Published at 7:00 AM on October 31, 2008

By Paste Staff

20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years (#4-#1)

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entourage_ari_gold.jpg3. Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven)
Entourage, HBO 2004 - present

We were as surprised as anyone when the most likeable character on HBO’s Entourage turned out to be the racist, sexist, homophobic, materialistic, insult-spitting Hollywood agent. As the show wore on and you began to glimpse the fears and insecurities he’d spackled over with machismo, Ari went from mere laugh-drawing caricature to sympathetic anti-hero.

“You know what they feed people on an indie set, Vinnie? Nothing! They don’t give you a trailer. They tell you to go sit on an apple box. Ever try to bang an extra on an apple box?”

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