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Liev Schreiber Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1967-10-04

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Credits:
194 Total Roles

Liev Schreiber

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Born to Bowl TV Narrator (voice)
2025 The American Revolution TV Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
2025 Splinter Cell: Deathwatch TV Sam Fisher (voice)
2025 They Fight with Cameras MOVIE Self
2025 Caught Stealing MOVIE Lipa
2025 The Last Twins MOVIE Narrator
2024 Undisputed MOVIE Self
2024 Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration MOVIE Self
2024 The Perfect Couple TV Tag Winbury
2024 Violent Earth TV Self - Host

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