Vincent "Vince" Chase is the fictional main character played by Adrian Grenier on the dramedy television series Entourage. Entourage Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg named the character after legendary acting teacher Vincent Chase, whom Wahlberg became friends with while working on the 1997 film, "Traveller". Vincent is still teaching at The Vincent Chase Workshop on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Visit www.vincentchaseworkshop.com for more info. Entourage is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase — a young A-list movie star — and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... Johnny Drama Chase is a character on the dramedy television series Entourage. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Amanda Leigh Mandy Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter, model, and actress. ... Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, musician and director. ... Chronology Entourage is the pilot episode from Season 1 of the dramedy television series Entourage. ... Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, musician and director. ... Dramedy, a portmanteau of drama and comedy, is a genre of movies and television in which the lines between these very different genres were blurred. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Entourage is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase — a young A-list movie star — and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ... For the actor and television game show host, see Mark L. Walberg. ... Traveller is an American film released in 1997, starring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianna Margulies. ...

Personal life

Vince grew up in Queens, New York, one of six children in the Chase family. Vince's father was a drug addict, and his absence in the episode "Aquamom" suggests that he is dead or estranged from the family. Vince's older brother, Johnny "Drama" Chase, is also an actor and has been living in Hollywood for at least twelve years, but with considerably less success. His personal life has been an area of great speculation as he has claimed to have slept with over 1,000 women. This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... Aquamom is the Season 3 premiere episode from Season 3 of the dramedy television series Entourage. ... Jonathan Drama Chase is a character on the comedy-drama television series Entourage. ...

Throughout the series, Vince talks about how he and his entourage are "living the life" after growing up with little money, at one point saying that "I came from nothing, and as much as I like the toys, I can live without them" when told that offers for him are drying up. He is eager to share the financial and social spoils of his current stardom with them, who he thinks of as his family. While at first glance it seems that his friends are just leeches, they prove to be the ones he can depend on through thick and thin. Vince's disdain for money may be why he has only done four movies in five years, as he seems to be against working more than three months a year.

Career

Vincent Chase is a young Hollywood movie star described as potentially the best young actor of his generation. His breakout role was as the lead in the film Head On, co-starring Jessica Alba. After Head On, he was offered a role in the action film Matterhorn, but he passed. Instead, he chose to star in the independent film Queens Boulevard, based on the advice of his manager and best friend "E". The film is about a man presumably running from the law in Queens, New York, and was directed by egotistical filmmaker Billy Walsh. Queens Boulevard (or Q.B.) was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival upon completion, where it was well received, even winning the Grand Jury Award that year. Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress. ... Eric E Murphy is a character on the dramedy television series Entourage. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the state of Utah in the United States. ...

After the success of Q.B., Vince was offered the title role in the film Aquaman, which was to be directed by the master of big budget films, James Cameron. The movie became a massive success, making $116 million in ticket sales on its opening weekend, breaking the record set by Spider-Man. For other persons named James Cameron, see James Cameron (disambiguation). ... Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. ...

After the success of Aquaman, Vince was offered the role of Pablo Escobar in the bio-pic Medellín, a film that he discovered and wanted to do before Aquaman, and which was set to be directed by Crash director Paul Haggis. But conflict arose when a sequel to Aquaman was greenlit with the same start date as Medellín. Medellín was the film Vince wanted to do, and he did attempt to work out a deal to do both movies at once. However, the head of Warner Bros. reneged on an earlier promise to allow Vince to do Medellín. Vince stuck to his principles, and was subsequently replaced by Jake Gyllenhaal for the Aquaman sequel. During his trouble getting out of his Aquaman contract, Vince found out that he had already lost his role in Medellín to Benicio del Toro, leaving him jobless. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, a. ... Crash is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... “WB” redirects here. ... Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal[1] (born December 19, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ...

"E" next found a new project for Vince in a film entitled I Wanna Be Sedated, a biopic about punk-rocker Joey Ramone and his band The Ramones. But after turmoil with the film's producer Bob Ryan and with Vince's agent Ari Gold, the project was sold to Warner Bros., which refused to offer Vince another film for the rest of his career. This led to Vince firing Ari Gold. Eric E Murphy is a character on the dramedy television series Entourage. ... Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), born as Jeffry Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and songwriter best known for his work in the punk rock group the Ramones. ... This article is about the band. ... Ariel A. Ari Gold is a character on the comedy-drama television series Entourage. ...

His new agent Amanda found him a new project entitled The Glimpses of the Moon, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel, to be directed by Sam Mendes. But Vince soon found out it might still be possible to get Medellín from his former agent Ari. In hopes of getting his dream project, Vince consequently began procrastinating on Glimpses. Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. ...

After officially receiving an offer for Medellín at the very last minute, complications arose during the negotiations, which were taking place during the holiday of Yom Kippur. The film was dumped by the producer as a result. Feeling Amanda had let him down through this, Vince re-hired Ari Gold as his agent. Vince then ended up buying the script for Medellín, but only after selling his home. Once the script was purchased, negotiations were held with film producer Nick "Nicky" Rubenstein, to finance the project for $30 million. Vince turned to Billy Walsh as the director for the film. (At the time, Walsh was directing pornographic films under the alias "Wally Balls".) Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר , IPA: ), also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn of the Jewish holidays. ...

After the Medellín project was completed, Walsh submitted it to the Cannes Film Festival, where it was accepted. Someone then leaked a trailer of Medellín onto YouTube, and people began to rave over the film. Hype began to build so greatly that Vince and Walsh were offered the film adaption of the novel Lost in the Clouds. The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ...

Preproduction on the film Lost in the Clouds began, with Vince slated to star and Walsh to write/direct. But when Walsh wasn't able to adapt the novel, he began work on a script called Silo, a post-apocalypse film set in the year 2075. After Ari somehow managed to sell the studio on the new project, Lost in the Clouds was dumped and pre-production on Silo began. In the meantime, while Walsh was busy writing the script for Silo, Vincent gained an office in his manager's management group, known as The Murphy Group.

When the Cannes Film Festival finally came around, hype for Medellín had grown so large that, upon arrival, Vince and Walsh were receiving multi-million-dollar offers for the film before it even premiered. The highest bidder was Yair Marx, who offered $75 million. Once the movie was finally screened, however, the reception in the theatre was overwhelmingly negative. Marx withdrew his offer, but Harvey Weinguard offered to buy it for one dollar. Opting to look at what little bright side there was to things, Ari told Vince, "You should have seen Shakespeare in Love before Harvey got his hands on it." Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ...

Vincent and the boys, along with Billy Walsh, will be making Silo during the break between seasons 4 and 5. Most likely, we will see a premiere of it in the first few episodes, or the premiere of Medellín fixed in theatres around the world.

Inspiration

The character is named after the Hollywood acting coach who worked with Mark Wahlberg on (and appears in) the Bill Paxton feature Traveller. However, the character of Vincent Chase is loosely based on Mark Wahlberg himself. Wahlberg is an executive producer for Entourage and has achieved Hollywood success similar to the fictional success of Vincent. Vince's friend/personal assistant, Turtle, is based on Wahlberg's friend and former personal assistant Donny "Donkey" Carroll. Like Turtle, who moved to California from New York, NY's inner city (Queens, NY) with Vince, Donny followed Mark Wahlberg from Boston's inner city (Dorchester, MA)^[1]. ... For the actor and television game show host, see Mark L. Walberg. ... Entourage is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase — a young A-list movie star — and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Dorchester is the largest neighborhood within the City of Boston located within Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ...

Fictional filmography

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References

External links

• Vincent Chase Official MySpace
• Vincent Chase Official HBO web page
• Entourage Official HBO web page
• Entourage Official MySpace
• Medellín Official web page