- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBernard Piven
- Nickname
- The Mountain
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Byrne Piven was born on September 24, 1929 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Being John Malkovich (1999), Very Bad Things (1998) and Miracle on 34th Street (1994). He was married to Joyce Hiller Piven. He died on February 18, 2002 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- SpouseJoyce Hiller Piven(August 22, 1954 - February 18, 2002) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsSamuel PivenKatie Balaban
- Father of Jeremy Piven and Shira Piven
- During its 30 years, the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston, a Chicago suburb, has shaped the work of stage and film actors including John Cusack, Joan Cusack and Ann Cusack; Lili Taylor; Aidan Quinn; and his two children, Shira Piven and Jeremy Piven.
- Co-director with his wife Joyce Hiller Piven of Piven Theater Workshop, a Chicago-area school whose alumni include Jeremy Piven, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack, Aidan Quinn, and Rosanna Arquette, among others.
- He was awarded the 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Man in 605", at the Performance Community/Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago, Illinois.
- Grandfather of Pearl McKay and Lili Rose McKay.
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