A rising leading man, David Arquette is a fourth-generation performer in the family which has produced his vaudevillian great-grandfather Gus Arquette, homey comedian 'Charley Weaver' (his grandfather Cliff Arquette), his father Lewis and acting siblings Rosanna, Patricia, Richmond and Alexis. He broke into acting at the dawn of the 1990s and has continuously worked, initially portraying rebellious teens, later heroic leads.

Dark-haired and attractive, Arquette began his acting career while still in high school when he was cast as Two-Bit (originally created by Emilio Estevez in the film) in the short-lived 1990 Fox TV series "The Outsiders". Almost immediately after, the actor landed the role of the airhead teen father Tod (originated by Keanu Reeves in the feature) in the small screen adaptation of "Parenthood" (NBC, 1990). He fared no better in his third attempt at series stardom playing a daredevil Manhattan bicycle messenger in "Double Rush" (CBS, 1995).

On the big screen, however, this quirky performer found his niche. Arquette first garnered notice as one of the homeless teenagers trying to survive in "Where the Day Takes You" (1992). He first gained real notice as the card cheat and murderer Jack McCall in Walter Hill's "Wild Bill" (1995) before undertaking the relatively small role of Timothy Hutton's younger brother in "Beautiful Girls" (1996). Arquette earned notice as the slow-witted but determined deputy tracking a serial killer in "Scream" (also 1996) before winning raves in his first real leading role as a strong-willed hustler in "johns" (1997). Later that year, he debuted as a co-producer with "Dream With the Fishes", in which he gave a twitchy performance as a suicidal voyeur. After a second go at trying to stop a killer in "Scream 2" (also 1997), Arquette lent his deft comic timing to the role of an ambitious salesman who comes to believe his boss may be a murderer in "The Alarmist/Life During Wartime" (1998).

Arquette worked steadily in the late 1990s, appearing in the two "Scream" sequels, essaying supporting roles in dramas such as "Ravenous" (1999) and comedies like "Never Been Kissed" (1998), in which he comically portrayed Drew Barrymore's protective older brother who, following her foray as an undercover journalist in high school, gets to relive his youth as a successful and popular athlete. But for a while Arquette's personal life outshone his on-screen accomplishments when he became romantically linked to the highly popular "Friends" co-star Courteney Cox, whom he met on the set of the first "Scream" film. Although seemingly mismatched-he a kooky free-spirit, she a poised beauty-the couple ultimately married in 1999 and Cox, easily the higher-profile of the two, elected to add "Arquette" to her professional name (a change reflected in a joke during the opening credits of her first post-marriage episode of "Friends' in which all the actors also had "Arquette" tacked onto their names). The actor also headlined the occasional lunkheaded comedy, playing particularly inane, slapstick-prone losers in thuddingly dumb films such as "Ready to Rumble" (2000) and "See Spot Run" (2001), and appeared with his wife in the poorly received Elvis-themed caper flick "3000 Miles to Graceland." But the actor did receive praise for his comedic turn in the intentionally campy monster flick "Eight-Legged Freaks" (2002) and made a dramatic shift for writer-director Tim Blake Nelson's haunting Holocaust film "The Grey Zone" (2002).

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  Chlorine (2006) (filming) .... Pat
Time Bomb (2005) (filming)

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) .... Max's Dad
The Darwin Awards (2005) .... Harvey
Slingshot (2005) .... Ash
Riding the Bullet (2004) .... George Staub
Never Die Alone (2004) .... Paul
Stealing Sinatra (2003) .... Barry Keenan
A Foreign Affair (2003) .... Josh Adams
... aka 2 Brothers & a Bride (USA: DVD title)
Essentially Naked (2003) (V) .... Gordie Boggs (segment "We're Not Gonna Take It")
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV) .... Daniel
Happy Here and Now (2002) .... Eddie
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) .... Chris McCormick
SSX Tricky (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Eddie Wachowski
The Grey Zone (2001) .... Hoffman
The Shrink Is In (2001) .... Henry Popopolis
See Spot Run (2001) .... Gordon
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) .... Gus
"Pelswick" (2000) TV Series (voice) .... Mr. Jimmy
... aka John Callahan's Pelswick (Canada: English title)
Ready to Rumble (2000/I) .... Gordie Boggs
Scream 3 (2000) .... Dwight 'Dewey' Riley

Muppets From Space (1999) .... Dr. Tucker
Never Been Kissed (1999) .... Robert Gellar
Ravenous (1999) .... Pvt. Cleaves
... aka Voraz (Mexico)
The Runner (1999) .... Bartender (Johnny)
Free Money (1998) .... Ned Jebee
RPM (1998) .... Luke Delson
Scream 2 (1997) .... Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
Life During Wartime (1997) .... Tommy Hudler
... aka The Alarmist (USA: new title)
Dream with the Fishes (1997) .... Terry
Scream (1996) .... Deputy Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
Johns (1996) .... John
Skin and Bone (1996) .... Buzz Head
"Dead Man's Walk" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Augustus McCrae
... aka Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk
Kiss & Tell (1996) .... Forensic Agent
Beautiful Girls (1996) .... Bobby Conway
Wild Bill (1995) .... Jack McCall
Fall Time (1995) .... David
"Double Rush" (1995) TV Series .... Hunter
... aka Lickety Split
Airheads (1994) .... Carter
Roadracers (1994) (TV) .... Dude Delaney
... aka Rebel Highway
The Road Killers (1994) .... Bobby
... aka Roadflower (UK)
Frank and Jesse (1994) (uncredited)
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
The Killing Box (1993) .... Murphy
... aka Ghost Brigade
... aka Ghost Brigade: The Killing Box
... aka Grey Knight
... aka Grey Night (director's cut)
The Webbers (1993) (TV) .... Johnny Webber
... aka At Home with the Webbers
... aka Webber's World
Where the Day Takes You (1992) .... Rob
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) .... Benny Jacks
Cruel Doubt (1992) (TV) .... Josh Duggan
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Featurette (1992) (TV) .... Benny Jacks
Halfway House (1992)
"Parenthood" (1990) TV Series .... Tod Hawks
"The Outsiders" (1990) TV Series .... Keith 'Two-Bit' Mathews