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 · Caught Stealing as Ed
- 2024 · Undisputed as Self
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury
- 2024 · Violent Earth as Self - Host
- 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
- 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 · 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 · 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)
- 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 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · America in Color as Self - Narrator (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 Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Finding Babel as Isaac Babel (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
- 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 · 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 · Movie 43 as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
- 2012 · Space Dive as Himself - Narrator (US version)
- 2012 · Mental as Trevor Blundell
- 2012 · Goon as Ross Rhea
- 2011 · Portraits in Dramatic Time as
- 2011 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2011 · Runnin' Rebels of UNLV as Narrator
- 2010 · 24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · Salt as Theodore Winter
- 2010 · Broad Street Bullies as (narrator)
- 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 · Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Wilma
- 2009 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 2008 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2008 · Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open as Self - Host
- 2008 · Chicago 10 as William Kunstler (voice)
- 2008 · Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed as Narrator
- 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 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 Painted Veil as Charlie Townsend
- 2006 · The Omen as Robert Thorn
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Ulysses Ford
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- 2003 · Spinning Boris as Joe Shumate
- 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 · Iron and Beyond as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · :03 from Gold as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as John Clark
- 2002 · A Brilliant Madness as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Kate & Leopold as Stuart Besser
- 2001 · Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator
- 2001 · Fatal Flood as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Spring Forward as Paul
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Keppler
- 2000 · When It Was a Game 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 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 · Twilight as Jeff Willis
- 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 · The Daytrippers as Carl Petrovic
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Future · Splinter Cell: Deathwatch as Sam Fisher (voice)
- 2024 · Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as
- 2023 · Meeting Zelenskyy as Self
- 2022 · The Conspiracy as
- 2019 · The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti as Narrator
- 2018 · Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes as Narrator
- 2017 · UConn: The March to Madness as
- 2013 · Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice as Narrator
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Himself - Narrator
- 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 · Barbaro as Narrator
- 2008 · Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2007 · Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team as 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)
- 2003 · Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Young Dr. Freud as Sigmund Freud (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
- 2001 · Shot Heard 'Round the World as Narrator
- 2000 · Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible as Narrator
- 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 · Surviving the Dust Bowl as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · His and Hers as Glenn
- Future · The Guns of Christmas Past as Ebb
- 1998 · City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal as Himself-Narrator
- 1997 · Baggage as
- 1996 · The Sunshine Boys as Ricky Gregg
- 1995 · Two Billion Hearts as Narrator
- 1994 · Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Owens
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)