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