Liev Schreiber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 4, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Guns of Christmas Past
Movie · as Ebb
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Wilson Fisk (voice)
Nocturne
TV · as Jonah Lynn · 10 eps
Born to Bowl
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Caught Stealing
Movie · as Lipa
The Last Twins
Movie · as Narrator
They Fight with Cameras
Movie
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
TV · as Sam Fisher (voice) · 8 eps
The American Revolution
TV · as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice) · 6 eps
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Self
Undisputed
Movie · as Self
The Perfect Couple
TV · as Tag Winbury · 6 eps
Violent Earth
TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps
Golda
Movie · as Henry Kissinger
Meeting Zelenskyy
Movie · as Self
Across the River and into the Trees
Movie · as Colonel Richard Cantwell
Asteroid City
Movie · as J.J. Kellogg
A Small Light
TV · as Otto Frank · 8 eps
Command Z
TV · as Kohlberg Pryce · 2 eps
The Conspiracy
Movie
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Movie · as Ray Donovan
Don't Look Up
Movie · as Bash Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Talk Show Host
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
Hard Knocks: In Season
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 43 eps
Human Capital
Movie · as Drew Hagel
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Rainy Day in New York
Movie · as Roland Pollard
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
Movie · as Narrator
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Movie · as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
Isle of Dogs
Movie · as Spots (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Wilson Fisk (voice)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
Movie · as Narrator
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Civilisations
TV · as Narrator · 9 eps
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Movie · as Ross Rhea
Chuck
Movie · as Chuck Wepner
My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie · as The Storm King (voice)
The Pulitzer At 100
Movie · as Self
UConn: The March to Madness
TV · 1 ep
America in Color
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 17 eps
The 5th Wave
Movie · as Colonel Vosch
Finding Babel
Movie · as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
Pawn Sacrifice
Movie · as Boris Spassky
Spotlight
Movie · as Marty Baron
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Creed
Movie · as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Kareem: Minority of One
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Fading Gigolo
Movie · as Dovi
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Copernicus (Voice) · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Movie 43
Movie · as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
The Butler
Movie · as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Last Days on Mars
Movie · as Vincent Campbell
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Man
Movie · as James
Clear History
Movie · as Tibor (uncredited)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie · as Bobby Lincoln
Ray Donovan
TV · as Ray Donovan · 82 eps
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Drunk History
TV · as Victor Lustig · 1 ep
Rick and Morty
TV · as Fear Hole Demon (voice) · 1 ep
Goon
Movie · as Ross Rhea
Mental
Movie · as Trevor Blundell
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
Movie
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Movie · as Self
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
Movie · as Narrator
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
Movie · as Narrator
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
Movie · as Narrator
Repo Men
Movie · as Frank
Salt
Movie · as Theodore Winter
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Every Day
Movie · as Ned
America: The Story of Us
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Broad Street Bullies
Movie · as (narrator)
America: The Story of Us
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Road to the NHL Winter Classic
TV · as Narrator · 12 eps
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Movie · as Victor Creed
Taking Woodstock
Movie · as Vilma
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
Movie · as Narrator
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
Movie · as Narrator
Weapon X Mutant Files
Movie · as Self
Ted Williams
Movie · as Narrator
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Movie · as Self
Defiance
Movie · as Zus Bielski
Chicago 10
Movie · as William Kunstler (voice)
Operation Filmmaker
Movie · as Self
The Defector
Movie · as Narrator
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
Movie · as Self - Host
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Movie · as Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Movie · as Narrator
Thrilla in Manila
Movie · as Narrator
Barbaro
Movie · as Narrator
The Jewish Americans
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Love in the Time of Cholera
Movie · as Lotario Thurgot
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
Movie · as Narrator
The Ten
Movie · as Ray Johnson
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
Movie · as Self (Narrator)
The Living Weapon
Movie
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Movie · as Narrator
Sputnik Mania
Movie · as Narrator
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
Movie · as Narrator
Raptor Force
Movie · as Narrator
24/7
TV · 64 eps
The Omen
Movie · as Robert Thorn
The Painted Veil
Movie · as Charlie Townsend
The New Medicine
Movie · as Narrator
Living with Wolves
Movie · as narrator
Oil Storm
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as Ulysses Ford
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball
Movie · as Narrator
Seamless
Movie · as Self
Robot Chicken
TV · as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice) · 1 ep
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Secrets of the Dead: D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict
Movie · as Narrator
Battle of the X-Planes
Movie · as Narrator
Spinning Boris
Movie · as Joe Shumate
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Movie · as Self
The Shakespeare Sessions
Movie
NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet
Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)
Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
Movie
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV · as Ernst Hanfstaengl · 2 eps
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as John Clark
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Iron and Beyond
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Young Dr. Freud
Movie · as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
:03 from Gold
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Brilliant Madness
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
Movie · as Narrator
Ulysses S. Grant
Movie · as Narrator
Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies
Movie · as Narrator
Kate & Leopold
Movie · as Stuart Besser
Fatal Flood
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Shot Heard 'Round the World
Movie · as Narrator
Hard Knocks
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 91 eps
Hamlet
Movie · as Laertes
Scream 3
Movie · as Cotton Weary
Spring Forward
Movie · as Paul
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Movie · as Narrator
When It Was a Game 3
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Michael Keppler · 4 eps
Secrets of the Dead
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 52 eps
Triumph of Life
TV · 6 eps
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Jakob the Liar
Movie · as Mischa
The Hurricane
Movie · as Sam Chaiton
A Walk on the Moon
Movie · as Marty Kantrowitz
Desert Blue
Movie · as Mickey Moonday (voice)
RKO 281
Movie · as Orson Welles
Decoding Nazi Secrets
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
Movie · as Narrator
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sphere
Movie · as Dr. Ted Fielding
Twilight
Movie · as Jeff Willis
Phantoms
Movie · as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
Movie · as Himself-Narrator
Babe Ruth
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Since You've Been Gone
Movie · as Fred Linderhoff
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Miami Beach
Movie · as Narrator
The Daytrippers
Movie · as Carl Petrovic
His and Hers
Movie · as Glenn
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Scream 2
Movie · as Cotton Weary
Baggage
Movie
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ransom
Movie · as Clark Barnes
Scream
Movie · as Cotton Weary
Big Night
Movie · as Leo
The Sunshine Boys
Movie · as Ricky Gregg
Walking and Talking
Movie · as Andrew
Spirit of the Games
Movie · as Narrator
The Daily Show
TV · as Self, Self, Bank Manager · 2 eps
Party Girl
Movie · as Nigel
Denise Calls Up
Movie · as Jerry Heckerman
Mad Love
Movie · as Salesman
Buffalo Girls
Movie · as Ogden
Two Billion Hearts
Movie · as Narrator
Mixed Nuts
Movie · as Chris
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Movie · as Owens
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
NOVA
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps