Liev Schreiber

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

October 4, 1967 (58 yrs)

place of birth

San Francisco, California, USA

also known as

Isaac Liev Schreiber

total credits

50 movies

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).

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Known For

Filmography

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8.4

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018as Wilson Fisk (voice)
Scream
7.4

Scream

1996as Cotton Weary
Scream 2
6.5

Scream 2

1997as Cotton Weary
Don't Look Up
7.1

Don't Look Up

2021as Bash Narrator (voice)
Scream 3
6.0

Scream 3

2000as Cotton Weary
Creed
7.4

Creed

2015as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie
7.3

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017as The Storm King (voice)
Isle of Dogs
7.8

Isle of Dogs

2018as Spots (voice)
Movie 43
4.7

Movie 43

2013as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Spotlight
7.8

Spotlight

2015as Marty Baron
Asteroid City
6.4

Asteroid City

2023as J.J. Kellogg
The 5th Wave
5.9

The 5th Wave

2016as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
The Sum of All Fears
6.4

The Sum of All Fears

2002as John Clark
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027as Wilson Fisk (voice)
Salt
6.4

Salt

2010as Theodore Winter
Caught Stealing
6.9

Caught Stealing

2025as Lipa
Ransom
6.7

Ransom

1996as Clark Barnes
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
7.0

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021as Talk Show Host
Repo Men
6.3

Repo Men

2010as Frank
The Omen
5.7

The Omen

2006as Robert Thorn
Sphere
6.1

Sphere

1998as Dr. Ted Fielding
Kate & Leopold
6.3

Kate & Leopold

2001as Stuart Besser
Defiance
6.8

Defiance

2008as Zus Bielski
The Butler
7.3

The Butler

2013as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Painted Veil
7.3

The Painted Veil

2006as Charlie Townsend
The Manchurian Candidate
6.5

The Manchurian Candidate

2004as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
The Hurricane
7.4

The Hurricane

1999as Sam Chaiton
Goon
6.4

Goon

2012as Ross Rhea
Phantoms
5.5

Phantoms

1998as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Love in the Time of Cholera
6.7

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007as Lotario Thurgot
Big Night
7.0

Big Night

1996as Leo
Fading Gigolo
5.8

Fading Gigolo

2013as Dovi
Taking Woodstock
6.2

Taking Woodstock

2009as Vilma
Pawn Sacrifice
6.7

Pawn Sacrifice

2015as Boris Spassky
Unity
7.5

Unity

2015as Narrator (voice)
RKO 281
6.5

RKO 281

1999as Orson Welles
Chuck
6.3

Chuck

2017as Chuck Wepner
A Walk on the Moon
6.0

A Walk on the Moon

1999as Marty Kantrowitz
Twilight
6.1

Twilight

1998as Jeff Willis
The Last Days on Mars
5.5

The Last Days on Mars

2013as Vincent Campbell
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
6.6

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013as Bobby Lincoln
Mad Love
5.2

Mad Love

1995as Salesman
Mixed Nuts
5.4

Mixed Nuts

1994as Chris
Chicago 10
5.8

Chicago 10

2008as William Kunstler (voice)
Jakob the Liar
6.7

Jakob the Liar

1999as Mischa
Golda
6.3

Golda

2023as Henry Kissinger
Every Day
5.1

Every Day

2010as Ned
The Ten
4.8

The Ten

2007as Ray Johnson
Party Girl
6.5

Party Girl

1995as Nigel
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
5.7

Goon: Last of the Enforcers

2017as Ross Rhea