Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon)

Kevin Dillon as Johnny "Drama" Chase

Drama is Vincent Chase's older half-brother. He has been a C-list actor for the better part of his career, best known for his starring role as Tarvold in a cult television series, Viking Quest and is currently cast in Five Towns, which scored 16 million viewers on its premiere. Season one reveals that Drama has not had a serious acting gig for three years. Instead, he is Vincent's chef and fitness consultant. He is a pompous, self-important individual who constantly brings up bit roles he has played over the years in such movies and television shows as Barbershop, Melrose Place, Nash Bridges, The Commish, A Different World, Pacific Blue, Full House, 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills 90210, and Star Trek as well as a national television commercial for herpes drug Valtrex, and tries to give acting advice to his brother. He starred as Tarvold in the fictional science fiction series Viking Quest, which spawned his catchphrase " Victory!". He is always looking to capitalize on Vincent's success, which pays off with a supporting role in a film called Queens Boulevard, a bit part in another film, Medellin, and an appearance in a flashy Chinese commercial that Vincent does. He lives with Vincent, who finances most of his life. Although he occasionally finds his little brother's charity emasculating, he almost never turns it down. While it would seem that he is nothing more than a leech, Johnny cares deeply for his brother and the rest of the group, springing to their help when needed. In Season 2 Episode 4, it is revealed Johnny is a member of SAG union, as he asked a plastic surgeon if he accepted SAG insurance for his calf implants.

Johnny Drama landed a role as the "older Irish brother" in Five Towns, an Edward Burns television pilot; Burns felt he owed Drama because Drama turned down a role in Burns' successful real-life film The Brothers McMullen, forcing Burns to play it himself. The pilot was picked up in the episode "The Resurrection". After the Five Towns pilot performed very well, Drama effectively resumed a successful career and bought out a $1.5 million condo. He was mistakenly offered a lead role in Rush Hour 3 by Brett Ratner when Ratner's assistant misread the credits in Drama's show and picked Drama instead of his younger co-star. Drama still however was able to coerce Ratner to give him a role as a French bus driver. During hiatus of Five Towns, Drama followed Eric, Vince, and Turtle to the Medellin set and successfully secured a role in the film as a military leader who infiltrates Escobar's compound in the movie's climax. However, before this, Drama stirred up trouble by claiming to have received a handjob from the film's lead actress, who director Billy Walsh was infatuated with. It is unclear whether this handjob actually occurred, as Turtle finds it unbelievable, coupled with Drama's tendency to exaggerate his macho image, particularly on camera. In the Season 4 season finale, Drama gets a girl finally, who is obsessed with his Viking Quest show as all people in France are still in love with the show and he is a large star there, as he was at Comic-Con. Drama increases his publicity in France by having sex on the beach with the girl he is in love with there, for three hours. In the end he and his girl stop after he sees a large crowd and his friends and brother cheer him on.

Drama claims to be Irish and Chilean, and may be part Japanese. In Gary's Desk, Drama along with Turtle and Vincent have their own offices in Eric's company "The Murphy Group".

Though it is never explicitly mentioned that Drama is a polyglot, he has quoted words from Spanish, French and Yiddish.

In the Season Five finale Johnny became the owner of a Queens bar that was renamed "Johnny Drama's", after the previous owner had to sell because of his own gambling debt.

Interests

Drama is a New York Mets fan. . He also loves the Irish band U2; his motto for their concerts is "Floor level or bust". Drama has a taste for Jose Cuervo tequila .

Inspiration

Drama's character is based on Mark Wahlberg's cousin friend, Johnny Alves. Drama's situation also reflects that of his portrayer, Kevin Dillon, whose career has been less successful than that of his older brother; Matt Dillon.

Relation to Vincent

Drama's exact relationship to Vincent is not clear. They are consistently referred to as brothers, but Turtle once emphasized that Johnny was Vince's half-brother and that Vincent thought Drama was his cousin until Vince was 14. On the HBO Entourage web site, Drama is also referred to as Vince's half-brother.

Vince and Drama share the same last name, and they appear to have the same mother in the episode "Aquamom". However, Drama calls Vincent's mother " your mom" in the episode "My Maserati Does 185"..

Drama is at least 9 years older than Vince.

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