In the role of the red-haired party-goer Mike Cameron, who becomes the drunken charge of Lloyd Dobler, is JASON GOULD. Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Gould graduated from Los Angeles' Crossroads High School and then attended the University of California at Berkeley and New York University. He started performing while at Berkeley; at NYU he co-directed and starred in the student film "Goodbye, JFK" and wrote and directed a small independent film, "It's Up To You." He returned to Los Angeles to study acting with Lynette Datselas, appearing in numerous workshop productions, and made his professional debut in a quest-starring role on "The Bronx Zoo." He made his feature debut in Christopher Guest's "The Big Picture" and followed "Say Anything" with a role in Douglas Day Stewart's "Listen To Me."
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JEREMY PIVEN plays Mark, a rather raucous classmate of Lloyd's. Piven was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, where his parents, Byrne and Joyce Piven, co-founded and run the Piven Theatre Workshop, which has produced such young talents as John and Joan Cusack, Aidan Quinn, Rosanna Arquette and Jami Gertz. A longtime member of the Young People's Company at the Piven Theatre Workshop, Jeremy began studying there at the age of eight and has appeared in numerous productions there, including the Emmy Award-winning series "Ready Or Not," a local program which ran on Chicago's NBC affiliate. He also studied theatre at Drake University, New York University, London's National Theatre and the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. Piven made his feature debut in "Lucas" and followed with roles in "One Crazy Summer" and the upcoming "Major League," directed by David Ward. A former member of Second City's National Touring Company, he numbers among his other stage credits the Actors' Bang of Los Angeles and The Tiffany Theatre last spring, included their production of "Violence," which was staged in Los Angeles and later, Chicago. He also appeared in the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre's production of "As You Like It" and spent last fall performing in "Alagazam...After The Dog Wars," directed by John Cusack, at Chicago's Blind Parrot Theatre. Piven is a resident of Chicago.
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CHYNNA PHILIPS plays Mimi, Joe's plastic girlfriend with whom he two-timed Corey. The daughter of Michelle and John Phillips, she was raised in Los Angeles, where she attended the Newbridge School. At eighteen she made her film debut as Mia in "Some Kind Of Wonderful" and followed it with roles in "Caddyshack II," "Moving Target" and "The Comeback." She has appeared in commercials and is featured as the Neutrogena Girl. Having inherited her family's musical gifts, she has also been cutting an album with unusual group of female singers -- the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson's daughters, Wendy and Carnie. She is scheduled to play her mother in the feature film version of Michelle Phillips' autobiography.
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