Jonathan "Drama" Chase[1] is a fictional character in the comedy-drama television series Entourage and its film sequel.
Drama has been a C-list actor for most of his career, best known for his starring role as Tarvold in the cult television series Viking Quest.
His acting range is limited by a wooden style, but he constantly brings up the bit roles he has played over the years in such movies and television shows as Barbershop, Melrose Place,[2] Nash Bridges, The Commish, A Different World, Pacific Blue, Full House, 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as a national television commercial for the herpes drug Valtrex,[3] and tries to give acting and general Hollywood-related advice to his brother.
He also revealed that he's directed a couple of short films in the episode "Welcome to the Jungle", after overhearing a conversation where Eric threatens to fire Billy Walsh from the production of Medellin.
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 aid when needed.
After the Five Towns pilot performed very well, Drama effectively resumed a successful career and bought a $1.5 million condominium.
During the 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 (portrayed by Sofia Vergara), 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, while at the Cannes Film Festival in France greeting the large fan base and cult following of Viking Quest, Drama meets and becomes involved with Jacqueline and begins a long distance relationship with her after he gets back to LA.
Though it is never shown that Drama is fluent in multiple languages, he has quoted words in Spanish, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew.
At the first Melrose Place audition in 2009, Drama fears rejection and has a mild heart attack and mental breakdown, urinating in his pants.
In Season Eight, Drama does voice acting for a new animated series called Johnny's Bananas, an urban comedy where all characters are primarily apes and monkeys.
He is also cast as the lead actor in a TV movie adapted from a script written by Vince and Walsh.
Drama may simply be very close to Vince's mother, Rita Chase, due to the fact that the line in "My Maserati Does 185" about their shared father is a definitive genetical statement said in a genuine sense.
It is believed that Johnny was born shortly after his parents left high school, thus explaining the age gap between himself and Vince.