Liev Schreiber
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
Credits
- 2025 · Splinter Cell: Deathwatch as Sam Fisher (voice)
- 2025 · Caught Stealing as Lipa
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury
- 2023 · Across the River and into the Trees as Colonel Richard Cantwell
- 2023 · Golda as Henry Kissinger
- 2023 · Command Z as Kohlberg Pryce
- 2023 · Asteroid City as J.J. Kellogg
- 2023 · A Small Light as Otto Frank
- 2022 · Ray Donovan: The Movie as Ray Donovan
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Bash Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hard Knocks: In Season as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The French Dispatch as Talk Show Host
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Human Capital as Drew Hagel
- 2019 · The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti as Narrator
- 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Wilson Fisk (voice)
- 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as Self
- 2018 · Civilisations as Narrator
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Spots (voice)
- 2017 · My Little Pony: The Movie as The Storm King (voice)
- 2017 · Chuck as Chuck Wepner
- 2017 · Goon: Last of the Enforcers as Ross Rhea
- 2016 · The 5th Wave as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
- 2015 · Creed as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Spotlight as Marty Baron
- 2015 · Kareem: Minority of One as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Pawn Sacrifice as Boris Spassky
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Copernicus (Voice)
- 2014 · Clear History as Tibor (uncredited)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
- 2013 · A Perfect Man as James
- 2013 · Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Fading Gigolo as Dovi
- 2013 · The Butler as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2013 · Drunk History as Victor Lustig
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan
- 2013 · The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Bobby Lincoln
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
- 2012 · Mental as Trevor Blundell
- 2012 · Goon as Ross Rhea
- 2011 · The Curious Case of Curt Flood as Narrator
- 2010 · Salt as Theodore Winter
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Repo Men as Frank
- 2010 · Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Every Day as Ned
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Wilma
- 2008 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2008 · Chicago 10 as William Kunstler (voice)
- 2008 · Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2007 · Love in the Time of Cholera as Lotario Thurgot
- 2007 · The Ten as Ray Johnson
- 2006 · The Painted Veil as Charlie Townsend
- 2006 · The Omen as Robert Thorn
- 2006 · The New Medicine as Narrator
- 2005 · Oil Storm as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- 2003 · Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Hanfstaengl
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as John Clark
- 2001 · Kate & Leopold as Stuart Besser
- 2001 · Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Keppler
- 2000 · Secrets of the Dead as Narrator
- 2000 · Hamlet as Laertes
- 2000 · RKO 281 as Orson Welles
- 2000 · Scream 3 as Cotton Weary
- 1999 · The Hurricane as Sam Chaiton
- 1999 · Jakob the Liar as Mischa
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Mickey Moonday (voice)
- 1998 · Since You've Been Gone as Fred Linderhoff
- 1998 · Twilight as Jeff Willis
- 1998 · Sphere as Dr. Ted Fielding
- 1998 · Phantoms as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
- 1997 · Scream 2 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Daytrippers as Carl Petrovic
- 1996 · Scream as Cotton Weary
- 1996 · Ransom as Clark Barnes
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self, Bank Manager
- 1996 · Walking and Talking as Andrew
- 1996 · Spirit of the Games as Narrator
- 1995 · Mad Love as Salesman
- 1995 · Denise Calls Up as Jerry Heckerman
- 1994 · Mixed Nuts as Chris
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · NOVA as
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Parallax as Jonah Lynn
- 2024 · Undisputed as Self
- 2024 · Violent Earth as Self - Host
- 2019 · Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · America in Color as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · UConn: The March to Madness as
- 2013 · The Last Days on Mars as Vincent Campbell
- 2011 · Portraits in Dramatic Time as
- 2011 · McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice as Narrator
- 2011 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2010 · Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · 24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Himself - Narrator
- 2009 · Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
- 2009 · Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
- 2009 · Ted Williams as Narrator
- 2009 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 2008 · Thrilla in Manila as Narrator
- 2008 · The Defector as Narrator
- 2008 · Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Jewish Americans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team as Narrator
- 2007 · Sputnik Mania as Narrator
- 2007 · 24/7 as
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Ulysses Ford
- 2003 · Spinning Boris as Joe Shumate
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Iron and Beyond as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · :03 from Gold as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2) as Narrator
- 2002 · Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team as Self - Narrator
- 2002 · Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Spring Forward as Paul
- 2000 · Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible as Narrator
- 2000 · When It Was a Game 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · A Walk on the Moon as Marty Kantrowitz
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · His and Hers as Glenn
- 1996 · Big Night as Leo
- 1996 · The Sunshine Boys as Ricky Gregg
- 1995 · Party Girl as Nigel
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Ogden
- 1994 · Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Owens
- Future · BlackFox as
- 2025 · The Last Twins as Narrator
- 2024 · Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as
- 2023 · Meeting Zelenskyy as Self
- 2023 · Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Conspiracy as
- 2019 · A Rainy Day in New York as Roland Pollard
- 2019 · Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
- 2018 · Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes as Narrator
- 2015 · Finding Babel as Isaac Babel (voice)
- 2013 · Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery as
- 2011 · The Lost Kennedy Home Movies as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Runnin' Rebels of UNLV as Narrator
- 2010 · Broad Street Bullies as (narrator)
- 2009 · Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina as Narrator
- 2009 · Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times as Narrator
- 2008 · Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football as Narrator
- 2008 · Barbaro as Narrator
- 2008 · Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed as Narrator
- 2007 · Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry as Narrator
- 2007 · Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure as Narrator
- 2007 · Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush as Self (Narrator)
- 2007 · The Living Weapon as
- 2005 · Living with Wolves as narrator
- 2003 · Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
- 2003 · Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi as
- 2003 · NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 2003 · Battle of the X-Planes as Narrator
- 2002 · Young Dr. Freud as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
- 2002 · A Brilliant Madness as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Ulysses S. Grant as Narrator
- 2002 · Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies as Narrator
- 2001 · Shot Heard 'Round the World as Narrator
- 2001 · Fatal Flood as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships as Narrator
- 1999 · Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Decoding Nazi Secrets as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Meltdown at Three Mile Island as Self - Narrator
- 1998 · Babe Ruth as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal as Himself-Narrator
- 1998 · Surviving the Dust Bowl as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Mr. Miami Beach as Narrator
- 1997 · Baggage as
- 1995 · Two Billion Hearts as Narrator
- Future · The Guns of Christmas Past as Ebb