Adrian Grenier

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Biography

Actor, director, producer, musician

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 10 July 1976
  • Place of birth
  • Santa Fe· New Mexico
  • Education
  • Bard College·Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Trained at Bard College and with Nancy Hillman.

Was a stone-cold hippie bongo drum player while attending Bard College.

Met Bringing Rain director Noah Buschel through a mutual ex- girlfriend.

Former lead singer of the band Kid Friendly.

Nylon Magazines "Future John Travolta " in 2001.

Plays piano, guitar and drums.

Drummer for the band The Honey Brothers.

Cousin of actor Evan Ferrante.

His father, John Miles Dunbar, was born in Ohio, and has English, Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry. His mother, Karesse Grenier, was born in New Mexico, to a family of Mexican descent (Spanish, with some Indigenous), as well as a smaller amount of French ancestry. The word "Grenier" is the equivalent of "attic" in French.

Played a member of the entourage of the movie star character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Celebrity . Later, he starred in the TV series "Entourage" , in which he played a movie star with an entourage of his own.

Attended the Fieldston Summer Performing Arts Institute

He was raised by his mother, Karesse Grenier, a New York City real estate agent. Growing up, he didnt know who his father was. His parents met while living in a commune, and split up soon after Adrians birth. The documentary Shot in the Dark covers Adrians search to find out who his father was, meet and get to know him. Also involved in the film, as both producer and on-camera interviewer, was Adrians friend Jonathan Davidson.

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Manhattan, New York.

Has been in a movie directed by Ari Gold ( Adventures of Power ) and in a series with a character named Ari Gold ( "Entourage" ).

Attended the famous NYC "FAME" high school Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts where he studied Drama.

Quotes

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so,much - then they get used to it.

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.

I was rebellious.

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!,I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream.

They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought,might further my career.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and,finding meaning in life.

Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get,it right in a four-line sentence.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the,things you want to do.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a,lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose,them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also,been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out,of projects that I am directing and producing.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

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