This is the list of major and minor recurring characters in the HBO comedy-drama television series Entourage. This list focuses on the characters themselves whether they are real people or fictional characters. For the complete list of celebrity appearances and cameos see the List of celebrities appearing on Entourage. Characters with links indicate the actual actor/actress in the role.
Debi Mazar's recurring role of Shauna in season 1 becomes a regular role in season 2. Mazar makes her final regular appearance in episode 42. When she made appearances in seasons 4 and 5, Mazar was credited as a special guest star. Perrey Reeves (Melissa 'Mrs Ari' Gold) and Rex Lee (Lloyd) had recurring roles in the first two seasons. Starting in season three, Reeves and Lee joined the supporting cast of the show and were credited as "starring" in the end credits in the episodes that they appeared in. After Debi Mazar left on maternity leave, Reeves began to receive in the opening credits starting in season 4 replacing Mazar's credit, and is now credited whether she appears in the episode or not. Rex Lee's name also now appears in the opening credits as of season 5 whether he appears in the episode or not.
Rhys Coiro's recurring character Billy Walsh was given a bigger role in the storyline, and Coiro was credited as "starring" in the first six episodes of the season. However, when his character returned in episode 52, he again was credited as a guest star.
A gay Chinese-American with an art history degree from Sarah Lawrence College and MBA from Stanford Business School, Lloyd first appeared in the second season as Ari's assistant. Unlike with Ari's previous assistants, he is able to endure his boss' frequent barbs at his sexual orientation and ethnicity. When Ari is fired in the episode "Exodus," Lloyd is the only one who joins him on the way out and works for Ari's new agency in the third season. Over the course of the season, he continues to prove himself on the job, booking Drama's role in the drama series Five Towns. Ari eventually earns Lloyd's gratitude when he rescues Lloyd from a gay TV writer who wanted to take advantage of him and reunites him with his boyfriend after a breakup in the fourth season. Having spent years as Ari's assistant by the time of the sixth season, Lloyd tries to talk to him about a promotion. Ari makes him endure a series of challenges over 100 days, which proves hard for Lloyd that he leaves Ari to take up Adam Davies' offer to work at TMA. Ari responds in the episode "Berried Alive" by ensuring that nobody in Hollywood will work with Lloyd again, starting with his attempt to sign Drama as a client after he is taken off Five Towns. When the Miller-Gold Agency merges with TMA in the season 6 finale "Give A Little Bit," Ari finally promotes Lloyd as an agent. Lloyd continues to work under him into the seventh season. In the final season, Ari makes Lloyd the interim chief of TMA's TV division upon the condition that he will task the Mad Men production staff to derail the audition of a waiter Ari mistakes as dating his wife. As Ari steps down from TMA in the series finale, Lloyd is surprised and confronts Ari for not letting him know early on, telling Ari that he was his inspiration. Ari exhorts Lloyd to continue working at TMA under Babs Miller. Played by Rex Lee (74 Episodes)
A former soap actress turned Beverly Hills socialite, Melissa Gold, known for most of the show's run as "Mrs. Ari", is Ari's long-suffering wife and the mother of his children. She is strong enough to stand up to Ari's intimidating personality, and is in charge of the homestead. It is revealed in season 3 that the two first met at Harvard years before the events of the series and came from a rich Jewish family who left her a sizeable trust fund (which Ari dips into to finance his new agency). In season 4, she receives a call from the producers of the soap opera The Young and the Restless to reprise her old role of Kendall Scott for a one-day comeback but turns down a full-time role to concentrate on raising her children. In season five, it is revealed that Melissa once featured in an erotic film that Ari tried to hide, but Adam Davies posted a picture from the film on the web. Mrs Ari has been shown to fully support her husband in his decisions through thick and thin, although in season 6, she is disgusted with Ari lying to her about Andrew Klein cheating on his wife Marlo (whom she had become close friends with). In the season 6 finale "Give A Little Bit," Mrs Ari refuses to give Ari additional money to buy out the Terrance McQuewick Agency because of his admission of wanting to avenge his firing years before, but she is convinced to lend him the money for business reasons. The marital problems that built up in season 7 prompts Mrs Ari to separate from Ari and files for divorce while seeing Bobby Flay, playing himself, for most of the eighth season. However, Mrs Ari breaks up with Flay and reconciles with Ari in the series finale.
Mrs. Ari is a recurring guest star in the first three seasons and a credited star in the intro of Season 4. Creator/Producer/Head Writer Doug Ellin has stated the change in the introduction credits is the work of HBO. He added in many interviews and on various DVD commentaries that Mrs. Ari will never get a first name in the show. In the eighth season, however, it is finally revealed that her first name is Melissa. Ellin based Mrs Ari's name on his wife Melissa Hecht. Reeves was brought into the cast while she was shooting Mr and Mrs Smith.[1] Played by Perrey Reeves (68 Episodes)
Vince's publicist, who describes herself as Vince's "West-Coast mother", is a brutally honest woman who speaks her mind to Vince and the boys. Shauna is a recurring guest star in Season 1 and a star in Season 2, 3 and 4. At the beginning of season 3, Shauna is pregnant but is still working as a publicist for Vince. In Season 3 season finale we find out her child is a girl, but in season 4 Gary's Desk episode we find out its now a boy as she asks her assistant where is her son. Creator/Producer/Head Writer Doug Ellin has stated the change in the introduction credits is the work of HBO. In season 5 she gets Vincent a job to do an appearance at a sweet sixteen party in which he will be paid $200k which would prevent Vince from having to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy. She needed help from Marvin to convince Eric and Vincent to take the appearance job. She helps Vincent during his Jay Leno appearance in the season 6 premier. Played by Debi Mazar. (38 Episodes)
Terrance's daughter, with whom Eric was romantically involved in seasons 2 and 3. At the beginning of season 4, Eric said that he and Sloan are "taking a break". In the middle of Season 4, it is shown that they actually broke up in the season 3 episode. Sloan reappears in season 5 after Seth Green gives Eric an ultimatum with regards to starring in his client's TV show. Eric must convince Sloan to call Seth and ask him to do the show or else he would refuse. Sloan is initially taken aback by the request and refuses, as she also hates Seth Green for stalking her following a Teen Tour several years back. However, as Eric is leaving, she realizes that his situation is desperate and agrees to make the call if Eric really wants. It is also revealed that Sloan may still have feelings for Eric following their parting discussion about them both being single. In season 6 Sloan convinces E to rent her friend's house. E later admits during "The Great Gatsby" premier after party he still wants a relationship with her, and she states she just wants to be friends, but can't be at this point until he gets over her. During a charity golf game she is co-chairing, she informs her godfather Murray Berensen about E and Murray offers E a job. E turns down Murray's job offer initially after hearing about it, but reconsiders it after breaking up with Ashley. He calls to apologize to Sloan after getting the job and asks her out for a drink, but after learning Sloan has a new boyfriend and getting a call from Ashley, E decides they can no longer spend time together until Sloan can decide what she wants from their relationship. In the Season 6 finale, Eric takes Sloan to lunch, and after a long argument, reveals his intent to marry her, and proposes to her. She accepts, and now Eric and Sloan are engaged. In the beginning of season 8, it is shown that E and Sloan have again split from each other and Sloan is moving to New York. She is pregnant with Eric's child and wants him to have nothing with her or their child. However, after Turtle, Drama, and Vince all ask her to look into her heart, she sees that she still is in love with Eric, and gets on a plane with him to an undisclosed location when Vince goes to Paris to get married. Played by Emmanuelle Chriqui. (28 Episodes)
William "Billy" Walsh is a mercurial independent film director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer who prefers to work independently and autonomously. Walsh is supremely confident about his own abilities and artistic vision and routinely rejects any attempt by others to express an opinion about his work. He chafes against any restrictions placed on his work and continuously rails against the "suits" who worry about finances and interfere with artistic expression. Although Walsh often expresses views that indicate he is an art movie snob (he insists that his works are "films" and says he "hate[s] movies"), he tells Anna Faris in the Season 4 episode "No Cannes Do" that he is a movie enthusiast and sees everything and he has seen Scary Movie multiple times and has enjoyed it. Walsh often surrounds himself with the trappings of indulgence—prostitutes, strippers, alcohol, drugs, gambling, expensive food, etc. Although Walsh is perpetually broke due to his reckless spending, he had grown up in Scarsdale, New York, in a wealthy family and made his name at age 24 when he became the youngest director to win top prize at the Sundance Film Festival with his movie Days (or Daze).
Walsh makes his first appearance in the first season episode "The Scene." In a previous episode, "The Script and the Sherpa," Josh Weinstein—a young agent who not long before worked as Ari Gold's assistant—had accosted Eric in a locker room and given him a script to read. The script was for Queens Boulevard, a "vanity project" (i.e., not expected to earn substantial profits) set in the very neighborhood in which Vincent, Eric, Johnny, and Turtle grew up. After persuading the movie's producer, Scott Wick, to accept Vince for the lead role, and persuading Ari to help get Vince signed to the project, the boys are sent to meet Walsh, who has been signed on as the movie's director. Johnny is aware of Walsh's reputation as a "hot," up-and-coming star. They find Walsh lounging in a sprawling suite at the Chateau Marmont hotel with dozens of debauched hangers-on. Walsh has rewritten the script and it now includes a scene in which Vince's character has a homosexual encounter. The boys worry over the scene, but Vince is charmed by Walsh and decides to agree to the scene. Walsh then reveals that he was testing Vince's commitment and his willingness to put his trust in him.
In the final episode of the first season, "New York," the boys leave for New York to film Queens Boulevard and three months later, by the time the first episode of the second season begins, filming has been completed and the boys return to Los Angeles. Vince is happy with his experience working with Walsh. The boys next encounter him in "An Offer Refused" when Walsh tells Eric that Sundance has accepted his submission of "Queens Boulevard" and predicts that he will be the first director to win Sundance two years in a row. In "Neighbors," Walsh brings Vincent in to loop overdubs for Queens Boulevard dialogue. Vince is trying to get cast as the lead in Aquaman, but James Cameron, the director wants to see footage of his performance in Queens Boulevard. Walsh refuses to let anyone see any part of the movie before its premiere at Sundance. In "Chinatown," Scott Wick agrees to try to persuade Walsh to send Cameron a copy, but Wick fails; however, Cameron decides to go to Sundance to see the premiere. In "The Sundance Kids," Walsh is very nervous before the screening, having had a bad dream about it, but it is well received.
In "Good Morning, Saigon," Billy demands Johnny's watch before he will listen to a track by Saigon that Turtle wants him to use in the soundtrack for Queens Boulevard. The studio is finally ready to release Queens Boulevard in Season 3, but in the episode "The Release," the success of Aquaman and good audience testing results have prompted studio executives to push for a wide release aimed at general audiences rather than as a black-and-white art film. Billy finds out that the studio has colorized the movie and plans to seek an injunction to halt the release. At a press conference announcing the release of the movie, Billy yells "fuck commerce" as Vincent denounces the movie to the international press gathered there.
In "Adios Amigos," when the boys find out they have limited funding to produce Medellin, they decide that they want Walsh because he is "a director with a vision and a guy who knows how to stretch a dollar." Eric and Vince find Walsh directing a porn film under the name "Wally Balls." Walsh says he has a 25-movie deal with the porn producers and he has the flexibility to make films how he wants; he plans to bring back "1970s-type class to porn, and ... the wide bush." Eric persuades Billy to read the script for Medellin anyway and Billy likes it, but he wants to meet the financier, Nick Rubenstein (Adam Goldberg). Although Billy had told Eric and Vincent that he could make the movie for $25 million, he pesters Nick for more money and antagonizes him by calling him "trust-fund baby" and hinting that he has been intimate with Nick's girlfriend. At dinner, Billy antagonizes Nick even more, but the boys persuade him to write a check for $30 million. At the last minute, Walsh decides to do the entire movie in Spanish.
At the beginning of the fourth season, shooting of Medellin has begun in Colombia, but Walsh is falling apart. Billy makes bizarre demands, such as wanting 1,400 actual Colombian soldiers as extras in a scene. Billy threatens to sell Turtle "as a drug mule" when his cellphone rings during a production meeting. Three days before production begins, he announces that the ending of the movie has to be rewritten. Eric wants to shut down for a week while Billy works on the script, but Billy pushes forward. Billy insists on casting Leila, a gorgeous local girl (Sofia Vergara), for a small part as a village girl, although Eric says that the part had called for someone who looked more like Linda Hunt than Salma Hayek. After seeing the first dailies, he becomes enraged (although the boys are quite pleased with the footage) and assaults the director of photography, announcing he will run the camera himself. Production slows down as Billy becomes obsessed with Leila and Billy refuses to let anyone else see any more dailies. Eric pushes Billy to work on the ending of the script, but now Billy, frustrated in his advances towards Leila, is determined to find out which man has won her affections. At first he thinks that she is sleeping with Vincent, so Billy refuses to speak to Vincent, even relaying directorial instructions on set through Eric. Billy then announces that he is unable to finish the script and he needs Stephen Gaghan to rewrite the ending; meanwhile, he lines up every member of the crew to question them about their relationships with Leila. Billy is cracking under the pressure of such a huge production—he says his last movie "had only 12 people in it" -- and Eric is surprised to discover that the egotistical Walsh is suffering from insecurity. Eric manages to accomplish the impossible and gets Gaghan; Billy is so excited by the prospect of working with Gaghan that he manages to rewrite the script just as Gaghan is arriving in Colombia. Gaghan, somewhat bemused at having been paid $275,000 for no work, agrees that Billy's rewrite is good. Billy finishes filming the final scene of the movie, a military assault scene that he is pleased with.
In "The First Cut is the Deepest," Walsh is back in Los Angeles editing the movie and refusing to let anyone see any portion of it. When Eric finally persuades Billy to show them the first edit, Eric and Vincent congratulate Billy but Eric tells Vincent in confidence that the cut is not good, that the movie is long and boring. The next day, in "Malibooty," Walsh greets Eric warmly, saying that he is starting to believe that "artists and capitalist pigs can work together," and he gives Eric a DVD with a promotional trailer for the film. Eric tries to discuss his ideas for re-editing the movie, which angers Billy and he tells Eric that he has already sent a print of the movie to be considered for entry at the Cannes Film Festival. Panicking, Eric uses the trailer to sell the movie to Harvey Weingard before the Cannes jury rejects the submission, but the movie is accepted at Cannes after all. In "The Dream Team," the boys find out that someone has posted the trailer on YouTube, and Billy blames Eric; they brawl in public, knocking over tables at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers. Walsh later is getting a large tattoo across his entire back (of the title "Medellin" and Pablo Escobar's face) when Vincent persuades him to meet with critic Elvis Mitchell. At the meeting, Walsh can barely hide his animosity towards Eric, but Mitchell mistakes their trenchant barbs for a close relationship. After Mitchell leaves, Eric calls Walsh a "hack" and Vincent manages to head off another public brawl.
Ari uses the favorable publicity over Medellin to sign Eric, Vincent, and Walsh to work together on their next project, Lost in the Clouds. In "The WeHo Ho," Vincent wants to get Walsh off the project because of his animosity towards Eric, but Walsh shows up at Ari's office to sign him as his agent. Billy then apologizes to Eric, having found out that the video was posted on the internet by his editor's girlfriend. The three go to Dana Gordon's office to discuss Lost in the Clouds, and Walsh rages when he finds out that Gordon has postponed the meeting by an hour. Walsh behaves obnoxiously when Gordon arrives, but Gordon takes a liking to him anyway. Eric, however, decides he can't work with Billy. Eric tells Ari and Vincent that he believes that Walsh isn't up to doing the movie because "he's peaked and his best days are behind him." In "Snow Job," Walsh delivers a script, but instead of an adaptation of "Lost in the Clouds," a story about two men trapped on a snowy mountaintop, Walsh has written "Silo," a futuristic sci-fi thriller. Walsh refuses to return the $500,000 advance he has been paid for the script and says he is unable to do the adaptation. When Ari warns Walsh that he could be sued for breach of contract and lose his movie career, Walsh responds with, "Well, good thing I paint." Ari tells Dana Gordon to fire Walsh and promises to find a new screenwriter and director, but Vincent likes Walsh's "Silo" screenplay and tells Ari to set up a deal. Walsh is distraught when he believes that he's let Vincent down and threatens suicide, but Vincent talks him down. Ari goes over Dana Gordon's head to persuade Richard Wimmer to accept "Silo" in place of "Lost in the Clouds."
In "No Cannes Do," Walsh is excited about going to Cannes with Medellin. When he finds out that Eric is working with Anna Faris, he says he wants to rewrite one of the roles in Silo for her. Eric sets up a meeting while they are waiting for LAX to be re-opened after a terrorism alert. Faris is skeptical but Billy persuades her to read the script. Walsh gets annoyed with Eric for not being more encouraging in the meeting. After reading Walsh's script, Anna tells Eric she doesn't "get it." Eric had promised Vincent to do anything he could to get Faris to sign on, but eventually he admits that he doesn't like the screenplay. Back at the airport, Walsh has taken so much Ambien, he can't lift his one suitcase. When there's not enough room on Sydney Pollack's private plane for everyone, Vincent tells Walsh to go on ahead to Cannes while they try to get another flight, but Walsh says he's a "team player" and stays with the group. When Eric arrives back at the airport with the news that Faris won't do the movie, Walsh says that he's happy about it because was reconsidering rewriting the role anyway, but he expresses the hope that she might still date him.
Arriving at the festival in "The Cannes Kids," Walsh is confident that Medellin will fetch a good price and he chides Eric for doubting. Walsh scoffs at Johnny for claiming to be famous in France for Viking Quest. When Johnny claims that Viking Quest has high sales on Amazon.fr, Walsh replies, "Well, even Jerry Lewis gets pussy here, so who knows?" When Nicky Rubenstein forces the group to meet with Yair Marx, Walsh laughs when Marx demands to see the film before its premiere. When Marx tries to persuade them with gold Rolex watches, Walsh says he got one for graduation. He even refuses to give Marx a preview showing of the film in exchange for Marx's own Patek Phillipe watch. Walsh asks Marx if he could sell the Rolex for cash, but decides to refuse the gift anyway, but Marx gives him the Patek Phillipe "for [his] consideration." Walsh insists on getting a distribution deal from a traditional Hollywood studio and derides Eric for even considering Marx's offer. The premiere is a flop, drawing boos from the Cannes audience, and in the end it sells for $1 to Harvey Weingard who releases it straight to DVD. Walsh gets up to rail against the crowd for leaving before the credits finish. It is implied that this failure has resulted in cancellation of the Silo project and has effectively ended Walsh's movie career.
Walsh often expressed interest in intimacy with various women, but he had a steady girlfriend, Catherine (Michelle Lombardo). While he was house-sitting the palatial mansion owned by Catherine's parents, Walsh expressed the hope that they would die before the estate tax was increased. Nevertheless, Cat is very loyal to Billy, at least in some respects. There are some indications that Billy and Cat have some kind of open arrangement regarding sex. When the boys first find him at the Chateau Marmont, one of the people in attendance is a half-dressed young woman who keeps denouncing Billy as an "asshole," implying a deep level of intimacy with him. Additionally, in "The First Cut Is the Deepest," when Eric and Vincent ask Cat what she thought of the first cut of Medellin, she says that should would never betray Billy "in that way," implying that there are other ways in which she would be willing to betray him. Walsh also has a rocky relationship with his mother, who often expresses disparaging opinions about his movies.
Billy returns in season 7 in "Hair," as a seemingly reformed version of himself. He states that he has sobered up for the past two years by staying away from alcohol and drugs, and his clean cut, shaven appearance indicates that. He is supposedly an ordained minister and a married family man with a fifth child on the way. Now peaceful with everyone he encounters, Billy goes out of his way to meet with E, as he's in need of any directing job so to provide for his growing family. He offers a proposal by E by developing an animated series with Drama, whom he finds funny. In previous seasons, Billy used to taunt E by calling him "a suit" for his business sense, but later acknowledges that E would be successful as a business manager in Hollywood when he meets with him again.
According to interviews on the season 2 DVD, the Billy character was inspired mainly by Entourage writer Rob Weiss as well as Vincent Gallo. Played by Rhys Coiro (23 Episodes)
First appearing as Mandy Moore's agent in the second season, Babs is depicted as Ari Gold's mentor years before the events of the series. In the first half of season 3, Babs alerts Ari about the growing opposition to his creation of a new agency and comes to his aid after Terrence McQuewick (implied as her ex-husband) denies him the money. Ari and Babs agrees to a 50/50 partnership in the new Miller-Gold Agency (MGA), where they must both agree on hiring or firing employees. They periodically get at odds with each other over various issues within the company during the next two seasons. In the fifth season, after she discovers Ari being offered the presidency of Warner Brothers, Babs tells Ari she will pay him 10 cents per every dollar he invested in the agency. She also objects to Ari's plans to merge MGA with Andrew Klein's Klein-Cutler Talent Agency despite its profitability and clean finances. She eventually relents and agrees to the buyout as long as Ari will take care of Klein's wages.
In season 6, Barbara wants to fire Klein after she sees him walking around the agency in his robe and threatens to do so unless he can sign Aaron Sorkin by the end of the day. Although Klein does gets the job, Barbara begins to think less of him. In the seventh season, Babs works with Ari in dealing with the NFL and fallout from the disclosure of Lizzie Grant's blackmail. In the series finale, Babs assumes full control of the company as Ari resigns to spend time with his family. Played by Beverly D'Angelo. (23 Episodes)
First appearing in Season 2 as the vice-president for production at Warner Brothers, Dana works with Ari to help Vincent Chase secure the role for Aquaman. The working relationship comes to a short end by the conclusion of season 3's first half when Ari's admission to Bob Ryan about Dana's information on the final fate of his Ramones film script gets her fired. Dana is accepted as an executive in another studio in the fourth season, where she clashes with Billy Walsh and Ari regarding the treatment of a script Walsh rewrote into an entirely new movie. She also avoids buying Medellin for distribution after the film's failure at the Cannes Film Festival. In the fifth season, Ari was able to get Dana the "Head of the Studio" position. The success of the maneuver results in Dana securing Vince for the film Smoke Jumpers, but issues with director Verner Vollstedt eventually lead to the project's cancellation despite Dana's attempts to get him in line. In Season 7, Dana is rebuffed by Ari over Vince's drug test ordered by Air-Walker director Peter Berg.
Over the course of the series, various exchanges between Ari and Dana hint at a romantic and sexual relationship in the early 1990s. Ari also joked to Dana in the seventh season about she becoming the woman he would like to fool around with if he decides to cheat on Mrs. Ari. In the final season, it is revealed that the two were once lovers until September 1992. At the time, Dana wanted to get married to Ari, who broke up with her so he can marry who eventually became Mrs. Ari. The repercussions from Ari and Mrs. Ari's separation at the start of the eighth season prompts him to seek solace once again in Dana's arms. Both regretted walking away from each other years before and try to make their renewed relationship work, even as Mrs. Ari files for divorce. The attempts fail, especially after Dana encounters Ari's children at the TMA office.
Ari and Dana finally part ways in the penultimate episode "Second to Last" when Ari states that despite them being good together and making Dana happy once again, he still loved his wife. A heartbroken Dana, who wanted to have a child with Ari as she was close to 40 years old, encourages him to go back to Mrs Ari. Played by Constance Zimmer. (18 Episodes)
An ambitious young manager at Murray Berenson's management group. He clashes with Eric on his first day at the company over Bob Saget and who gets to sign him, as Scott had been trying to do for the past month. Scott holds a meeting with Bob Saget with Eric in the meeting as well. Scott tries to sell Bob, but he doesn't want to talk to him and would prefer to talk to Eric. When Bob tells Eric he'll sign if he can have sex in Murray's office, Eric tells Scott, who doesn't believe him, leading Eric to ask Murray himself, who agrees. Scott later mocks Eric over a sexual encounter he had with someone who's notorious for having many sexual encounters, further fueling Eric's paranoia that he might have an STD. Scott plays a more prominent role in the seventh season, first luring Vince away from Eric with a potential superhero franchise film Air-Walker, increasing the rivalry between him and Eric. Eric and Scott bury the hatchet after Eric congratulates him on finding the script, and together they try to keep Vince in control when he starts using cocaine. Their newfound friendship comes to a halt when Eric learns that Scott may have encouraged Vince's recent erratic behavior. Despite Eric's hostility toward him, Scott offers Eric the opportunity to supplant Murray, which Scott had been wanting to do for a while as Murray lives off of other people's work without doing any work himself. Despite Eric's relationship with Murray, Eric eventually agrees out of anger at Murray for speaking poorly of him. Played by Scott Caan. (14 episodes)
First appearing late in Season 1, Davies worked at the Terrence McQuewick Agency (TMA) and represented Drama, purportedly as part of a "family deal". When Ari plans a rebellion codenamed "Tsetse Fly Elite Eight" in the season 2 episode "Exodus," he helps seal Ari's fate after he tips off returning TMA boss Terrence McQuewick to the plan, having been turned off by Ari's abrasive behavior. With Vince deciding to join Ari, Davies drops Drama as well. His deception continues in season 3 when Ari sets up a bigger agency to rival TMA and wants in on it, but Ari rejects him. Davies reappears in Season 5, tricking Ari and Vince for false hopes of a meeting for a new project. Their rivalry takes a personal turn in the episode "The All Out Fall Out" when a simple drag race gradually escalates to Davies blackmailing Ari with pictures of Mrs Ari in an old soft-core porn movie, forcing Ari to threaten to beat him up in front of his colleagues at TMA. Davies eventually apologizes. In Season 6, Davies is promoted to being a partner at TMA. When Ari maneuvers to have Zac Efron fire him as his agent, Davies successfully offers Lloyd a job as agent at TMA. He is left uneasy with Ari and Terrence's negotiations of a merger. It is proven true in the season finale "Give a Little Bit," as he is hit by Ari's paintball barrage in firing employees. Played by Jordan Belfi. (14 Episodes)
A once successful TV actress and Turtle's girlfriend at the end of Season 5 and throughout Season 6. Turtle meets Jamie when he wins a first class seat from Hawaii to Los Angeles. He finds her distressed over a recent break-up and she appears to take a liking to him when he helps her get over it by giving her an aisle seat and sneaking her some drinks. In the LAX baggage claim, she gives him her number and permission to call her. Drama then continues to tease Turtle about his chances with her to the point where Turtle angrily proclaims that she jerked him off. Drama doesn't believe him and starts telling it to everyone he runs into, none of whom believe it either. The entourage run into Jamie at a night club later and Jamie throws a drink in Turtle's face for telling everyone she jerked him off. Drama tries to fix it by telling her it was him who told everyone, but she tells him that she actually did jerk him off and she's mad that he told Drama about it. She then says she actually liked him and would have had sex with him as well if he didn't say anything. One night, Jamie calls Turtle and tells him to come over and not to tell anyone. They have sex and spend the entire day together, where Jamie says she is attracted to losers as the reason for her calling him. She learns of Turtle's life and dreams and gets him to reveal his real name, Sal. Their plans to spend the weekend together are cut short when Turtle is asked to accompany Vince back to Queens. They keep in touch while he is there, while Drama keeps wondering who he's talking to. Drama then steals Turtle's phone when Jamie calls and answers it, causing her to reveal her relationship with Turtle. In season 6 premier we find out that Jamie and Turtle have entered in a relationship and they make their relationship public at the premiere of Vince's "Great Gatsby" film. Jamie gets Turtle a Porsche for his 30th birthday and helps him decide the next step to take in opening his limo business is to go back to school at UCLA Extension to take business classes. Jamie then agrees to appear on an episode of Drama's TV show as a love interest for Drama. The scene goes over well and Jamie catches the interest of the show's head of production Dan Coakley, who wants to discuss career plans with her as well as get into bed with her, much to Drama's suspicions. Drama asks Jamie to testify against Coakley, but despite her gratitude, she insists to Drama that Coakley remained professional around her. Jamie later becomes suspicious when she hears about the sorority prank played on Turtle. She gets offered the lead in a pilot that films in New Zealand. She and Turtle plan to continue their relationship despite the long distance, but Jamie becomes suspicious again when she sees that Turtle accepted a friend request from Brooke on Facebook. Turtle deletes her as a friend, but Jamie decides at the airport that she doesn't want to hold Turtle back with her in New Zealand and tearfully lets him go, telling him she loves him before leaving. When Turtle decides to come visit Jamie in New Zealand to prove his love for her, Jamie calls him to tell him that she already tried a long distance relationship that didn't work out, and that she doesn't want that with Turtle because she loves him. (13 Episodes)
Andrew Klein is a TV literary agent who used to work in the Valley, having been a partner at the Klein-Cutler Talent Agency. Before that, he and Ari used to work together as assistants in Terrance and Jim Oliver's Agency. When Terrance and Jim Oliver split their agency half the agents went with Terrance (Ari included), and the other half went with Jim (Andrew included). Jim Oliver would end up ripping off both his clients and employees. Ari and Andrew's meeting ended up Andrew asking Ari for a 500K loan, since the writers strike has been hurting his agency (Klein-Cutter Talent Agency). He gives Ari his financial records to prove he can pay back the loan. After Lloyd does some accounting calculations, Lloyd discovers that Klein-Cutter Talent Agency is very profitable and has a writer in every television series currently on and can pay back Ari within 90 days. During a second dinner meeting, Ari tells Andrew he wants to buy Klein-Cutter. Andrew initially doesn't want to because he wouldn't be his own boss, but Ari tells him that the buy out would mean more money, more responsibility and a second chance at being a big time agent. If Andrew still felt he didn't want to sell, then Ari would be happy to give out the loan. But after Ari telling Andrew if it weren't for him Ari would have left Los Angeles during their days as assistants to go back to Chicago and become a lawyer, Andrew finally agrees. However, when Ari goes to inform Babs after the dinner, she dismisses the idea of an expansion involving Andrew Klein due to his personality. Like Ari he married young, he has a wife (Marlo) and two kids. He is shocked that he has to prove himself to Babs in order to join Miller-Gold Talent Agency. Ari pays for Klein's new clothes as a welcoming gift to his agency. Klein has a panic attack, when Babs demands he demonstrate how he would sign a top actor or actress to their agency. Babs initially disagrees to Klein joining after his panic attack, but after Ari ambushes Babs at her award ceremony she is forced to agree. Andrew's role within the agency usually focuses on landing and developing relationships with writer/producer clients, which he often has success. He is seen drinking on many occasions. He is having an affair with a junior agent (Lizzie) in his department, which he initially denies to Ari but eventually admits it. This worries Ari over the agency's business affairs and it spills into his personal life when Andrew's affair escalates. Andrew begs Ari not for fire him, after he left his wife and Lizzie refuses to take him back, ends up sleeping in his car. Ari informs him that he has gotten him a "free pussy pass" that will not cause his marriage to end with Marlo. Ari tells Andrew to repair his marriage, but Marlo refused to let him in the house again. He eventually crashes his car into his living room after Marlo burns his notes for a meeting with Aaron Sorkin. While in jail, Sorkin comes with Ari and agrees to be a client after seeing how bad Klein looked reminding him of his own divorce years ago. This deal seems to mend any tensions Ari has with Andrew. He is then released from jail and heads back to work with full confidence. He later advises Ari on buying out Terrance's agency, aware of the potentially lucrative deal from the agency's sitcom holdings. In Season 7, it is revealed that he is in rehab, leaving the agency without a Head for the TV department. In the following episode, Ari reveals to Aaron Sorkin that Andrew was writing company checks to pay for hookers, and will never work for the company again. However, Andrew resurfaces in the form of a phone call he puts to Ari while in rehab, seemingly rehabilitated and at peace with himself. He warns a smirking Ari of Lizzie Grant's threat to hurt Ari's reputation. Played by Gary Cole (12 Episodes)
First appearing in Season 6, Lizzie is a junior agent working in the Miller Gold Agency's TV division under Andrew Klein, with whom she has an affair. However, its potential ramifications prompt the two to end it in the episode Running on E, and Ari almost fires her. As a result, she improves her work performance, signing John Stamos as a client. Her ties to Cincinnati and Northwestern University help her convince David Schwimmer to do television again. In season 7, Lizzie's knowledge of the NFL proves vital to Ari's efforts to bring in a team to Los Angeles - and a moment of joy between them causes a rift between Ari and his wife. She eventually resigns from TMA and works for Amanda Daniels in the episode "Dramedy" when Ari refuses her demands to take over the agency's television department with Klein being terminated. In addition to trying to get clients out of TMA and suing Ari for unlawful dismissal, it is revealed that Lizzie has blackmail files and audiotapes of his behavior, which she threatens to hand over to the press. However, Lizzie decides that she doesn't want to be involved in Amanda's revenge scheme and makes peace with Ari by giving him her materials, but not before Deadline Hollywood somehow learns about the contents. Played by Autumn Reeser. (10 Episodes)
Ari's former partner and boss at the Terrance McQuewick Agency (TMA). A high school dropout, Terrance is a very powerful figure in the industry and one who has been able to make or break careers. In Season 2, Terrance returns from retirement, leading to several confrontations with Ari, and ultimately the termination of Ari's partnership agreement. He offers Ari a settlement of over $10 million, but refuses to pay when he learns Ari will use the money to form his own agency. He doesn't appear again in the series until late in Season 6, when he pays Ari a visit at Miller Gold and asks him to buy TMA. Ari accepts the offer, but for a price lower than Terrance wanted after learning he has been cheating on his wife, Melinda Clarke. When Terrance puts an additional contract clause into the buyout, Ari drops the deal. Terrance visits Ari to tell him he specifically wanted him to buy TMA and that he regretted firing Ari years before. In Season 7, Terrance tries to make E sign a pre-nuptial agreement. In the final season, he threatens to kill E because he sired a child with Sloan upon learning about it from Vince. Played by Malcolm McDowell. (10 Episodes)
The older of Ari and Melissa Gold's two children, Sarah is depicted as the more sensible member of the family. Being "Daddy's little girl," Ari takes it upon himself to protect her from any unwanted attention at her age, although he claims Vincent Chase is her star crush (revealed in the Season 2 episode "The Bat Mitzvah") In the season 3 episode "Dominated," Sarah begins to like child actor Max Ballard who just moved in across the street from the Gold house, unsettling Ari. Their relationship comes to an end when Max goes to Kazakhstan to shoot a new movie, which unknown to Sarah, was Ari's plan to get him away from her. In the season 4 episode "The Day Fuckers," Ari pulls out Sarah from her exclusive private school upon discovering that her brother Jonah would not be admitted the following school year. She returns in the Season 8 episode "Motherf*cker," when she gets angry at her father because he promised to introduce her to Taylor Lautner (he failed to appear for a meeting at TMA). A heart-to-heart talk between them in the series finale eventually prompts Ari to resign from TMA. Played by Cassidy Lehrman.
Assistant to Shauna, Vince's publicist. The actress who plays Christy, Kate Albrecht, is the daughter of Former HBO President/CEO Chris Albrecht. (13 Episodes)
Amanda becomes Vince's sexy new agent in the second half of the third season. She pushes Vince to do an adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel as his next movie but gets very upset when Vince puts it on hold as Ari reintroduces the Medellin script to him. Amanda feuds with Ari during this time because both want Vince as a client. Amanda and Vince's professional relationship turns into a short romance. However, the two formally part ways in the episode "Return of the King" when Vince wrongfully blames her as the reason he did not land the lead role in Medellin. In season 5, Eric seeks her help in selling an indie script entitled Nine Brave Souls, which Ari doesn't want Vince doing after the Medellin flop. She agrees to read it; if Eric can get her on board he will be able to sign the writers as his newest clients. Amanda reveals that Edward Norton liked the script and wants to call the movie Smoke Jumpers and produce it with the help of a big studio. She becomes Ari's potential rival for studio president Alan Gray's job after he dies of a heart attack. In the episode "First Class Jerk," he tries to convince Amanda that he will not take the job but asks her to get Vince as the second lead in Smoke Jumpers. Still bitter over being fired as Vince's agent, Amanda wants the studio job to ensure the company will no longer work with Vince and Ari. Ari outsmarts Daniels by maneuvering Dana Gordon for the position just to spite Amanda. She strikes back in season 7 when she emerges as Lizzie Grant's new boss, helps her steal TMA clients, and sabotages Ari's efforts to open an NFL franchise team in Los Angeles. Amanda loses her respect for Ari in the episode "Porn Scenes in an Italian Restaurant" as he rants about her revenge plots, but admits that she only wanted to bring him back on the NFL plan. Played by Carla Gugino. (12 Episodes)
Ari Gold's youngest child and only son. Ari is very uncharacteristically sensitive around him, and has mentioned on many occasions that he loves Jonah a lot. He is played by the son of creator Doug Ellin in the later seasons. (11 Episodes)
First appearing in Season 1 as Ari's assistant, Emily meets E during the gang's meeting with Ari when Vince gamely asks her if she had a boyfriend. Over the course of the season, E and Emily gradually get closer and enter into a relationship without Ari knowing. Emily tries to keep business and personal life separate. In the episode "Busey and the Beach", both Eric and Emily have a falling out as the situation of business escalated into harsh feelings. Towards the end of the season, Ari discovers their relationship and warns E against trying to date his female assistants. Emily eventually resigns and found work as James Cameron's assistant in Season 2. Despite her past with E, both work to help Vince land the title role of the movie Aquaman. Played by Samaire Armstrong. (8 Episodes)
Only present in Season 6, Ashley appeared in the series as E's new neighbor when he moves in at a house owned by Sloan McQuewick's friend. She gives E a plant as a housewarming gift, with a hope that E would invite her to the premiere of Vince's film Gatsby. Although he does not invite her, she is able to secure a ticket from a friend at the talent agency CAA and gets jealous seeing E with Sloan at the premiere's after party. She later on calls E to apologize for her rude behavior, blaming it on the alcohol and her being nervous. Vincent finds her bracelet at his house and gives it to E, who ends up going over to Ashley's place in order to return it to her and spend the night with her. E and Ashley begin a relationship in the middle of the season, but jealousy gets the better of her when E admits he still has feelings for Sloan and is rankled by people calling E. Wanting an open relationship, Ashley seeks access to E's correspondences, which makes him feel violated. Having been warned by Brittany and Vince that Ashley is going too far with her invasion of privacy, E decides to break up with her for good. Played by Alexis Dziena (8 episodes).
A young agent working at the Triad Agency in Hollywood, Weinstein first appears in the Season 1 episode "The Script and the Sherpa," when he gives E a script for "Queens Boulevard," a movie set in Queens, New York. It is revealed that the gang barely remembers Josh, who was once Ari's assistant before the events of the series and turns into his nemesis for the first three seasons. Josh's attempts to undermine Ari include ruining his chances for an article about the best Hollywood agents under 40 years old, trying to sign Vince away from Ari, and tipping off Vince that James Cameron will direct Aquaman. Ari responds in Season 4 by tricking Josh into having his client, Heath Ledger, think that a movie he's being offered a part in, Lost in the Clouds, will simply be another 'Brokeback', so Heath can decline the offer and Vince to land the role. Josh appears once more in the Season 5 episode "First Class Jerk" when he has Vince set up for a meeting with Frank Darabont about a lead role in a certain project. However, Frank reveals that the project was a TV pilot and berates Josh for not telling Vince everything. Incensed that Josh lied to them again and tried to tell Vince that his movie days were over, E tells Josh to stay away from them. Played by Joshua LeBar. (6 Episodes)
The president of Warner Brothers Studio, Gray first appears in the second season when he meets Vince to discuss his involvement with the movie Aquaman. Because of the success of Aquaman in Season 3, the studio authorizes the production of the sequel, A2. When Vince learns that A2's first shooting day will be the same one as Paul Haggis' shooting of Medellin, he tries to negotiate a modified schedule, only for Alan to make an empty promise. Alan eventually fires Vince and replaces him with Jake Gyllenhaal in the episode "Three's Company." Alan continues his vendetta against Vince in the episode "What About Bob?" as he buys Bob Ryan's script for the Ramones biopic film I Wanna Be Sedated but would simply leave it unproduced to spite Vince. In the Season 5 episode "ReDOMption," Alan plays against Ari in a golf game wherein he will put Vince in the new project Smoke Jumpers if Ari won. However, despite winning over Ari, Alan begins to rant off against Ari for even bringing up Vince, but has a heart attack on the golf course and dies hours later. Played by Paul Ben-Victor. (6 Episodes)
Eric's ex-girlfriend and a psychology student at the University of Southern California. She caused a dysfunctional relationship with Eric that culminated in numerous breakups, with the final one occurring after she cheated on him when he was away filming Queens Boulevard. It was Kristen's encouragement that led Eric to formally ask Vince to be Vince's manager at the end of season 1. Played by Monica Keena. (6 Episodes)
Vince's accountant, who constantly warns Vince against his frivolous spending. Marvin feels that Vince and Eric don't listen to his financial advice and is often shown yelling at Vince and Eric over the phone with the running joke that Vince always hangs up on him claiming his cell phone dropped the call. He warns Vince in Aquamansion that he does not have the funds to buy an expensive home, yet Vince does anyway. In Season 4, Marvin constantly warns Vince not to live off of his American Express Black Card. In season 5 Marvin tells Vince he has to file chapter 11 or find a job fast. Marvin tries to convince Vincent and Eric to do the job Shauna set up. The inspiration for Marvin comes from Doug Ellin's own father. Played by Paul Herman (6 Episodes)
At the start of season 5 he is the newest client to join Eric Murphy's Management Company "The Murphy Group". Charlie is a comedian, who has moved to L.A. in the last 6 months and has no car. He is struggling as an actor, constantly getting turned down at auditions for guest spots. In the premiere of season 5, it is said he has been represented by Eric for the last 3 months. Charlie and Eric were going to go to a T.V. studio when Eric had to deal with Dom's arrest. Eric tells Charlie to take a cab to the meeting. Eric finally arrives at the studio meeting, but brings Dom and Vincent along, since he is running late. Charlie and Eric pitch a pilot to the studio and Charlie closes it, with the help of Vince agreeing to do a guest spot for the pilot. Now the studio wants the script from Eric and Charlie. The studio liked the script for Charlie's show and green lights it into production. But they need to start casting characters, one name that comes up is Seth Green. Charlie tells E to get Seth Green so they can start filming the show. However, during a meeting between the studio head, E, Charlie and Seth, Charlie attacks Seth after Seth threatens to have Charlie replaced with Nick Cannon. In the season five finale, Charlie's pilot gets filmed and he gets a spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live to do his stand up act. Charlie was finally able to buy a Toyota Prius. Later he is rated poorly by test audiences, leading to The CW recasting him. Played by Bow Wow. (5 Episodes)
First appearing in the episode "I Wanna Be Sedated," Bob Ryan is depicted as a legendary movie producer who with Oscar-winning movies listed in his credit. Ari refers him to Eric, with whom he shows a script for a biographical movie about the Ramones, in which Vince would play Joey Ramone. It appears to be a promising project for Vince, but in the episode "What About Bob?" E and Ari fail to sell the script to potential studios because Bob would not stop talking and continues to make nonsensical proposals that start with "What if I told you..." and end with "is that something you might be interested in?" E and Ari successfully pitch the script to Paramount, but due to Ari's lack of respect and contempt for Bob, the humiliated producer sells the script on his own to Warner Brothers. Knowing that studio president Alan Gray will make sure Vince is not involved in the project, Ari fails to convince Bob not to sign a perks package that would finalize the sale. In the season 5 episode "ReDOMption," Bob joins Ari in a golf game against Gray and Phil Mickelson. Bob tries to pitch a romantic golf comedy script to Alan, after he tells Alan they make the Ramones film first.
Bob Ryan is allegedly based on real-life Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Evans turned down an offer to play himself, but allowed his home to be used for filming. When the season episodes aired, Evans took offense at what he perceived as a caricature of himself. HBO countered that he was not a template for the Bob Ryan character.[2] Played by Martin Landau. (4 Episodes)
The spoiled, neurotic, cocaine-addicted son of famous movie producer Phil Rubenstein (Bruno Kirby). He comes into a large multi-million dollar trust fund from his father and is convinced by Ari, Vince and E to co-produce Vince's dream project, Medellin'. He provided Eric and Vincent with a budget of 30 million dollars. After financing the film, it is shown that he has no more money and is under house arrest. He accepted the deal with Yair, but now has to take $1 as his payment. Played by Adam Goldberg. (4 Episodes)
Is a producer based on Harvey Weinstein. Ari mentioned that every film he produced is like a "Midas touch" and a sure box office hit. He has a terrible temper and gets tricked by Vincent and Eric every time they make a deal. However, in the Season 4 season finale, Harvey ends up buying the film for a steal of $1. Ari goes on to say afterward that Harvey will save the film in the release. In Season 5 Harvey ends up releasing the film straight on DVD, probably due to flop and not recutting it. Played by Maury Chaykin. (4 Episodes)
During the first two seasons, Rufus was the owner of Home Video Solutions, a stereo/home entertainment system company whose clients were mainly movie stars. Since Rufus has a soft spot for movie stars, Vince and the gang decide to take advantage of Rufus' offer of a free home entertainment system in exchange for his company name being mentioned on-air during Vince's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In season 3, Rufus has changed businesses and now owns an auto body shop which Turtle uses to fix Drama's Lincoln Continental. Rufus' daughter Kelly is the object of Turtle's affection and he reluctantly allows Turtle to go on a date with her despite his reservations. Played by Marlon Young. (4 Episodes)
Is a Los Angeles-based rapper who is discovered by Turtle. He steals Vince's car with his friend, thinking it belongs to an Interscope Records executive that he can trick into listening to his music and "discover" him by placing a demo of his music in the car's CD player. When Turtle listens to the CD he convinces Billy to use it in the Queens Boulevard soundtrack and becomes Saigon's manager. In Season 3, Saigon is featured on Los Angeles radio host Big Boy's morning show, sending a barrage of phone calls to Turtle and opening doors for a record deal. Turtle convinces Ari to act as Saigon's film and TV agent (assuming that all rappers act eventually) in exchange for helping Turtle with negotiations. Turtle does not get Saigon his record deal due to Saigon's old manager appearing and getting Saigon a better deal with a more diverse label. (4 Episodes)
First appearing in the season 5 episode "Gotta Look Up to Get Down," John is the fictional chairman and CEO of Time Warner who offers Ari the Warner Brothers studio presidency after Alan Gray, the former head, dies of a heart attack. Ari initially turns down the offer, but after it is revealed that Amanda Daniels would get the position if Ari declined, he manipulates the offer so Dana Gordon would get the job instead of Amanda. Ellis assigns Dana to work on her first 100-million dollar movie, Smoke Jumpers. However, Vince's problems with director Verner Vollstedt prompts him to stop the production in the episode "Play'n With Fire." Although he doubts Dana's management abilities, he keeps her on the job. In the seventh season, Ellis briefly appears at Ari's NFL meeting. In a post-credits scene in the series finale, Ellis calls Ari in Italy and - in declaring that he wants to retire - asks the former agent to be his successor as chairman. Played by Alan Dale (4 Episodes)
A pop singer who seems to be interested in Vince during the first season, Justine is notorious for saving her virginity. She reappears in Season 5 reinventing her image as a duet star, working with Tony Bennett for her new album due to her previous album failing. She invites Vincent and the boys to her music video after party, at which she tries to set Vince up with one of her friends. At the end of the episode, however, Justine goes off with Vince, claiming she only did it to prevent her from entering a possible future relationship with him. Their friendship does not develop further for the rest of the series. Played by Leighton Meester. (3 Episodes)
One of the gang's old friends from New York, Dom first appears in the Season 3 episode "Dominated," when the gang mistakes him for a burglar at their house. It is revealed that Dom was paroled after serving five years in jail for drug possession and assaulting a police officer - something that still makes E doubt he can reform his ways. Although the gang is happy seeing Dom out of jail, they feel he has overstayed his welcome when he takes over Turtle's job as driver and becomes the cook instead of Drama, not to mention having sex many times in the house. However, Vince hires him as head of security. Things come to a head in the following episode "Guys and Doll" when movie financier Phil Rubenstein threatens to cut funding for the movie Medellin unless a Shrek doll stolen the night before is returned to him. The gang discovers that Dom stole the doll and Vince lets him go, giving him the Hummer and an apartment as a "severance package" with which to set up his life. Dom's last appearance in the series is in the season 5 episode "ReDOMption," when he is featured in a high-speed chase on the LA freeway with police over mistaken assumptions about his mother-in-law's medical marijuana. Vince later learns Dom used his "severance package" to run a limo service and is raising a family. E bails Dom out despite skepticism over Dom's apparent failure to change his life. Dom tells his wife about his legal troubles; she leaves him, following through with a promise to do so if he ever went to jail again. E states that he will talk to the parole board when Dom is eligible for parole, which, according to Turtle, is not for another 20 years. Played by Domenick Lombardozzi. (3 Episodes)
Eric is the first to meet Seth while at the sky bar above a Beverly Hills hotel to apologize to Tori for cuddling her during a threesome with Sloan. While rolling around Las Vegas with his own entourage, Seth constantly antagonizes Eric by insinuating that he may or may not have been intimate with Eric's girlfriend Sloan. This leads to a bar brawl between the two entourages. He is later pursued for a role in Eric's client Charlie's TV show. After Seth and Eric have another argument over Sloan in front of Charlie, Seth threatens to have Charlie's role recast with Nick Cannon. This leads to a brawl between Charlie and Seth, as Seth seemingly only cares about finding any way possible to annoy Eric, even if it means going after the livelihood of Eric's client. Seth is then passed over for a role in Charlie's TV show. (3 Episodes)
Drama's French girlfriend, he meets her during the season 4 finale in Cannes, France. During the beginning of Season 5, they remain in a relationship, keeping in contact with each other through daily phone calls and webchats. After Drama accuses her of lying to him about her whereabouts, she breaks up with him, claiming he has become a bit of a psychopath. Played by Julia Levy-Boeken (3 Episodes).
A German director with two Oscar awards to his credit, Vollstedt only appears in the Season 5 episodes "Pie, "Seth Green Day," and "Play'n with Fire" as the director of Vince's new film, Smoke Jumpers. However, tension arises when Verner gives the majority of Vince's lines away to Jason Patric, claiming that he is not a gifted actor (despite the successes of his other films) and tries to point out some of Vince's allegedly bad acting mannerisms to him. Over the rest of the story arc, Vollstedt admits he never wanted Vince to be part of the movie in the first place if not for Ari's deal with Dana Gordon, and even orders Turtle and Drama off the set. He fires Vince after shooting multiple takes of a critical scene without producing what he thinks is tangible results. Since even Ari's intervention would not convince him to give Vince a second chance, Verner scrambles to explain his side to Dana Gordon and studio chairman John Ellis, who eventually stops production of the movie. Played by Stellan Skarsgård (3 Episodes)
Anna crashes into E's car during the later half of season 4. After Eric believes he and she had a moment, he is able to secure her as his newest client, after Vincent okays it. But, Eric hoped to also be involved with his Clush (Client-Crush word made up by Drama). After he indirectly causes Anna to break up with her boyfriend, Eric hides his true feelings about Silo, when Billy and Vincent want her to act for a part. After he reveals his feelings for her, him lying about liking the script, she fires him and ruins his chances of having a romantic relationship with her. She officially became the second client of "the Murphy Group" (3 Episodes)
A formerly out-of-work comedian, Shore first appeared in the season 2 episode "Aquamansion," when Hugh Hefner banishes him from the Playboy Mansion for deliberately setting a group of monkeys out of their cages several years before the events of the series. The incident was blamed on Drama, who slipped past Mansion security to set things straight. Shore is also happy with Adam Davies dropping Drama as a client at the end of the season. In the season 3 episode "Gotcha," Shore hosts a new Punk'd-style reality show called Gotcha that has the tagline, "You got Got!" Shore has Drama as his first target. (3 Episodes)
A sorority sister at UCLA. She recognizes Turtle as Jamie-Lynn Sigler's boyfriend and participates in a sorority prank where they steal his underwear. She appears to have a crush on Turtle, and Turtle starts to feel the same despite his relationship. After Jamie breaks up with Turtle, Brooke tries to console him by making love to him, to no avail. She then suggests that since he can't get over Jamie that he should go be with her. Played by Jana Kramer. (3 Episodes)
Is the producer of Queens Blvd and a friend of Ari. In his first appearance in season one, "The Script and the Sherpa" we find out he dislikes Vincent. It isn't until Vincent provides Wick with marijuana despite the drought in California leaving all other dealers "dry", that Vincent gets the lead role in Queens Blvd. We see him again in the neighbors episode when Eric tries to get Wick to give Eric a print of Queens Blvd, in order to land Vincent that lead as Aquaman in the Aquaman film, as James Cameron has not heard of Vincent. He makes his final appearance during the Sundance Kids episode where he talks about the film and questions the director's choice of making it a four hour film. Unfortunately the actor who played him died in the fall after season 2. He was the first of two fake producers to die in real life, because of his death Scott is not mentioned in season 3 part 1. Played by Stanley DeSantis. (3 Episodes)
Two novice writers who sent "SmokeJumpers" to every major Hollywood actor in LA. E finds their script interesting tried to pitch it to Ari for Vincent, but after the Medellin flop, Ari advised against making another indie film. In order to sign the clients E agreed to sell their script, in which he asks Amanda Daniels for help. After finding the script amazing she manages to get Edward Norton and his company to make an offer for the script. However, Ari and Vincent try to use the script as leverage in order to get Vincent back on top with the studios. Due to the Medellin flop no studio wants Vincent as the lead, so he ends up wanting to be a supporting cast member instead. Eventually E gets the exact offer his clients demanded ($500,000 and guarantee film is made) from one of the studio heads Vincent and Ari first saw that day. However, a surprise bidding war effort made by Amanda which is (2 million dollars) four times the amount E's newest clients wanted would bring Edward Norton, Edward Norton's studio, Alan Gray and Warner Brothers on board. Played by Lukas Haas and Giovanni Ribisi. (2 Episodes)
An extremely wealthy man and international playboy from the Middle East, Yair is described by Ari as being a potentially "very dangerous man who might be a prince, an arms dealer, a coke dealer - who knows?" Ari nervously says that Yair "could be Mossad or Hezbollah". After unsuccessfully pitching Sylvester Stallone as Pablo Escobar's father for Medellin, Yair offers to finance the film for 60 million dollars if Vince will sleep with Yair's wife, Nika. He was the second of three producers who wanted to finance Medellin for Billy, Eric and Vincent. In the Season 4 finale, he puts an offer to pay for their budget and then one for practically double the budget before the screening. After the screening he backs out saying he never signed any papers, telling Ari to sue his company but he won't get anything, since its based out of Dubai. Played by Assaf Cohen. (2 Episodes)
Sloan's best friend. Eric developed feelings for her after a threesome with her and Sloan. After he revealed this to her, she convinced him he should set aside his feelings for her and stay with Sloan. Played by Malin Åkerman. (2 Episodes)
The cousin of Saigon, the rapper that Turtle discovers. Played by NaShawn Kearse. (2 Episodes)
Turtle's pet Rottweiler. Had a major role in season 3 when he attacked Turtle's date's female Rottweiler. Turtle who is so attached to Arnold got very offended when his date criticized him about Arnold injuring her dog. Turtle then blamed her and afterward she started freaking out and kicked Turtle out of her house along with Drama. Arnold also plays a significant role in season 5 when the crew takes a trip to Joshua Tree. Arnold and Ari become lost in the desert for several hours; when they are reunited, Vince is temporarily inspired to do the dog movie 'Benji'.
First appearing in Season 7, Jake replaced Lloyd as Ari's assistant after Lloyd returned to MGA as an agent. Unlike those who came before Lloyd and those who were sent in as replacements during his brief absences in Seasons 4 and 6, Jake proved to be a reliable assistant until the end of the series. It is revealed in the series finale "The End" that he is scared of Lloyd.
Lloyd's boyfriend, who broke up with him for a short while. Lloyd cheated on him and Ari covered for Lloyd to get his assistant back to work. He works at Finish Line where he is on probation for getting caught not working while on the clock. Tom and Lloyd go on a Rosie Cruise which can be seen in the Season 4 finale. In season 5, Tom convinces Lloyd to move a party of theirs to Ari's house as his "own personal 'fuck you' to Ari Gold" for his constant degradations of Lloyd's race and sexual orientation. With Ari at Joshua Tree National Park for the night helping Vince with a major career decision, and Mrs. Gold and the kids at her parents up north for the weekend, Lloyd agrees to watch the Gold's family pets and have the party at the same time. Eventually, Mrs. Ari arrives home a night early to find Lloyd, Tom and 25 naked men partying pool-side at their home. Played by Brandon Quinn. (5 episodes)
Only appearing in season 6, Brittany is assigned to Eric as his new assistant at the Murray Berenson Talent Management Company. Although working under him, she helps E meld into the agency's operations and even sends Ari a pink dildo with a note saying "suck it" in response to him sending E a large number of pizzas on his first day at work (seen in the episode "No More Drama"). Both Brittany and E keep their relationship professional, which proves vital when she notices Ashley's jealousy towards any woman connected with E. After E breaks up with Ashley over her paranoia in the episode "Berried Alive," Brittany helps E feel better by asking him and his friends to hang out with her clique, where E warns Vince and Drama against making any passes at Brittany. Played by Kate Mara (4 Episodes).
Only appearing in Season 6, Marlo is Andrew Klein's wife. She makes her debut in the episode "Amongst Friends," when she meets Mrs Ari in a lunch date Ari planned for them. As it turns out, both Marlo and Mrs Ari become close friends almost immediately. Their friendship proves vital later in the season when Mrs Ari comforts her over Andrew's infidelity. Marlo's anger over his indiscretions prompts her to visit the MGA offices and tries to find the woman who seduced him. Although Ari asks Marlo to forgive Andrew, she bans her husband from their Beverly Hills home and also freezes his funds. In "The Sorkin Notes," Marlo burns Andrew's papers on potential client Aaron Sorkin. Played by Jami Gertz (4 Episodes)
Appearing in the last 3 Seasons, TV producer Phil Yagoda is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series Melrose Place. He later produces Johnny's Bananas for Drama. Played by William Fichtner (13 episodes).
Sparingly appearing in Seasons 6 and 7, Murray is depicted as one of the more established talent managers in Hollywood, running his own self-named management company. In the episode Fore!, he becomes E's celebrity partner in a golf game and offers E a job after he closes down The Murphy Group. E eventually relents and takes the job anyway, despite discovering that Sloan (revealed to be Murray's goddaughter) worked to get him in the company. With his help, E eventually signs Bob Saget (who wants to have sex with his girlfriend in Murray's office as a condition to him joining) and wins him over with his honesty. However, late in Season 7, E discovers that Murray has been reporting to Terrance McQuewick about his poor managerial skills, prompting him to join Scott Lavin's takeover of the company. Murray's downfall[3] (implied as having taken place between the events of Seasons 7 and 8) also results in E and Sloan breaking up. Played by George Segal (3 episodes).
An NBC network executive, Coakley first appears in the Season 6 episode "Murphy's Lie" when he tries to talk to Jamie-Lynn Sigler regarding a new project. Drama, who approached Sigler to co-star with him in Five Towns, suspects Coakley's trying to sleep with her and confronts the executive about it. When Drama tries to lay his hand on Coakley, the official responds by taunting him with sexual exploits of himself and Sigler, and eventually has the writers make less scenes involving Drama's character. Because of Drama's hardship with not having any meaningful scenes on the show, Ari helps Drama get off the show in exchange for helping Coakley land a membership at an exclusive country club. Played by Matt Letscher (3 Episodes).
An acclaimed comedic actor, Galecki guest stars in the Season 8 premiere "Home Sweet Home" where he is signed by manager Scott Lavin. However, Eric is reluctant to agree to the signing because Galecki hints interest in Eric's ex-fiance, Sloan. It is later confirmed in "The Big Bang" that Galecki and Sloan have been talking personally about Eric and Sloan's mutual friend, Melinda Clarke, which upsets him. Scott wants to keep Galecki as a client because of the potential earnings he can bring in from his various projects, but E wants to drop him as a client or he will quit the company. In "Second to Last", Eric and Melinda seek to settle the score by crashing Galecki's date with Sloan. Because of the apparent lack of trust, Galecki fires E. Played by himself (3 Episodes).
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