Liev Schreiber

Acting

Liev Schreiber

Born October 4, 1967San Francisco, California, USA195 credits

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

Filmography

Born to Bowl
2026Born to Bowl
as Narrator (voice)TV
The American Revolution
2025The American Revolution
as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)TV
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
as Sam Fisher (voice)TV
The Last Twins
2025The Last Twins
as NarratorMovie
Undisputed
2024Undisputed
as SelfMovie
The Perfect Couple
2024The Perfect Couple
as Tag WinburyTV
Violent Earth
2024Violent Earth
as Self - HostTV
Across the River and into the Trees
2023Across the River and into the Trees
as Colonel Richard CantwellMovie
Golda
2023Golda
as Henry KissingerMovie
Command Z
2023Command Z
as Kohlberg PryceTV
Asteroid City
2023Asteroid City
as J.J. KelloggMovie
Rule of Two Walls
2023Rule of Two Walls
Executive ProducerMovie
A Small Light
2023A Small Light
as Otto FrankTV
Ukrainians in Exile
2022Ukrainians in Exile
Executive ProducerMovie
Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Ray DonovanMovie
Don't Look Up
2021Don't Look Up
as Bash Narrator (voice)Movie
Hard Knocks: In Season
2021Hard Knocks: In Season
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Human Capital
2020Human Capital
as Drew HagelMovie
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
2019Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
as Narrator (voice)Movie
A Rainy Day in New York
2019A Rainy Day in New York
as Roland PollardMovie
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)Movie
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Wilson Fisk (voice)Movie
Civilisations
2018Civilisations
as NarratorTV
Isle of Dogs
2018Isle of Dogs
as Spots (voice)Movie
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017My Little Pony: The Movie
as The Storm King (voice)Movie
America in Color
2017America in Color
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Chuck
2017Chuck
as Chuck WepnerMovie
Finding Babel
2016Finding Babel
as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)Movie
The 5th Wave
2016The 5th Wave
as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander VoschMovie
Creed
2015Creed
as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)Movie
Spotlight
2015Spotlight
as Marty BaronMovie
Kareem: Minority of One
2015Kareem: Minority of One
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Pawn Sacrifice
2015Pawn Sacrifice
as Boris SpasskyMovie
Unity
2015Unity
as Narrator (voice)Movie
BoJack Horseman
2014BoJack Horseman
as Copernicus (Voice)TV
Rick and Morty
2013Rick and Morty
as Fear Hole Demon (voice)TV
A Perfect Man
2013A Perfect Man
as JamesMovie
Fading Gigolo
2013Fading Gigolo
as DoviMovie
The Butler
2013The Butler
as Lyndon B. JohnsonMovie
The Last Days on Mars
2013The Last Days on Mars
as Vincent CampbellMovie
Clear History
2013Clear History
as Tibor (uncredited)Movie
Drunk History
2013Drunk History
as Victor LustigTV
Ray Donovan
2013Ray Donovan
as Ray DonovanTV
Movie 43
2013Movie 43
as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")Movie
Mental
2012Mental
as Trevor BlundellMovie
Goon
2012Goon
as Ross RheaMovie
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
2011The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
America: The Story of Us
2010America: The Story of Us
as Himself - NarratorMovie
Salt
2010Salt
as Theodore WinterMovie
Broad Street Bullies
2010Broad Street Bullies
as (narrator)Movie
America: The Story of Us
2010America: The Story of Us
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Repo Men
2010Repo Men
as FrankMovie
Every Day
2010Every Day
as NedMovie
Ted Williams
2009Ted Williams
as NarratorMovie
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009X-Men Origins: Wolverine
as Victor CreedMovie
Defiance
2008Defiance
as Zus BielskiMovie
Thrilla in Manila
2008Thrilla in Manila
as NarratorMovie
The Defector
2008The Defector
as NarratorMovie
Barbaro
2008Barbaro
as NarratorMovie
Chicago 10
2008Chicago 10
as William Kunstler (voice)Movie
The Jewish Americans
2008The Jewish Americans
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007Love in the Time of Cholera
as Lotario ThurgotMovie
The Ten
2007The Ten
as Ray JohnsonMovie
Sputnik Mania
2007Sputnik Mania
as NarratorMovie
The Painted Veil
2006The Painted Veil
as Charlie TownsendMovie
The Omen
2006The Omen
as Robert ThornMovie
The New Medicine
2006The New Medicine
as NarratorMovie
Oil Storm
2005Oil Storm
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
Living with Wolves
2005Living with Wolves
as narratorMovie
Robot Chicken
2005Robot Chicken
as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)TV
Lackawanna Blues
2005Lackawanna Blues
as Ulysses FordMovie
The Manchurian Candidate
2004The Manchurian Candidate
as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)Movie
Spinning Boris
2003Spinning Boris
as Joe ShumateMovie
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Ernst HanfstaenglTV
NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet
2003NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet
as Self - Narrator(voice)Movie
Young Dr. Freud
2002Young Dr. Freud
as Sigmund Freud (Voice)Movie
Iron and Beyond
2002Iron and Beyond
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
:03 from Gold
2002:03 from Gold
as Narrator (voice)Movie
The Sum of All Fears
2002The Sum of All Fears
as John ClarkMovie
A Brilliant Madness
2002A Brilliant Madness
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Ulysses S. Grant
2002Ulysses S. Grant
as NarratorMovie
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Kate & Leopold
2001Kate & Leopold
as Stuart BesserMovie
Hard Knocks
2001Hard Knocks
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Fatal Flood
2001Fatal Flood
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Spring Forward
2000Spring Forward
as PaulMovie
W
2000When It Was a Game 3
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Hamlet
2000Hamlet
as LaertesMovie
Scream 3
2000Scream 3
as Cotton WearyMovie
RKO 281
1999RKO 281
as Orson WellesMovie
The Hurricane
1999The Hurricane
as Sam ChaitonMovie
Jakob the Liar
1999Jakob the Liar
as MischaMovie
Desert Blue
1999Desert Blue
as Mickey Moonday (voice)Movie
D
1999Decoding Nazi Secrets
as Himself - NarratorMovie
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
1999Meltdown at Three Mile Island
as Self - NarratorMovie
A Walk on the Moon
1999A Walk on the Moon
as Marty KantrowitzMovie
Babe Ruth
1998Babe Ruth
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
Since You've Been Gone
1998Since You've Been Gone
as Fred LinderhoffMovie
Twilight
1998Twilight
as Jeff WillisMovie
Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998Surviving the Dust Bowl
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Sphere
1998Sphere
as Dr. Ted FieldingMovie
Mr. Miami Beach
1998Mr. Miami Beach
as NarratorMovie
Phantoms
1998Phantoms
as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' WargleMovie
Scream 2
1997Scream 2
as Cotton WearyMovie
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
The Daytrippers
1997The Daytrippers
as Carl PetrovicMovie
His and Hers
1997His and Hers
as GlennMovie
Scream
1996Scream
as Cotton WearyMovie
Ransom
1996Ransom
as Clark BarnesMovie
Big Night
1996Big Night
as LeoMovie
The Sunshine Boys
1996The Sunshine Boys
as Ricky GreggMovie
Spirit of the Games
1996Spirit of the Games
as NarratorMovie
Party Girl
1995Party Girl
as NigelMovie
Mad Love
1995Mad Love
as SalesmanMovie
Denise Calls Up
1995Denise Calls Up
as Jerry HeckermanMovie
Buffalo Girls
1995Buffalo Girls
as OgdenMovie
Two Billion Hearts
1995Two Billion Hearts
as NarratorMovie
Mixed Nuts
1994Mixed Nuts
as ChrisMovie
The Simpsons
1989The Simpsons
as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)TV
American Experience
1988American Experience
as Narrator (voice)TV
Nature
1982Nature
as Narrator (voice)TV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostTV
P
Parallax
as Jonah LynnTV