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 · Undisputed as Self
- 2023 · Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Ray Donovan: The Movie as Ray Donovan
- 2021 · Hard Knocks: In Season as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti as Narrator
- 2018 · Civilisations as Narrator
- 2017 · America in Color as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Kareem: Minority of One as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Curious Case of Curt Flood as Narrator
- 2011 · Portraits in Dramatic Time as
- 2011 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2010 · Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Every Day as Ned
- 2009 · Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
- 2009 · Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Wilma
- 2009 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 2008 · Thrilla in Manila as Narrator
- 2008 · The Defector as Narrator
- 2008 · Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed as Narrator
- 2007 · Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team as Narrator
- 2007 · The Ten as Ray Johnson
- 2007 · Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush as Self (Narrator)
- 2007 · Sputnik Mania as Narrator
- 2007 · 24/7 as
- 2006 · The New Medicine as Narrator
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Ulysses Ford
- 2003 · Spinning Boris as Joe Shumate
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · :03 from Gold as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Ulysses S. Grant as Narrator
- 2002 · Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible as Narrator
- 2000 · When It Was a Game 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Secrets of the Dead as Narrator
- 1999 · Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Since You've Been Gone as Fred Linderhoff
- 1997 · The Daytrippers as Carl Petrovic
- 1997 · His and Hers as Glenn
- 1996 · The Sunshine Boys as Ricky Gregg
- 1996 · Spirit of the Games as Narrator
- 1995 · Party Girl as Nigel
- 1994 · Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Owens
- Future · Parallax as Jonah Lynn
- 2025 · The Last Twins as Narrator
- 2024 · Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury
- 2024 · Violent Earth as Self - Host
- 2023 · Meeting Zelenskyy as Self
- 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 · The Conspiracy as
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Bash 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 · A Rainy Day in New York as Roland Pollard
- 2019 · Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
- 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Wilson Fisk (voice)
- 2018 · Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes as Narrator
- 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as Self
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Spots (voice)
- 2017 · My Little Pony: The Movie as The Storm King (voice)
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 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 · Creed as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Spotlight as Marty Baron
- 2015 · Finding Babel as Isaac Babel (voice)
- 2015 · Pawn Sacrifice as Boris Spassky
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 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 · Fading Gigolo as Dovi
- 2013 · Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
- 2012 · Mental as Trevor Blundell
- 2012 · Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery as
- 2012 · Goon as Ross Rhea
- 2011 · The Lost Kennedy Home Movies as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice as Narrator
- 2011 · Runnin' Rebels of UNLV as Narrator
- 2010 · 24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Salt as Theodore Winter
- 2010 · Broad Street Bullies as (narrator)
- 2010 · Repo Men as Frank
- 2010 · Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2008 · Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football 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 · Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2008 · The Jewish Americans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry as Narrator
- 2007 · Love in the Time of Cholera as Lotario Thurgot
- 2007 · Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure as Narrator
- 2007 · The Living Weapon as
- 2006 · The Painted Veil as Charlie Townsend
- 2006 · The Omen as Robert Thorn
- 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 · Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- 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 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Hanfstaengl
- 2003 · Battle of the X-Planes as Narrator
- 2002 · Young Dr. Freud as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
- 2002 · Iron and Beyond as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as John Clark
- 2002 · A Brilliant Madness 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
- 2001 · Kate & Leopold as Stuart Besser
- 2001 · Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Shot Heard 'Round the World as Narrator
- 2001 · Fatal Flood as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Spring Forward as Paul
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Keppler
- 2000 · Hamlet as Laertes
- 2000 · RKO 281 as Orson Welles
- 2000 · Scream 3 as Cotton Weary
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Scream 2 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Baggage as
- 1996 · Scream as Cotton Weary
- 1996 · Ransom as Clark Barnes
- 1996 · Big Night as Leo
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self, Bank Manager
- 1996 · Walking and Talking as Andrew
- 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
- 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 · The Guns of Christmas Past as Ebb