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3	->''"The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was ''Film/{{Halloween\|1978}}'' and from the first scene when the kid puts on the mask and it is his POV, I was hooked."''
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5	David Arquette (born September 8, 1971 in Bentonville, Virginia) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, and professional wrestler.
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7	Arquette was born on a Subud commune in Bentonville, Virginia, the youngest of five, all of whom became actors, including his older sisters Creator/{{Rosanna\|Arquette}}, Creator/{{Patricia\|Arquette}}, and Creator/{{Alexis\|Arquette}}. His own acting career began in the 1990s, during which time he appeared in a number of movies and had guest spots in several television shows before getting catapulted into stardom via the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' franchise. He's generally known for playing goofy, comedic characters, even when he's playing a psycho.
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9	He is remembered by ProfessionalWrestling fans for an infamous stint in [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]] (made as a promotional stunt for one of Arquette's films, ''Film/ReadyToRumble'', in which production WCW was involved), where he actually won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. For his credit, though, Arquette (a lifelong wrestling fan himself) fought against it since he knew it would annoy the fans, but he was contractually obligated, and he quietly donated his paycheck to the families of deceased and injured wrestlers, and as a result has received praise, even going back to the ring on the independent circuit in the 2010s.
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11	He was married to Creator/CourteneyCox from 1999 to 2010.
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13	!! Film Roles with Website/TVTropes Pages:
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15	* ''Film/ThreeThousandMilesToGraceland'' as Gus
16	* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl'' as Max's Dad
17	* ''Film/{{Airheads}}'' as Carter
18	* ''Film/BeautifulGirls'' as Bobby Conway
19	* ''Film/BoneTomahawk'' as Purvis
20	* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' as Benny
21	* ''Film/TheDarwinAwards'' as Harvey
22	* ''Film/TheTripper'' as Muff (also directed)
23	* ''Film/EightLeggedFreaks'' as Chris [=McCormick=]
24	* ''Film/AForeignAffair'' as Josh Adams
25	* ''Film/TheGreyZone'' as Hoffman
26	* ''Film/Hamlet2'' as Gary
27	* ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' as Daniel
28	* ''Film/TheKillingBox'' as Murphy
29	* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'' as Dr. Tucker
30	* ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' as Rob Geller
31	* ''Film/Ravenous1999'' as [[StonersAreFunny "The Overmedicated"]] Pvt. Cleaves
32	* ''Film/ReadyToRumble'' as Gordie Briggs
33	* ''Film/{{Roadracers}}'' as Dude Delaney
34	* ''Film/{{Scream}}'' (Franchise) as [[Characters/ScreamDeweyRiley Dewey Riley]]
35	** ''Film/Scream1996''
36	** ''Film/Scream2''
37	** ''Film/Scream3''
38	** ''Film/Scream4''
39	** ''Film/Scream2022''
40	* ''Film/SeeSpotRun''
41	* ''Film/WildBill'' as Jack [=McCall=]
42	%% * ''Film/YouCannotKillDavidArquette'' – documentary subject
43	* ''Film/{{Spree}}'' as Kris Krunkle
44	* ''Film/TwelveHourShift'' as Jefferson
45	* ''Film/TheStoriedLifeOfAJFikry'' as Lambiase
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47	!! Television Roles with Website/TVTropes Pages:
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49	* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
50	* ''Series/{{Blossom}}''
51	* ''Series/CougarTown''
52	* ''Series/{{Friends}}''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates''
54	* ''Series/{{Medium}}''
55	* ''Series/MrsDavis''
56	* ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''
57	* ''Series/{{Parenthood}}''
58	* ''Series/PushingDaisies''
59	* ''Series/SonOfTheBeach''
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61	!! Video Game Roles with Website/TVTropes Pages:
62	* ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'' as Chris Hackett
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64	!! Tropes associated with David Arquette:
65	* CreatorBacklash: He really didn't want to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, since he was only a fan and knew other fans would hate it (which they did). Wrestling/RicFlair recounted that after winning the belt, a despondent David asked Ric's advice on what to do. Ric answered that he should wear the belt to the hotel bar and buy all the boys drinks, which David proceeded to do, thus winning at least a modicum of respect from the wrestlers. To this day, Arquette is the only person directly involved in the angle to come out of it with a somewhat positive reputation with both fans and wrestlers alike.
66	* IWasJustJoking: How he ended up WCW World Heavyweight Champion. As the story goes, Wrestling/TonySchiavone mentioned it as a joke during a booking meeting, everyone laughed... and then Wrestling/VinceRusso, Head Booker of WCW at the time, thought it was a ''great'' idea.
67	* {{Keet}}: While he is capable of playing serious characters, he usually doesn't. The overwhelming majority of his roles are some combination of goofy, childish, and psycho.
68	* PromotedFanboy: [[GoneHorriblyRight In the worst way]] -- literally. As a longtime fan of professional wrestling, Arquette was thrilled to work with the Wrestling/{{WCW}} to promote ''Film/ReadyToRumble'' right up until he learned that as part of the promotion he was going to be given the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and defend it on the main event of a pay-per-view event, despite the fact that he wasn't ''actually'' a wrestler. He went through it out of contractual obligations, even though he knew the fans would hate it, and donated every cent to the families of injured and deceased wrestlers. Beginning in 2018, he would resurface again in the wrestling world, doing appearances for various organizations. It's clear that he's having fun with it, and this time around, fan response has been much more positive. He even made headlines after getting a severe cut ''on his neck'' during a deathmatch against [[Wrestling/NickGage Nick Fuckin' Gage]] (Gage being a hardcore wrestling veteran who's been doing stuff like deathmatches for far longer).
69	* RedemptionQuest: Seems to take his return to the ring as this, as interviews have him mentioning how people mock his WCW stint and how it was a black mark on something he loved. So he began training and performing in matches with various (mostly indie) organizations, including a deathmatch against hardcore wrestling veteran Wrestling/NickGage in which he suffered a severe cut ''on his neck''.

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