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David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1990s, after having starred in several Hollywood films, including the films of the Scream trilogy. He has since had several television roles, including playing Jason Ventress on ABC's In Case of Emergency. In addition to his acting career Arquette took a brief foray into professional wrestling in early 2000, winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship - the top title of World Championship Wrestling, in the process. He is a member of the Arquette family, a famous show business family. David Arquette: BiographyDavid Arquette - Early lifeDavid Arquette was born in a Subud commune in Bentonville, Virginia, the son of Mardi Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor. Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. David Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and his father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis. Arquette's siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and Patricia Arquette. David Arquette - Hollywood careerArquette achieved his biggest success in the slasher horror trilogy Scream as Dewey Riley. He also met his wife Courteney Cox, who played Gale Weathers, on the set. True to their alter-egos in the trilogy, they became a married couple. They also appeared together in a Coke advertisement on TV in 2003. The two are currently executive producers of the TBS series Daisy Does America and executive producers of Dirt, a show in which Cox herself stars. Arquette appeared in the videogame ESPN NFL 2K5 and lent his voice as a celebrity adversary and his very own team, the Los Angeles Locos. Arquette is also unlockable as a Free Agent in Season Mode. He appeared in the 2001 EA video game SSX Tricky, as the voice of lead character Eddie. Arquette also starred alongside Jonathan Silverman and Kelly Hu in the ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency. He went on tour promoting his new film The Tripper. David Arquette - Personal lifeArquette married actress Courteney Cox on June 12, 1999. Their first child, a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette, was born on June 13, 2004. David Arquette - WrestlingIn 2000, after filming the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) produced movie Ready to Rumble, Arquette was brought into WCW storylines. He made his first appearance on the April 12 episode of Thunder, first sitting in the crowd, and then leaping into the ring for a (worked) confrontation with Eric Bischoff and his New Blood stable. He formed an alliance with Chris Kanyon and World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page, and with their help defeated Bischoff in a singles match in the April 24 episode of WCW Monday Nitro. The next night a show was aired (April 26), Arquette teamed with Page in a match against Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett with the stipulation that whichever man got the pin would take the championship. Arquette again pinned Bischoff, to win the match, thus making him the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. At May 7, 2000's Slamboree Arquette turned on Page and helped Jarrett win the title in a Triple Cage match - the very same match featured in Ready to Rumble - which also featured himself. After losing the title, Arquette made one last appearance on WCW television, taking part in a promo segment on the May 8 Nitro with Bischoff, Jarrett, and other New Blood members to announce that his entire title run and friendship with Page was a "swerve" before Page ran down and delivered a Diamond Cutter to him. During his short run as champion, Arquette was mostly used as comic relief. Apart from the show where he lost the title, he only appeared on one show as champion, the May 1 Nitro. On that show a vignette was shown, filmed from the set of his film 3000 Miles to Graceland, that featured both his wife, Courteney Cox-Arquette, and their co-star, Kurt Russell. In the vignette, Courteney informed Russell that Arquette was the WCW Champion, causing Russell to laugh and walk off and Arquette to chase after him with a steel chair. Also on the show, he was seen backstage wetting himself in fear and constantly attempted to "give back" the belt. He did, however, successfully defend the belt against Tank Abbott with help from Diamond Dallas Page. In 2002, Arquette made one more appearance on a professional wrestling show, popping up in the crowd at the February 8, 2002 episode of the World Wrestling Federation's SmackDown! holding up a sign that read "Former World Champion." Arquette recently was interviewed on World Wrestling Entertainments website by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Also on the Title History segment of the WWE website, there's a picture of Arquette with the championship belt with the caption "Perhaps the lowest point in the (World Heavyweight) Title's history". In fact, David Arquette was awarded the 2000 WrestleCrap Gooker Award for the worst gimmick, storyline, or event in wrestling. He donated nearly all of his WCW salary to the families of Brian Pillman, Darren Drozdov, Owen Hart, and Brian Hildebrand.
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