David Arquette Biography
The youngest of five,
David Arquette was born in Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family whose work has spread over many generations. Like siblings ' Arquette' ,
Rosanna Arquette,
Patricia Arquette,
Richmond Arquette and
Alexis Arquette, David started working at an early age and his first major role came as
Luke Perry's best friend in the hit film
Buffy the Vampire Slayer But his major break both personally and professionally didn't come until 1996 when he was cast in the slasher flick _Scream (1996)_ starring opposite close friend
Drew Barrymore,
Neve Campbell and more importantly
Friends, with
Courteney Cox who he married in San Fransisco in the summer of 1999. _Scream (1996)_ earned worldwide success and acclaim as did Arquette for his role as loveable simple cop Dewey. His role proved to be so popular that in the original script his character was meant to die, but due to test audiances response to Dewey the script was changed and he returned for both
Scream 2 and
Scream 3. Usually known for his goofyness in more mainstream roles, his greatest preformances and reviews have come for his indie films such as
Johns,
Dream with the Fishes and
The Grey Zone. David and wife
Courteney Cox reside in LA and produce their own DIY show
Mix It Up because of their love for home improvement.
Salary
Eight Legged Freaks (2002): $5,000,000
Trivia

He is the 1-800-CALL-ATT Guy.

Dated
Ellen Barkin. [1995]

Brother of
Richmond Arquette,
Alexis Arquette,
Patricia Arquette and
Rosanna Arquette.

Son of
Lewis Arquette.

He is in a rock band called EAR2000.

On WCW Thunder, April 27th 2000, he became the WCW Heavyweight Champion in a special tag match, pitting him and his partner Diamond
Dallas Page against
Jeff Jarrett and
Eric Bischoff. The stipulation was that whoever got the pin would become champ, and after his involvement in previous matches, Arquette was able to pin
Eric Bischoff and win the title.

Grandson of
Cliff Arquette, better known as Charley Weaver from "Hollywood Squares" (1998)_ .

Formerly brother-in-law of
Nicolas Cage.

His wedding to
Courteney Cox was held at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral.

Is the voice of Eddie Wachowski, a character in the EA Sports Big game SSX Tricky (for Playstation2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox).

Since radio host
Howard Stern continually referred to his wife as "Courteney Cock" in a 2000 interview, Arquette responded by calling the King of All Media "Howard Sperm".

He was among two people to be a non wrestler and hold the WCW World Title, the other was
Vince Russo, a booker. Another non wrestler who held another title was
Eric Bischoff, as WCW Hardcore Champion. The company was sold within a year of all of this.

On a 2002 episode of _"Raw Is War" (1997)_ , he sat behind announcers
Jerry Lawler and
Jim Ross for the entire show while holding a sign reading "Former WCW Champion." He was there simply as a fan, and the announcers never acknowledged him.

Owns the former booking chair from the West Hollywood Police Department which was sat in by a number of different stars when they were arrested, among them
Hugh Grant. David has mentioned this to Hugh, and publicly offered to give the chair to him on
Late Night with Conan O'Brien in October of 2003.

Attended The Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in Los Angeles, California.

He played a character whose last name is Geller in
Never Been Kissed and his wife plays Monica Geller on
Friends.

13 June 2004: birth of his daughter, named Coco Riley Arquette.

During a live televised event in Los Angeles, the WWF was "fighting" an invasion from WCW and ECW. David,
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and
Arnold Schwarzenegger were all in attendance at the event in one night. This is interesting for that fact that David was a former WCW talent, Billy was a loyal ECW supporter and Arnold had always been a WWF supporter. The WWF showed each one of them on screen. David got a huge laugh for wearing a mask and then ripping it off to show who he was.

Born on the same day as model
Brooke Burke.

He,
Neve Campbell, 'Courtney Cox' and
Liev Schreiber are the only four actors to appear in all three "Scream" films.
Jamie Kennedy also appeared in all three films although his character only appeared on a video tape in the third movie.

Attended Mid-City Alternative school on the corner of Adams Blvd. and Arlington Avenue in the mid 1970s. His sister, Patricia Arquette, and brother, Richmond Arquette, also attended this school.
Jennifer Aniston is the godmother of his daughter Coco. Aniston was his wife's co-star in
Friends.

Former brother-in-law of
James Newton Howard. He was married to his sister Rosanna.

Brother-in-law of
Thomas Jane
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