Liev Schreiber
4.7Acting

Liev Schreiber

Oct 4, 1967 - 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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1999Meltdown at Three Mile IslandSelf - Narrator
Movie2003Battle of the X-PlanesNarrator
Movie2009X-Men Origins: WolverineVictor Creed
Movie1998SphereDr. Ted Fielding
Movie2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of DeathSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2006The OmenRobert Thorn
Movie1999Jakob the LiarMischa
Movie1996RansomClark Barnes
Movie2000HamletLaertes
Movie1999The HurricaneSam Chaiton
Movie1996ScreamCotton Weary
Movie2000Scream 3Cotton Weary
Movie2002The Sum of All FearsJohn Clark
Movie2001Kate & LeopoldStuart Besser
Movie2007Love in the Time of CholeraLotario Thurgot
Movie1994Mixed NutsChris
Movie2010Repo MenFrank
Movie2019Lindsey Vonn: The Final SeasonNarrator (voice)
Movie1998TwilightJeff Willis
Movie2010SaltTheodore Winter
Movie1998PhantomsDeputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Movie2007Michigan vs. Ohio State: The RivalryNarrator
Movie2007The TenRay Johnson
Movie1999A Walk on the MoonMarty Kantrowitz
Movie2008DefianceZus Bielski
Movie2008Chicago 10William Kunstler (voice)
Movie1995Party GirlNigel
Movie2006The Painted VeilCharlie Townsend
Movie2010Magic & Bird: A Courtship of RivalsNarrator (voice)
Movie2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie2004The Manchurian CandidateCongressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Movie1999Desert BlueMickey Moonday (voice)
Movie2002Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey TeamSelf - Narrator
Movie2021Don't Look UpBash Narrator (voice)
Movie2010Every DayNed
Movie2005Living with Wolvesnarrator
Movie1995Denise Calls UpJerry Heckerman
Movie1995Mad LoveSalesman
Movie2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie RetrospectiveSelf
Movie1996Big NightLeo
Movie1997The DaytrippersCarl Petrovic
Movie2000RKO 281Orson Welles
Movie2000Spring ForwardPaul
Movie2013Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the HolocaustNarrator (voice)
MovieN/AThe Guns of Christmas PastEbb
Movie1999Decoding Nazi SecretsHimself - Narrator
Movie2002Iron and BeyondSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2008Operation FilmmakerSelf
Movie1997His and HersGlenn
Movie2012GoonRoss Rhea
Movie2005Oil StormHimself - Narrator (voice)
Movie2013Movie 43Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Movie2003Spinning BorisJoe Shumate
Movie1995Buffalo GirlsOgden
Movie1998City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball ScandalHimself-Narrator
Movie2012MentalTrevor Blundell
Movie2013The ButlerLyndon B. Johnson
Movie2005Lackawanna BluesUlysses Ford
Movie1996The Sunshine BoysRicky Gregg
Movie2006The New MedicineNarrator
Movie1998Babe RuthHimself - Narrator (voice)
Movie2013The Last Days on MarsVincent Campbell
Movie2007Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of FlatbushSelf (Narrator)
Movie2001Fatal FloodNarrator (voice)
Movie2013Fading GigoloDovi
Movie2013Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal ReserveNarrator (voice)
Movie2013A Perfect ManJames
Movie2015Pawn SacrificeBoris Spassky
Movie2009Taking WoodstockWilma
Movie2011Runnin' Rebels of UNLVNarrator
Movie1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2007The Living Weapon
Movie1997Scream 2Cotton Weary
Movie2023GoldaHenry Kissinger
Movie2008The DefectorNarrator
Movie2023Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky BalboaSelf (archive footage)
Movie2016The 5th WaveLieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
Movie2015SpotlightMarty Baron
Movie2009Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their TimesNarrator
Movie1996Walking and TalkingAndrew
Movie2022The Conspiracy
Movie2017Goon: Last of the EnforcersRoss Rhea
Movie2023Meeting ZelenskyySelf
Movie2015UnityNarrator (voice)
Movie2010America: The Story of UsHimself - Narrator
Movie2017ChuckChuck Wepner
Movie2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie2017My Little Pony: The MovieThe Storm King (voice)
Movie2015Finding BabelIsaac Babel (voice)
Movie1997Baggage
Movie2025Caught StealingLipa
Movie2018Isle of DogsSpots (voice)
Movie2015CreedHBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Movie2009Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. CarolinaNarrator
Movie2009Weapon X Mutant FilesSelf
Movie2011The Lost Kennedy Home MoviesHimself - Narrator (voice)
Movie1996Spirit of the GamesNarrator
Movie2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseWilson Fisk (voice)
Movie2010Broad Street Bullies(narrator)
Movie2019A Rainy Day in New YorkRoland Pollard
Movie2015Kareem: Minority of OneNarrator (voice)
Movie2003Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70sSelf
Movie2008Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. OpenSelf - Host
Movie2017The Pulitzer At 100Self
Movie2014Clear HistoryTibor (uncredited)
Movie2002Young Dr. FreudSigmund Freud (Voice)
Movie2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedNarrator
Movie2008Thrilla in ManilaNarrator
Movie1998Since You've Been GoneFred Linderhoff
Movie2008Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College FootballNarrator
Movie2008BarbaroNarrator
Movie1995Two Billion HeartsNarrator
Movie2011McEnroe/Borg: Fire & IceNarrator
Movie2009Ted WilliamsNarrator
Movie2007Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer TeamNarrator
Movie2018Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost TapesNarrator
Movie2002:03 from GoldNarrator (voice)
Movie2020Human CapitalDrew Hagel
Movie2019The Many Lives of Nick BuonicontiNarrator
Movie2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the PeopleJoseph Pulitzer (voice)
Movie2013The Reluctant FundamentalistBobby Lincoln
Movie2002A Brilliant MadnessNarrator (voice)
Movie1999The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long ShipsNarrator
Movie2002American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)Narrator
Movie2002Ulysses S. GrantNarrator
Movie2001Shot Heard 'Round the WorldNarrator
Movie2021The French DispatchTalk Show Host
Movie2009Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete OriginsSelf
Movie2005Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA ChampionshipSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2000Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... DivisibleNarrator
Movie2011The Curious Case of Curt FloodNarrator
Movie1999Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer GamesNarrator (voice)
Movie2003The Shakespeare Sessions
Movie1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalOwens
Movie2023Across the River and into the TreesColonel Richard Cantwell
Movie2012Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
Movie1998Surviving the Dust BowlNarrator (voice)
Movie2022Ray Donovan: The MovieRay Donovan
Movie1998Mr. Miami BeachNarrator
Movie2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
Movie2023Asteroid CityJ.J. Kellogg
Movie2007Sputnik ManiaNarrator
Movie2007Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric AdventureNarrator
Movie2024Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
Movie2024UndisputedSelf
Movie2000When It Was a Game 3Narrator (voice)
Movie2025The Last TwinsNarrator
TV Show2013Ray DonovanRay Donovan82
TV Show2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMichael Keppler4
TV Show1997The ViewSelf1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf2
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1
TV Show1974NOVA4
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest3
TV Show1982NatureNarrator (voice)1
TV Show2000Secrets of the DeadNarrator52
TV Show2017UConn: The March to Madness1
TV Show200724/764
TV Show2024The Perfect CoupleTag Winbury6
TV Show1974NOVANarrator (voice)16
TV Show2008The Jewish AmericansSelf - Narrator (voice)3
TV Show2010America: The Story of UsSelf - Narrator (voice)10
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2003Hitler: The Rise of EvilErnst Hanfstaengl2
TV Show2017America in ColorSelf - Narrator (voice)17
TV Show2018Firing Line with Margaret HooverSelf1
TV Show2023A Small LightOtto Frank8
TV Show1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)8
TV Show2013Superheroes: A Never-Ending BattleNarrator (voice)3
TV Show2013Drunk HistoryVictor Lustig1
TV Show2014BoJack HorsemanCopernicus (Voice)1
TV Show2005Robot ChickenIron Man / King Triton (Voice)1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf, Bank Manager1
TV Show2021Hard Knocks: In SeasonSelf - Narrator (voice)35
TV Show2013Rick and MortyFear Hole Demon (voice)1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2001Hard KnocksSelf - Narrator91
TV Show2018CivilisationsNarrator9
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)2
TV Show201024/7: Road to the NHL Winter ClassicNarrator12
TV Show2010Road to the NHL Winter ClassicNarrator12
TV Show1989The Simpsons"Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)1
TV Show2024Violent EarthSelf - Host5
TV ShowN/ASplinter Cell: DeathwatchSam Fisher (voice)1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf1
TV Show2023Command ZKohlberg Pryce2
TV ShowN/AParallaxJonah Lynn2

Crew

Media
Movie2005Everything Is IlluminatedDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Everything Is IlluminatedScreenplayWriting
Movie2022Ray Donovan: The MovieWriterWriting
Movie2022Ray Donovan: The MovieExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2009The CoveThanksCrew
Movie2020Human CapitalProducerProduction
Movie2023Meeting ZelenskyyDirectorDirecting
Movie2022Ukrainians in ExileExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2017ChuckScreenplayWriting
Movie2017ChuckProducerProduction
Movie2025Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello StoryExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2000Spring ForwardAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie2023Rule of Two WallsExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2013Ray DonovanDirectorDirecting
TV ShowN/AParallaxExecutive ProducerProduction