David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, former professional wrestler, director, producer, and fashion designer. In acting, he is best known for his role as Dewey Riley in the slasher film franchise Scream, for which he won a Teen Choice Award and two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. As a professional wrestler, he is best remembered for his 2000 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and headlined the Slamboree pay-per-view event; he has received praise in recent times for his work on the independent circuit. A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the mid-1990s after starring in several Hollywood films aside from the Scream franchise, such as Wild Bill, Never Been Kissed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, See Spot Run and Eight Legged Freaks. He has since had several television roles, such as Jason Ventress on ABC's In Case of Emergency. Arquette has also voiced Skully on the Disney Channel animated series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and executive produced the game show Celebrity Name Game, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Arquette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Scream 7 — Dewey Riley
• 2026Stranglehold — Flyin' Bryan
• 2025Mob Cops — Sammy Canzano
• 2025The Perfect Gamble — Charlie
• 2025The Unholy Trinity — Father Jacob
• 2024The Good Half — Rick Barona
• 2024The House from... — Thanks
• Mrs. Davis — Monty Abbott
• 2023On Sacred Ground — Elliot
• 2023Quantum Cowboys — Colfax
• 2023The First Step — Executive Producer
• 2022Ghosts of the Ozarks — Douglas, Producer
• Hey! (EW) — David Arquette
• 2022Scream — Dewey Riley
• 2022Sea Gypsies: The Plutonium Dome — Producer
• 2022The Quarry: Movie Mode — Chris Hackett
• 2022The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry — Lambiase
• This Fool — Kirk
• 2021Domino: Battle of the Bones — Walter, Executive Producer
• 2021Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets — Xavier
• 202012 Hour Shift — Jefferson, Producer
• 2020Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story — Big Jack
• Deputy — Roger Durbin
• 2020Spree — Kris Kunkle
• 2020The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream — Eddie
• 2020You Cannot Kill David Arquette — Self, Executive Producer
• 20192099: The Soldier Protocol — Dr. Emmett Snyder
• Creepshow — Sheriff Deke
• 2019Mob Town — Sgt. Ed Croswell
• 2019Mope — Rocket
• 2019NWA New Years Clash
• 2019Saving Flora — Henry
• 2019The Miseducation of Bindu — Bill
• 2019The Old Man's Hand — Vinnie
• 2019Valerie — Self, Executive Producer
• WWE Backstage — David Arquette
• 2018Bachelor Lions — David Myers
• 2018High Voltage — Jimmy
• 2018Memphis Fire — Johnny Roberts
• 2018RISE 10: Insanity
• Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy — David Arquette
• 2018Sk8 Dawg — Buddy (voice)
• 2018Survivor's Guide to Prison — Producer
• 2018The Big Break — Lt. Ramirez
• 2018Warrior Wrestling 2
• 2017Amanda & Jack Go Glamping — Jack Spencer
• 2017Once Upon a Time in Venice — Diesel Stone
• 2016Casual Encounters — Louis
• 2016Evan's Crime — Frank Coleman
• 2016Pee-wee's Big Holiday — DJ
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
• 2016Sold — Sam
• 2016When the Starlight Ends — Bill
• 2015Bone Tomahawk — Purvis
• 2015Entourage — David Arquette
• 2015Field of Lost Shoes — Captain Henry A. DuPont
• 2015Just Before I Go — Albert Danzig, Executive Producer
• 2015Orion — The Hunter
• 2015Wrestling Isn't Wrestling — Non-Fan
• 2014Happy Face Killer — Keith Hunter Jesperson
• 2014Jake And Never Land Pirates: Jake Vs. Hook — Skully
• 2014Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book — Skully (voice)
• Jake's Buccaneer Blast — Skully (voice)
• 2014Muffin Top: A Love Story — Cameron Scott
• 2014The Key — Jack
• 2013Bulletproof — (Cameo Role)
• Cleaners — Frank Barnes
• 2012Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Peter Pan Returns — Skully
• 2012Jake and the Neverland Pirates: Jake Saves Bucky — Skully
• 2012The Cottage — Robert Mars
• 2011Conception — Paul Reynolds
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates — Skully (voice)
• 2011Scream 4 — Dewey Riley
• 2010The Land of the Astronauts — Jack
• 2010The Legend of Hallowdega — Kiyash Monsef
• Cougar Town — Daniel, Producer
• 2008Hamlet 2 — Gary
• 2008Nosebleed
• 2008The Butler's In Love — Robert, Director, Producer
• Dirt — Director, Producer
• In Case of Emergency — Jason Ventress
• Pushing Daisies — Randy Mann
• 2007The Darwin Awards — Harvey
• 2006The Tripper — Muff, Producer, Director, Writer
• 2006Time Bomb — Mike Bookman
• 2005Bigger Than the Sky — Producer
• Daisy Does America — Producer
• Medium — Michael 'Lucky' Benoit, Director
• My Name Is Earl — Sweet Johnny
• 2005Slingshot — Ash
• So You Think You Can Dance
• 2005The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl — Max's Dad
• 2005WWE WrestleMania 21 — David Arquette
• 2004Never Die Alone — Paul
• 2004Riding the Bullet — George Staub
• 2003A Foreign Affair — Josh Adams
• 2003Stealing Sinatra — Barry Keenan
• CSI: Miami — Director
• 2002Eight Legged Freaks — Chris McCormick
• 2002Happy Here and Now — Eddie, Associate Producer
• 2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie — Daniel
• 20013000 Miles to Graceland — Gus
• 2001See Spot Run — Gordon
• 2001The Grey Zone — Hoffman
• 2001The Shrink Is In — Henry Popopolis
• Pelswick — Mr. Jimmy (voice)
• 2000Ready to Rumble — Gordie Boggs
• 2000Scream 3 — Dewey Riley
• Son of the Beach
• Static Shock — Leech (voice)
• 2000WCW New Blood Rising — David Arquette (Appearance)
• 2000WCW Slamboree 2000 — David Arquette
• 1999Muppets from Space — Dr. Tucker
• 1999Never Been Kissed — Rob Geller
• 1999Ravenous — Cleaves
• 1999The Runner — Bartender
• 1998Free Money — Ned Jebee
• 1998RPM — Luke Delson
• 1998The Alarmist — Tommy Hudler
• The Hughleys — Mr. Smith
• 1997Dream with the Fishes — Terry
• 1997Kiss & Tell — Skippy the Forensics Man
• 1997Scream 2 — Dewey Riley
• 1996Beautiful Girls — Bobby Conway
• Dead Man's Walk — Augustus McCrae
• 1996Johns — John
• 1996Scream — Deputy Dewey
• 1996Skin & Bone — Buzz Head
• Double Rush — Hunter
• 1995Fall Time — David
• 1995Wild Bill — Jack McCall
• 1994Airheads — Carter
• 1994Frank & Jesse — (uncredited)
• Friends — Malcolm
• Rebel Highway — Dude Delaney
• 1994Roadracers — Dude Delaney
• 1994The Road Killers — Bobby
• 1993An Ambush of Ghosts
• 1993At Home with the Webbers — Johnny Webber
• 1993Grey Knight — Murphy
• 1992Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Benny
• Cruel Doubt — Josh Duggan
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Rob
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Dennis 'Diesel' Stone
• Blossom — David Slackmeier
• Parenthood — Tod Hawks
• The Outsiders — Two Bit Mathews
• Dispatches
• Adultland — Shawn
• Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins — Lordy P
• Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made
• Green River Killer
• In Every Dream Home — Executive Producer
• Kill or Be Killed
• Killing Hitler — Older Ben
• The Night Driver
• Wildcard
• Wreckless — Larry Johnson

Appearances as themselves (46)

• 2025American Clown — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• Pee-wee as Himself — Self
• 2025The Making of The Tripper — Self
• Barmageddon — Self - Contestant
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2021kid 90 — Self
• 2020Kiss the Ground — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• Dark Side of the Ring — Self
• 2019Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Carter — Himself
• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Steve — Self
• Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — Self - Guest
• Kocktails With Khloé — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Disguised Contestant, Self - Panelist
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self - Contestant
• Celebrity Name Game — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Ridiculousness — Self
• 2011Scream: The Inside Story — Self
• 2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective — Self
• 2011The Making of 'Scream 4' — Self
• 2009The Rise & Fall of WCW — Self (archive footage)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother — Self
• 2006Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi — Self
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• 100 Scariest Movie Moments — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets"
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• MADtv — Self, Self - Special Guest / Stanley
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Kids' Choice Awards — Self - Co-Host