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Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Born: 1967-10-04 • San Francisco, California, USA

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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Filmography
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They Fight with Cameras
2025
Caught Stealing poster
Caught Stealing
2025 • Lipa
The Last Twins poster
The Last Twins
2025 • Narrator
Undisputed poster
Undisputed
2024 • Self
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration poster
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
2024 • Self
Meeting Zelenskyy poster
Meeting Zelenskyy
2023 • Self
Across the River and into the Trees poster
Across the River and into the Trees
2023 • Colonel Richard Cantwell
Golda poster
Golda
2023 • Henry Kissinger
Asteroid City poster
Asteroid City
2023 • J.J. Kellogg
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa poster
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
2023 • Self (archive footage)
The Conspiracy poster
The Conspiracy
2022
Ray Donovan: The Movie poster
Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022 • Ray Donovan
Don't Look Up poster
Don't Look Up
2021 • Bash Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun poster
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 • Talk Show Host
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
Human Capital poster
Human Capital
2020 • Drew Hagel
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season poster
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
2019 • Narrator (voice)
A Rainy Day in New York poster
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 • Roland Pollard
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People poster
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019 • Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti poster
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
2019 • Narrator
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 • Wilson Fisk (voice)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes poster
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
2018 • Narrator
Isle of Dogs poster
Isle of Dogs
2018 • Spots (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie poster
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017 • The Storm King (voice)
The Pulitzer At 100 poster
The Pulitzer At 100
2017 • Self
Chuck poster
Chuck
2017 • Chuck Wepner
Goon: Last of the Enforcers poster
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
2017 • Ross Rhea
Finding Babel poster
Finding Babel
2016 • Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
The 5th Wave poster
The 5th Wave
2016 • Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
Creed poster
Creed
2015 • HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Spotlight poster
Spotlight
2015 • Marty Baron
Kareem: Minority of One poster
Kareem: Minority of One
2015 • Narrator (voice)
Pawn Sacrifice poster
Pawn Sacrifice
2015 • Boris Spassky
Unity poster
Unity
2015 • Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Man poster
A Perfect Man
2013 • James
Fading Gigolo poster
Fading Gigolo
2013 • Dovi
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve poster
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
2013 • Narrator (voice)
The Butler poster
The Butler
2013 • Lyndon B. Johnson
The Last Days on Mars poster
The Last Days on Mars
2013 • Vincent Campbell
Clear History poster
Clear History
2013 • Tibor (uncredited)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 • Bobby Lincoln
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust poster
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
2013 • Narrator (voice)
Movie 43 poster
Movie 43
2013 • Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Mental poster
Mental
2012 • Trevor Blundell
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery poster
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
2012
Goon poster
Goon
2012 • Ross Rhea
The Curious Case of Curt Flood poster
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
2011 • Narrator
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies poster
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
2011 • Himself - Narrator (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time poster
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice poster
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
2011 • Narrator
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective poster
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011 • Self
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Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
2011 • Narrator
America: The Story of Us poster
America: The Story of Us
2010 • Himself - Narrator
Salt poster
Salt
2010 • Theodore Winter
Broad Street Bullies poster
Broad Street Bullies
2010 • (narrator)
Repo Men poster
Repo Men
2010 • Frank
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals poster
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
2010 • Narrator (voice)
Every Day poster
Every Day
2010 • Ned
Weapon X Mutant Files poster
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009 • Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins poster
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009 • Self
Taking Woodstock poster
Taking Woodstock
2009 • Vilma
Ted Williams poster
Ted Williams
2009 • Narrator
X-Men Origins: Wolverine poster
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009 • Victor Creed
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Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
2009 • Narrator
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times poster
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
2009 • Narrator
Defiance poster
Defiance
2008 • Zus Bielski
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football poster
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
2008 • Narrator
Thrilla in Manila poster
Thrilla in Manila
2008 • Narrator
The Defector poster
The Defector
2008 • Narrator
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open poster
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
2008 • Self - Host
Barbaro poster
Barbaro
2008 • Narrator
Chicago 10 poster
Chicago 10
2008 • William Kunstler (voice)
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed poster
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 • Narrator
Operation Filmmaker poster
Operation Filmmaker
2008 • Self
Michigan vs. Ohio State:  The Rivalry poster
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
2007 • Narrator
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Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2007 • Narrator
Love in the Time of Cholera poster
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007 • Lotario Thurgot
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure poster
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
2007 • Narrator
The Ten poster
The Ten
2007 • Ray Johnson
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Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
2007 • Self (Narrator)
Sputnik Mania poster
Sputnik Mania
2007 • Narrator
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The Living Weapon
2007
The Painted Veil poster
The Painted Veil
2006 • Charlie Townsend
The Omen poster
The Omen
2006 • Robert Thorn
The New Medicine poster
The New Medicine
2006 • Narrator
Oil Storm poster
Oil Storm
2005 • Himself - Narrator (voice)
Living with Wolves poster
Living with Wolves
2005 • narrator
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship poster
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
2005 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Lackawanna Blues poster
Lackawanna Blues
2005 • Ulysses Ford
The Manchurian Candidate poster
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s poster
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003 • Self
Spinning Boris poster
Spinning Boris
2003 • Joe Shumate
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death poster
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi poster
Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
2003
NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet poster
NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet
2003 • Self - Narrator(voice)
Battle of the X-Planes poster
Battle of the X-Planes
2003 • Narrator
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The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Young Dr. Freud poster
Young Dr. Freud
2002 • Sigmund Freud (Voice)
Iron and Beyond poster
Iron and Beyond
2002 • Self - Narrator (voice)
:03 from Gold poster
:03 from Gold
2002 • Narrator (voice)