Adrian Grenier Biography

An appealingly scruffy-looking young actor with curly dark hair and piercing green eyes who co-starred with perky young teen queen Melissa Joan Hart in the high school-set romantic comedy "Drive Me Crazy" (1999), Adrian Grenier seemed poised to claim the teen idol crown. Prior roles in such highly-regarded independents as "Hurricane Streets" (1997) and "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole" (1999) would point to a more enduring and challenging career in store for the young actor. Grenier made his feature debut in Hannah Weyer's 1997 independent "Arresting Gena" and that same year played a street punk in "Hurricane Streets". 1998 saw him take a role as part of superstar Brandon Darrow (Leonardo DiCaprio)'s entourage in Woody Allen's "Celebrity". Grenier's next outing was "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole", starring as the title character.
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His portrayal of the confused but good humored young man struggling through his stepfather Hank's decision to become Henrietta as well as his own pubescent trials in 1983 upstate New York. The actor impressed critics and audiences with his charming turn, and proved more than capable of holding his own onscreen.

Grenier's next project was in quite a different vein from his previous work, starring as an edgy activist turned dream date to girl-next-door Nicole (Melissa Joan Hart) in "Drive Me Crazy". He performed well in the film and affected the perfect detached too-cool-to-care facade that teenage girls expect in a heartthrob. For his next role in John Waters' "Cecil B Demented", he portrayed an actor, the leading man in the titular director's latest schlocky offering "Raving Beauty". Grenier returned to hallowed halls, this time as a college student gone wrong in James Toback's "Harvard Man" (2001). Cast opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar, another teen favorite, he played the eponymous basketball star who falls into a life of compulsive gambling and drug abuse.

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