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Liev Schreiber

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 4, 1967 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Isaac Liev Schreiber (/ˈliːɛv ˈʃraɪbər/ LEE-ev SHRY-bər; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award and nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. Schreiber's early film roles include Mixed Nuts (1994), Party Girl (1995), The Daytrippers (1996), and Big Night (1996). He appeared in the first three Scream horror films (1996–2000), Ransom (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Hamlet (2000), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Painted Veil (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), and Spotlight (2015). He acted in the Wes Anderson films Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). He made his directorial film debut with Everything Is Illuminated (2005). He made his Broadway debut in In the Summer House (1992). He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for playing Richard Roma in the David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross (2005). He was Tony-nominated for his roles in the Eric Bogosian play Talk Radio (2007), the Arthur Miller revival A View from the Bridge (2010) and the John Patrick Shanley revival Doubt (2024). He also acted in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016). For his television roles, he most notably portrayed the titular character in the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). The role has earned him nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. He also portrayed Orson Welles in the HBO film RKO 281 (1999) and Otto Frank in the Nat Geo miniseries A Small Light (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Liev Schreiber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026Born to BowlNarrator (voice)
2025Caught StealingLipa
2025The Last TwinsNarrator
2025They Fight with Cameras
2025Splinter Cell: DeathwatchSam Fisher (voice)
2025The American RevolutionSamuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
2024Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical CelebrationSelf
2024UndisputedSelf
2024The Perfect CoupleTag Winbury
2024Violent EarthSelf - Host
2023GoldaHenry Kissinger
2023Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky BalboaSelf (archive footage)
2023Meeting ZelenskyySelf
2023Across the River and into the TreesColonel Richard Cantwell
2023Asteroid CityJ.J. Kellogg
2023A Small LightOtto Frank
2023Command ZKohlberg Pryce
2022The Conspiracy
2022Ray Donovan: The MovieRay Donovan
2021Don't Look UpBash Narrator (voice)
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunTalk Show Host
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
2021Hard Knocks: In SeasonSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020Human CapitalDrew Hagel
2019Lindsey Vonn: The Final SeasonNarrator (voice)
2019A Rainy Day in New YorkRoland Pollard
2019The Many Lives of Nick BuonicontiNarrator
2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the PeopleJoseph Pulitzer (voice)
2018Isle of DogsSpots (voice)
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseWilson Fisk (voice)
2018Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost TapesNarrator
2018Firing Line with Margaret HooverSelf
2018CivilisationsNarrator
2017Goon: Last of the EnforcersRoss Rhea
2017ChuckChuck Wepner
2017My Little Pony: The MovieThe Storm King (voice)
2017The Pulitzer At 100Self
2017UConn: The March to Madness
2017America in ColorSelf - Narrator (voice)
2016The 5th WaveLieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
2016Finding BabelSelf - Isaac Babel (voice)
2015Pawn SacrificeBoris Spassky
2015SpotlightMarty Baron
2015UnityNarrator (voice)
2015CreedHBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
2015Kareem: Minority of OneNarrator (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2014BoJack HorsemanCopernicus (Voice)
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2013Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the HolocaustNarrator (voice)
2013Movie 43Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
2013The ButlerLyndon B. Johnson
2013The Last Days on MarsVincent Campbell
2013Fading GigoloDovi
2013Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal ReserveNarrator (voice)
2013A Perfect ManJames
2013Clear HistoryTibor (uncredited)
2013The Reluctant FundamentalistBobby Lincoln
2013Ray DonovanRay Donovan
2013Superheroes: A Never-Ending BattleNarrator (voice)
2013Drunk HistoryVictor Lustig
2013Rick and MortyFear Hole Demon (voice)
2012GoonRoss Rhea
2012MentalTrevor Blundell
2012Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie RetrospectiveSelf
2011Runnin' Rebels of UNLVNarrator
2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011The Lost Kennedy Home MoviesHimself - Narrator (voice)
2011McEnroe/Borg: Fire & IceNarrator
2011The Curious Case of Curt FloodNarrator
2010Repo MenFrank
2010SaltTheodore Winter
2010Magic & Bird: A Courtship of RivalsNarrator (voice)
2010Every DayNed
2010America: The Story of UsHimself - Narrator
2010Broad Street Bullies(narrator)
2010America: The Story of UsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2010Road to the NHL Winter ClassicNarrator
2009X-Men Origins: WolverineVictor Creed
2009Taking WoodstockVilma
2009Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their TimesNarrator
2009Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. CarolinaNarrator
2009Weapon X Mutant FilesSelf
2009Ted WilliamsNarrator
2009Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete OriginsSelf
2008DefianceZus Bielski
2008Chicago 10William Kunstler (voice)
2008Operation FilmmakerSelf
2008The DefectorNarrator
2008Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. OpenSelf - Host
2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedNarrator
2008Thrilla in ManilaNarrator
2008Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College FootballNarrator
2008BarbaroNarrator
2008The Jewish AmericansSelf - Narrator (voice)
2007Love in the Time of CholeraLotario Thurgot
2007Michigan vs. Ohio State: The RivalryNarrator
2007The TenRay Johnson
2007Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of FlatbushSelf (Narrator)
2007The Living Weapon
2007Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer TeamNarrator
2007Sputnik ManiaNarrator
2007Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric AdventureNarrator
200724/7
2006The OmenRobert Thorn
2006The Painted VeilCharlie Townsend
2006The New MedicineNarrator
2005Living with Wolvesnarrator
2005Oil StormHimself - Narrator (voice)
2005Lackawanna BluesUlysses Ford
2005Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA ChampionshipSelf - Narrator (voice)
2005Robot ChickenIron Man / King Triton (Voice)
2004The Manchurian CandidateCongressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
2003Battle of the X-PlanesNarrator
2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of DeathSelf - Narrator (voice)
2003Spinning BorisJoe Shumate
2003Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70sSelf
2003The Shakespeare Sessions
2003NOVA-Lost Treasures of TibetSelf - Narrator(voice)
2003Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
2003Hitler: The Rise of EvilErnst Hanfstaengl
2002The Sum of All FearsJohn Clark
2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'Self - Narrator (voice)
2002Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey TeamSelf - Narrator
2002Iron and BeyondSelf - Narrator (voice)
2002Young Dr. FreudSigmund Freud (Voice)
2002:03 from GoldNarrator (voice)
2002A Brilliant MadnessNarrator (voice)
2002American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)Narrator
2002Ulysses S. GrantNarrator
2002Secrets, Lies, and Atomic SpiesNarrator
2001Kate & LeopoldStuart Besser
2001Fatal FloodNarrator (voice)
2001Shot Heard 'Round the WorldNarrator
2001Hard KnocksSelf - Narrator (voice)
2000HamletLaertes
2000Scream 3Cotton Weary
2000Spring ForwardPaul
2000Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... DivisibleNarrator
2000When It Was a Game 3Narrator (voice)
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMichael Keppler
2000Secrets of the DeadNarrator
1999Meltdown at Three Mile IslandSelf - Narrator
1999Jakob the LiarMischa
1999The HurricaneSam Chaiton
1999A Walk on the MoonMarty Kantrowitz
1999Desert BlueMickey Moonday (voice)
1999RKO 281Orson Welles
1999Decoding Nazi SecretsHimself - Narrator
1999The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long ShipsNarrator
1999Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer GamesNarrator (voice)
1998SphereDr. Ted Fielding
1998TwilightJeff Willis
1998PhantomsDeputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
1998City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball ScandalHimself-Narrator
1998Babe RuthHimself - Narrator (voice)
1998Since You've Been GoneFred Linderhoff
1998Surviving the Dust BowlNarrator (voice)
1998Mr. Miami BeachNarrator
1997The DaytrippersCarl Petrovic
1997His and HersGlenn
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf - Narrator (voice)
1997Scream 2Cotton Weary
1997Baggage
1997The ViewSelf
1996RansomClark Barnes
1996ScreamCotton Weary
1996Big NightLeo
1996The Sunshine BoysRicky Gregg
1996Walking and TalkingAndrew
1996Spirit of the GamesNarrator
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1996The Daily ShowSelf, Bank Manager
1995Party GirlNigel
1995Denise Calls UpJerry Heckerman
1995Mad LoveSalesman
1995Buffalo GirlsOgden
1995Two Billion HeartsNarrator
1994Mixed NutsChris
1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalOwens
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989The Simpsons"Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1982NatureNarrator (voice)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1974NOVA
1974NOVANarrator (voice)
-The Guns of Christmas PastEbb
-ParallaxJonah Lynn
Production
2025Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello StoryExecutive Producer
2023Rule of Two WallsExecutive Producer
2022Ray Donovan: The MovieExecutive Producer
2022Ukrainians in ExileExecutive Producer
2020Human CapitalProducer
2017ChuckProducer
2000Spring ForwardAssociate Producer
-ParallaxExecutive Producer
Directing
2023Meeting ZelenskyyDirector
2013Ray DonovanDirector
2005Everything Is IlluminatedDirector
Writing
2022Ray Donovan: The MovieWriter
2017ChuckScreenplay
2005Everything Is IlluminatedScreenplay
Crew
2009The CoveThanks