Liev Schreiber

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Liev Schreiber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

Rick and Morty

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

All Movies (155)

• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse2027 · as Wilson Fisk (voice)
• They Fight with Cameras2025
• Caught Stealing2025 · as Lipa
• The Last Twins2025 · as Narrator
• Undisputed2024 · as Self
• Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration2024 · as Self
• Meeting Zelenskyy2023 · as Self
• Across the River and into the Trees2023 · as Colonel Richard Cantwell
• Golda2023 · as Henry Kissinger
• Asteroid City2023 · as J.J. Kellogg
• Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Conspiracy2022
• Ray Donovan: The Movie2022 · as Ray Donovan
• Don't Look Up2021 · as Bash Narrator (voice)
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Talk Show Host
• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Human Capital2020 · as Drew Hagel
• Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Rainy Day in New York2019 · as Roland Pollard
• Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People2019 · as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
• The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti2019 · as Narrator
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 · as Wilson Fisk (voice)
• Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes2018 · as Narrator
• Isle of Dogs2018 · as Spots (voice)
• My Little Pony: The Movie2017 · as The Storm King (voice)
• The Pulitzer At 1002017 · as Self
• Chuck2017 · as Chuck Wepner
• Goon: Last of the Enforcers2017 · as Ross Rhea
• Finding Babel2016 · as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
• The 5th Wave2016 · as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
• Creed2015 · as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
• Spotlight2015 · as Marty Baron
• Kareem: Minority of One2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Pawn Sacrifice2015 · as Boris Spassky
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Perfect Man2013 · as James
• Fading Gigolo2013 · as Dovi
• Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Butler2013 · as Lyndon B. Johnson
• The Last Days on Mars2013 · as Vincent Campbell
• Clear History2013 · as Tibor (uncredited)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Bobby Lincoln
• Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Movie 432013 · as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
• Mental2012 · as Trevor Blundell
• Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery2012
• Goon2012 · as Ross Rhea
• The Curious Case of Curt Flood2011 · as Narrator
• The Lost Kennedy Home Movies2011 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Portraits in Dramatic Time2011
• McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice2011 · as Narrator
• Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective2011 · as Self
• Runnin' Rebels of UNLV2011 · as Narrator
• America: The Story of Us2010 · as Himself - Narrator
• Salt2010 · as Theodore Winter
• Broad Street Bullies2010 · as (narrator)
• Repo Men2010 · as Frank
• Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Every Day2010 · as Ned
• Weapon X Mutant Files2009 · as Self
• Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins2009 · as Self
• Taking Woodstock2009 · as Vilma
• Ted Williams2009 · as Narrator
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine2009 · as Victor Creed
• Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina2009 · as Narrator
• Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times2009 · as Narrator
• Defiance2008 · as Zus Bielski
• Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football2008 · as Narrator
• Thrilla in Manila2008 · as Narrator
• The Defector2008 · as Narrator
• Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open2008 · as Self - Host
• Barbaro2008 · as Narrator
• Chicago 102008 · as William Kunstler (voice)
• Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed2008 · as Narrator
• Operation Filmmaker2008 · as Self
• Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry2007 · as Narrator
• Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team2007 · as Narrator
• Love in the Time of Cholera2007 · as Lotario Thurgot
• Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure2007 · as Narrator
• The Ten2007 · as Ray Johnson
• Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush2007 · as Self (Narrator)
• Sputnik Mania2007 · as Narrator
• Raptor Force2007 · as Narrator
• The Living Weapon2007
• The Painted Veil2006 · as Charlie Townsend
• The Omen2006 · as Robert Thorn
• The New Medicine2006 · as Narrator
• Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball2005 · as Narrator
• Oil Storm2005 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Living with Wolves2005 · as narrator
• Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship2005 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Lackawanna Blues2005 · as Ulysses Ford
• Secrets of the Dead: D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict2004 · as Narrator
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
• Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s2003 · as Self
• Spinning Boris2003 · as Joe Shumate
• Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death2003 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi2003
• NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet2003 · as Self - Narrator(voice)
• Battle of the X-Planes2003 · as Narrator
• The Shakespeare Sessions2003
• Young Dr. Freud2002 · as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
• Iron and Beyond2002 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• :03 from Gold2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Sum of All Fears2002 · as John Clark
• A Brilliant Madness2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)2002 · as Narrator
• Ulysses S. Grant2002 · as Narrator
• Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies2002 · as Narrator
• Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team2002 · as Self - Narrator
• Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'2002 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Kate & Leopold2001 · as Stuart Besser
• Shot Heard 'Round the World2001 · as Narrator
• Fatal Flood2001 · as Narrator (voice)
• Spring Forward2000 · as Paul
• Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible2000 · as Narrator
• When It Was a Game 32000 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hamlet2000 · as Laertes
• Scream 32000 · as Cotton Weary
• RKO 2811999 · as Orson Welles
• The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships1999 · as Narrator
• The Hurricane1999 · as Sam Chaiton
• Jakob the Liar1999 · as Mischa
• Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Desert Blue1999 · as Mickey Moonday (voice)
• Decoding Nazi Secrets1999 · as Himself - Narrator
• Meltdown at Three Mile Island1999 · as Self - Narrator
• A Walk on the Moon1999 · as Marty Kantrowitz
• Babe Ruth1998 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Since You've Been Gone1998 · as Fred Linderhoff
• City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal1998 · as Himself-Narrator
• Twilight1998 · as Jeff Willis
• Surviving the Dust Bowl1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sphere1998 · as Dr. Ted Fielding
• Mr. Miami Beach1998 · as Narrator
• Phantoms1998 · as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
• Scream 21997 · as Cotton Weary
• Sports on the Silver Screen1997 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Daytrippers1997 · as Carl Petrovic
• His and Hers1997 · as Glenn
• Baggage1997
• Scream1996 · as Cotton Weary
• Ransom1996 · as Clark Barnes
• Big Night1996 · as Leo
• The Sunshine Boys1996 · as Ricky Gregg
• Walking and Talking1996 · as Andrew
• Spirit of the Games1996 · as Narrator
• Party Girl1995 · as Nigel
• Mad Love1995 · as Salesman
• Denise Calls Up1995 · as Jerry Heckerman
• Buffalo Girls1995 · as Ogden
• Two Billion Hearts1995 · as Narrator
• Mixed Nuts1994 · as Chris
• Janek: The Silent Betrayal1994 · as Owens
• The Guns of Christmas Past— · as Ebb

All TV Shows (44)

• Born to Bowl2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• The American Revolution2025 · as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch2025 · as Sam Fisher (voice)
• The Perfect Couple2024 · as Tag Winbury
• Violent Earth2024 · as Self - Host
• Command Z2023 · as Kohlberg Pryce
• A Small Light2023 · as Otto Frank
• Hard Knocks: In Season2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018 · as Self
• Civilisations2018 · as Narrator
• America in Color2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• UConn: The March to Madness2017
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Copernicus (Voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
• Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Drunk History2013 · as Victor Lustig
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Ray Donovan
• Road to the NHL Winter Classic2010 · as Narrator
• America: The Story of Us2010 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Jewish Americans2008 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 24/72007
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil2003 · as Ernst Hanfstaengl
• Hard Knocks2001 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Michael Keppler
• Secrets of the Dead2000 · as Narrator
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self, Bank Manager
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• NOVA1974
• NOVA1974 · as Narrator (voice)
• Parallax— · as Jonah Lynn