Curiosidades

Shared an apartment with John Cusack.

Parents ran a theatre school in Chicago which John Cusack, Joan Cusack and Ann Cusack attended.

His character Ari in HBO's Entourage: Fama & Amizade (2004) is based on real-life Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel.

Frequently acts in movies with John Cusack, such as: Bob Roberts (1992), Elvis Stories (1989), Floundering (1994), Os Imorais (1990), Matador em Conflito (1997), Um Verão Muito Louco (1986), O Jogador (1992), Digam o que Quiserem (1989), Escrito nas Estrelas (2001), O Júri (2003).

Has played drums for most of his life, and plays them quite well.

He got malaria while filming U.M.A - Universidade Muito Animal (1994) and had to be rushed to the hospital.

He is of Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent.

Studied acting at the National Theatre in London.

Divides his time between Malibu, California and Chicago.

Brother in-law of Adam McKay.

He owns a house in Malibu, California, which he purchased from hockey star Chris Chelios.

Was a graduate of Evanston Township High School.

Attended, with Billy Zane, Harand Theater Camp in Elkhart Lake, WI, as a teenager. He played Bernardo in "West Side Story" there.

He was also supposed to star alongside his best pal John Cusack in Alta Fidelidade (2000), but had to pull out due to other commitments.

Attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While in school, he performed in plays such as "Julius Caesar.".

Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States.

Studied acting at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT.

Was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Was considered for the role of Dolarhyde in Dragão Vermelho (2002).

Younger brother of Shira Piven.

Son of Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven.

In Cincinnati Bell commercials (2005)

He is an alumnus of the Piven Theatre Workshop founded by his parents (Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven) and a one time Chicago stage actor.

Uncle of Pearl McKay and Lili Rose McKay.

On Broadway in Speed the Plow (novembro de 2008)