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
- 2026 · Born to Bowl as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Undisputed as Self
- 2024 · Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration 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
- 2022 · The Conspiracy as
- 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 of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Talk Show Host
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Human Capital as Drew Hagel
- 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
- 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 · Kareem: Minority of One as Narrator (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 · 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 · 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 · Clear History as Tibor (uncredited)
- 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
- 2011 · The Lost Kennedy Home Movies as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 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 Himself - 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 · Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
- 2009 · Taking Woodstock as Vilma
- 2009 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Victor Creed
- 2008 · Defiance as Zus Bielski
- 2008 · Thrilla in Manila as Narrator
- 2008 · The Defector as Narrator
- 2008 · Chicago 10 as William Kunstler (voice)
- 2008 · Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed as Narrator
- 2008 · Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2008 · The Jewish Americans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Hanfstaengl
- 2003 · The Shakespeare Sessions as
- 2002 · Iron and Beyond as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as John Clark
- 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 · Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Shot Heard 'Round the World as Narrator
- 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 · Scream 3 as Cotton Weary
- 1999 · RKO 281 as Orson Welles
- 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 · City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal as Himself-Narrator
- 1998 · Twilight as Jeff Willis
- 1998 · Sphere as Dr. Ted Fielding
- 1997 · Scream 2 as Cotton Weary
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · His and Hers as Glenn
- 1997 · Baggage as
- 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
- 1996 · Walking and Talking as Andrew
- 1996 · Spirit of the Games as Narrator
- 1995 · Denise Calls Up as Jerry Heckerman
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Ogden
- 1994 · Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Owens
- 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 · Parallax as Jonah Lynn
- 1998 · Phantoms as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
- 1997 · The Daytrippers as Carl Petrovic
- 1996 · Big Night as Leo
- 1995 · Party Girl as Nigel
- 1995 · Mad Love as Salesman
- 1994 · Mixed Nuts as Chris
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- Future · The Guns of Christmas Past as Ebb
- 2025 · They Fight with Cameras as
- 2025 · The Last Twins as Narrator
- 2023 · Meeting Zelenskyy as Self
- 2023 · Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · A Rainy Day in New York as Roland Pollard
- 2019 · The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti as Narrator
- 2018 · Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes as Narrator
- 2016 · Finding Babel as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
- 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 · McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice as Narrator
- 2011 · Runnin' Rebels of UNLV as Narrator
- 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 · Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open as Self - Host
- 2008 · Barbaro as 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 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
- 2002 · Young Dr. Freud as Sigmund Freud (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
- 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 · 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)
- 1998 · Mr. Miami Beach as Narrator
- 1995 · Two Billion Hearts as Narrator