David Arquette

David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor and former professional wrestler.

He is best known for his role as Dewey Riley in the slasher film franchise Scream, for which he won a Teen Choice Award and two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.

A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the mid-1990s after starring in several Hollywood films aside from the Scream franchise, such as Wild Bill, Never Been Kissed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, See Spot Run and Eight Legged Freaks.

He has since had several television roles, such as Jason Ventress on ABC's In Case of Emergency.

Arquette has also voiced Skully on the Disney Channel animated series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and executive produced the game show Celebrity Name Game, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.

Arquette was born in a Subud commune in Bentonville, Virginia.

He is the youngest child of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, burlesque dancer, poet, theatre operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a puppeteer and actor.

Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette.

Arquette's mother was Jewish (from a family that emigrated from Poland) while his father was a convert from Roman Catholicism to Islam; through him, David is distantly related to explorer Meriwether Lewis.

His father, whose family's surname was originally Arcouet, was partly of French-Canadian descent.

Arquette's four siblings, Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and Alexis, all became actors as well.

The Arquettes had an unusual upbringing, with a father who occasionally had issues with substance abuse.

Their mother died of breast cancer.

Arquette appeared in a number of films in the 1990s, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Airheads (1994) and Never Been Kissed (1999).

He had guest spots on television shows like Blossom (1992), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992) and Friends (1996).

Arquette achieved his biggest success in the horror/slasher film franchise Scream.

It was during the filming of the first film in 1996 that he first met his future wife, Courteney Cox.

The couple married in 1999; together, they appeared in a 2003 advertisement for Coke and formed the production company Coquette (both a portmanteau of their last names and a word meaning a flirty woman), which has produced a number of films and television series, including Daisy Does America, Dirt and Cougar Town.

As a professional wrestler, he is best remembered for his widely panned 2000 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and headlined the Slamboree pay-per-view event; he later received praise for his work on the independent wrestling circuit.

In 2000, after filming the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) film Ready to Rumble, Arquette was brought into WCW storylines.

He made his first appearance on the April 12, 2000, episode of Thunder, sitting in the crowd before leaping into the ring to take part in a worked confrontation with Eric Bischoff and his New Blood stable.

Afterwards, he formed an alliance with Chris Kanyon and then reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page, and with their help, he defeated Bischoff in a singles match on the April 24 episode of Nitro.

On the following episode of Thunder, 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.

He also appeared in the 2001 EA video game SSX Tricky, as the voice of lead character Eddie.

He also starred in See Spot Run in 2001.

Arquette starred in the 2007 ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, which was canceled after one season.

Arquette, a well known horror fan, made his directorial debut with 2007's The Tripper and has signed on to direct Glutton, a 3D psychological thriller.

Since then, he has appeared in the 2008 film Hamlet 2 and reprised his role in Scream 4, again acting alongside Cox.

He appeared in Rascal Flatts' music video for their song "Why Wait" in 2010.

He appeared alongside his sister in the TV show Medium in January 2011.

The film began shooting in July 2011 in Canada.

He was eliminated on November 1, 2011.

Arquette guest starred alongside Cox on Cougar Town in 2012.

Arquette appeared in the Sega video game ESPN NFL 2K5, voicing himself as a "celebrity adversary" and manager of his own team, the Los Angeles Locos, as well as appearing as an unlockable character in Season Mode.

Arquette appeared on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with two-time champion Kym Johnson.

On October 7, 2013, Arquette's new show Dream School, in which he plays a mentor to high risk kids in L.A., premiered on the Sundance Channel.

In 2017, he starred in the reboot of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters as Captain Barnabus.

In May 2020, it was confirmed that Arquette would be reprising his role as Dewey Riley for the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

The film was released on January 14, 2022.

Arquette has appeared on The Howard Stern Show many times, including multiple times as the show's celebrity intern.