him about Arnold injuring her dog. Turtle then blamed her and afterwards she started freaking out and kicked Turtle out of her house along with Drama. Arnold also plays a significant role in season 5 when the crew takes a trip to Joshua Tree. Arnold and Ari become lost in the desert for several hours; when they are reunited, Vince is temporarily inspired to do the dog movie 'Benji'.
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