Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the first three Scream horror films (1996-2000), Ransom (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Omen (2006), Defiance (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Taking Woodstock (2009), Salt (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Spotlight (2015), The 5th Wave (2016), and The French Dispatch (2021). For his roles in television, he most notably portrayed the eponymous protagonist of the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). The role has earned him five Golden Globe Award nominations and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). He has lent his voice to animated films such as My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Isle of Dogs, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (both 2018). He also narrated the HBO series Hard Knocks, 24/7 and the HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, as well as various PBS programs. He has performed in several Broadway productions. In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the play Glengarry Glen Ross. That same year, he made his debut as a film director and writer with Everything Is Illuminated (2005), based on the 2002 novel of the same name.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 2020 · Human Capital as Drew Hagel
- 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Wilson Fisk (voice)
- 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as Self
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Spots (voice)
- 2018 · Civilisations as Narrator
- 2017 · My Little Pony: The Movie as The Storm King (voice)
- 2017 · America in Color as Narrator
- 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 · 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
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
- 2013 · Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Fading Gigolo as Dovi
- 2013 · The Butler as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2013 · The Last Days on Mars as Vincent Campbell
- 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
- 2010 · Salt as Theodore Winter
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Self - Narrator
- 2010 · Repo Men as Frank
- 2010 · Every Day as Ned
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Wilma
- 2009 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 2008 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2007 · Love in the Time of Cholera as Lotario Thurgot
- 2007 · The Ten as Ray Johnson
- 2007 · 24/7 as
- 2006 · The Painted Veil as Charlie Townsend
- 2006 · The Omen as Robert Thorn
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- 2003 · Spinning Boris as Joe Shumate
- 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 Narrator
- 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
- 1998 · Sphere as Dr. Ted Fielding
- 1997 · Scream 2 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Scream as Cotton Weary
- 1996 · Ransom as Clark Barnes
- 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
- 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 · The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury
- 2024 · Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants as Self - Narrator
- 2023 · Meeting Zelenskyy as Self
- 2023 · Across the River and Into the Trees as Colonel Richard Cantwell
- 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
- 2017 · America in Color as Narrator
- 2017 · UConn: The March to Madness as
- 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 · 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 · Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
- 2009 · Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
- 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 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 Himself
- 2008 · The Jewish Americans as Himself - Narrator
- 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 · 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 Narrator
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Ulysses Ford
- 2003 · Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
- 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 Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1999 · The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · His and Hers as Glenn
- 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