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Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Acting
Born: Oct 04, 1967
From: San Francisco, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season Narrator (voice) 2019 6.6
Repo Men Frank 2010 6.328
Salt Theodore Winter 2010 6.412
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals Narrator (voice) 2010 7.7
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Victor Creed 2009 6.287
Defiance Zus Bielski 2008 6.8
Chicago 10 William Kunstler (voice) 2008 5.8
Love in the Time of Cholera Lotario Thurgot 2007 6.646
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry Narrator 2007 6.2
The Ten Ray Johnson 2007 4.781
The Omen Robert Thorn 2006 5.659
The Painted Veil Charlie Townsend 2006 7.255
Battle of the X-Planes Narrator 2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death Self - Narrator (voice) 2003 7.2
The Sum of All Fears John Clark 2002 6.4
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' Self - Narrator (voice) 2002 7.136
Kate & Leopold Stuart Besser 2001 6.344
Hamlet Laertes 2000 5.806
Scream 3 Cotton Weary 2000 6.009
Meltdown at Three Mile Island Self - Narrator 1999 6.5
Jakob the Liar Mischa 1999 6.703
The Hurricane Sam Chaiton 1999 7.438
A Walk on the Moon Marty Kantrowitz 1999 6.032
Sphere Dr. Ted Fielding 1998 6.129
Twilight Jeff Willis 1998 6.132
Phantoms Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle 1998 5.417
Ransom Clark Barnes 1996 6.677
Scream Cotton Weary 1996 7.43
Party Girl Nigel 1995 6.464
Mixed Nuts Chris 1994 5.383
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1967
FromSan Francisco, California, …