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 · The American Revolution as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
- 2025 · Splinter Cell: Deathwatch as Sam Fisher (voice)
- 2025 · Caught Stealing as Lipa
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury
- 2023 · Asteroid City as J.J. Kellogg
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Bash Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Talk Show Host
- 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)
- 2015 · Creed as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Spotlight as Marty Baron
- 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 - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
- 2013 · Drunk History as Victor Lustig
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
- 2010 · Salt as Theodore Winter
- 2010 · Repo Men as Frank
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Vilma
- 2008 · The Defector as Narrator
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as John Clark
- 2001 · Kate & Leopold as Stuart Besser
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Keppler
- 2000 · Scream 3 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · Scream 2 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Scream as Cotton Weary
- 1996 · Ransom as Clark Barnes
- 1996 · The Sunshine Boys as Ricky Gregg
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self, Bank Manager
- 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 · BlackFox as
- 2024 · Undisputed 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 · A Small Light as Otto Frank
- 2022 · Ray Donovan: The Movie as Ray Donovan
- 2021 · Hard Knocks: In Season as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · My Little Pony: The Movie as The Storm King (voice)
- 2017 · America in Color as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Chuck as Chuck Wepner
- 2017 · UConn: The March to Madness as
- 2016 · The 5th Wave as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
- 2015 · Pawn Sacrifice as Boris Spassky
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Fading Gigolo as Dovi
- 2013 · The Butler as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2013 · The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Bobby Lincoln
- 2012 · Mental as Trevor Blundell
- 2012 · Goon as Ross Rhea
- 2010 · Road to the NHL Winter Classic as Narrator
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Every Day as Ned
- 2008 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2008 · Chicago 10 as William Kunstler (voice)
- 2008 · The Jewish Americans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- 2003 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Hanfstaengl
- 2001 · Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Spring Forward as Paul
- 2000 · Secrets of the Dead as Narrator
- 2000 · Hamlet as Laertes
- 1999 · The Hurricane as Sam Chaiton
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Mickey Moonday (voice)
- 1999 · A Walk on the Moon as Marty Kantrowitz
- 1998 · Babe Ruth as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Twilight as Jeff Willis
- 1998 · Sphere as Dr. Ted Fielding
- 1998 · Phantoms as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
- 1997 · The Daytrippers as Carl Petrovic
- 1997 · His and Hers as Glenn
- 1997 · Baggage as
- 1995 · Party Girl as Nigel
- Future · Parallax as Jonah Lynn
- 2025 · They Fight with Cameras as
- 2025 · The Last Twins as Narrator
- 2024 · Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2024 · Violent Earth as Self - Host
- 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
- 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)
- 2019 · The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti as Narrator
- 2018 · Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes as Narrator
- 2018 · Civilisations as Narrator
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · Goon: Last of the Enforcers as Ross Rhea
- 2016 · Finding Babel as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
- 2015 · Kareem: Minority of One as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · A Perfect Man as James
- 2013 · Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Last Days on Mars as Vincent Campbell
- 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 · 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 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 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 · Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open as Self - Host
- 2008 · Barbaro as Narrator
- 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 · Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure as Narrator
- 2007 · Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush as Self (Narrator)
- 2007 · Sputnik Mania as Narrator
- 2007 · 24/7 as
- 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 · Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi as
- 2003 · NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet 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 · Ulysses S. Grant as Narrator
- 2002 · American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2) as Narrator
- 2002 · Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies 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 · Shot Heard 'Round the World as Narrator
- 2001 · Fatal Flood as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible as Narrator
- 2000 · When It Was a Game 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · RKO 281 as Orson Welles
- 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 · Decoding Nazi Secrets as Himself - Narrator
- 1999 · Meltdown at Three Mile Island as Self - Narrator
- 1998 · Since You've Been Gone as Fred Linderhoff
- 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 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Big Night as Leo
- 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
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Ogden
- 1995 · Two Billion Hearts as Narrator
- 1994 · Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Owens
- Future · The Guns of Christmas Past as Ebb