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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

203

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-10-04 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Isaac Liev Schreiber

리브 슈라이버

列夫·施赖伯

艾萨克·列夫·施赖伯

Лієв Шрайбер

אייזק לייב שרייבר

ליב שרייבר

لیو شرایبر

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

Acting

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

1999

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

as

Self - Narrator

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

as

Victor Creed

Sphere

1998

Sphere

as

Dr. Ted Fielding

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Omen

2006

The Omen

as

Robert Thorn

Jakob the Liar

1999

Jakob the Liar

as

Mischa

Ransom

1996

Ransom

as

Clark Barnes

Hamlet

2000

Hamlet

as

Laertes

The Hurricane

1999

The Hurricane

as

Sam Chaiton

Scream

1996

Scream

as

Cotton Weary

Scream 3

2000

Scream 3

as

Cotton Weary

The Sum of All Fears

2002

The Sum of All Fears

as

John Clark

Kate & Leopold

2001

Kate & Leopold

as

Stuart Besser

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007

Love in the Time of Cholera

as

Lotario Thurgot

Mixed Nuts

1994

Mixed Nuts

as

Chris

Repo Men

2010

Repo Men

as

Frank

Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season

2019

Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season

as

Narrator (voice)

Twilight

1998

Twilight

as

Jeff Willis

Salt

2010

Salt

as

Theodore Winter

Phantoms

1998

Phantoms

as

Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle

The Ten

2007

The Ten

as

Ray Johnson

A Walk on the Moon

1999

A Walk on the Moon

as

Marty Kantrowitz

Defiance

2008

Defiance

as

Zus Bielski

Chicago 10

2008

Chicago 10

as

William Kunstler (voice)

Party Girl

1995

Party Girl

as

Nigel

The Painted Veil

2006

The Painted Veil

as

Charlie Townsend

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

2002

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Desert Blue

1999

Desert Blue

as

Mickey Moonday (voice)

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Don't Look Up

2021

Don't Look Up

as

Bash Narrator (voice)

Every Day

2010

Every Day

as

Ned

Living with Wolves

2005

Living with Wolves

as

narrator

Denise Calls Up

1995

Denise Calls Up

as

Jerry Heckerman

Mad Love

1995

Mad Love

as

Salesman

Big Night

1996

Big Night

as

Leo

The Daytrippers

1997

The Daytrippers

as

Carl Petrovic

RKO 281

2000

RKO 281

as

Orson Welles

Spring Forward

2000

Spring Forward

as

Paul

Decoding Nazi Secrets

1999

Decoding Nazi Secrets

as

Himself - Narrator

Iron and Beyond

2002

Iron and Beyond

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

His and Hers

1997

His and Hers

as

Glenn

Goon

2012

Goon

as

Ross Rhea

Oil Storm

2005

Oil Storm

as

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Movie 43

2013

Movie 43

as

Robert (segment "Homeschooled")

Spinning Boris

2003

Spinning Boris

as

Joe Shumate

Buffalo Girls

1995

Buffalo Girls

as

Ogden

Mental

2012

Mental

as

Trevor Blundell

The Butler

2013

The Butler

as

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lackawanna Blues

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as

Ulysses Ford

Space Dive

2012

Space Dive

as

Himself - Narrator (US version)

The Sunshine Boys

1996

The Sunshine Boys

as

Ricky Gregg

The New Medicine

2006

The New Medicine

as

Narrator

Babe Ruth

1998

Babe Ruth

as

Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Last Days on Mars

2013

The Last Days on Mars

as

Vincent Campbell

Fatal Flood

2001

Fatal Flood

as

Narrator (voice)

Fading Gigolo

2013

Fading Gigolo

as

Dovi

A Perfect Man

2013

A Perfect Man

as

James

Pawn Sacrifice

2015

Pawn Sacrifice

as

Boris Spassky

Taking Woodstock

2009

Taking Woodstock

as

Wilma

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Scream 2

1997

Scream 2

as

Cotton Weary

Golda

2023

Golda

as

Henry Kissinger

The Defector

2008

The Defector

as

Narrator

The 5th Wave

2016

The 5th Wave

as

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch

Spotlight

2015

Spotlight

as

Marty Baron

Unity

2015

Unity

as

Narrator (voice)

America: The Story of Us

2010

America: The Story of Us

as

Himself - Narrator

Chuck

2017

Chuck

as

Chuck Wepner

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017

My Little Pony: The Movie

as

The Storm King (voice)

Finding Babel

2015

Finding Babel

as

Isaac Babel (voice)

Baggage

1997

Baggage

as

Isle of Dogs

2018

Isle of Dogs

as

Spots (voice)

Creed

2015

Creed

as

HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)

The Lost Kennedy Home Movies

2011

The Lost Kennedy Home Movies

as

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Spirit of the Games

1996

Spirit of the Games

as

Narrator

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

as

Wilson Fisk (voice)

Broad Street Bullies

2010

Broad Street Bullies

as

(narrator)

A Rainy Day in New York

2019

A Rainy Day in New York

as

Roland Pollard

Kareem: Minority of One

2015

Kareem: Minority of One

as

Narrator (voice)

Young Dr. Freud

2002

Young Dr. Freud

as

Sigmund Freud (Voice)

Clear History

2014

Clear History

as

Tibor (uncredited)

Since You've Been Gone

1998

Since You've Been Gone

as

Fred Linderhoff

Thrilla in Manila

2008

Thrilla in Manila

as

Narrator

Barbaro

2008

Barbaro

as

Narrator

Two Billion Hearts

1995

Two Billion Hearts

as

Narrator

Ted Williams

2009

Ted Williams

as

Narrator

:03 from Gold

2002

:03 from Gold

as

Narrator (voice)

Human Capital

2020

Human Capital

as

Drew Hagel

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

2019

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

as

Joseph Pulitzer (voice)

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

as

Bobby Lincoln

A Brilliant Madness

2002

A Brilliant Madness

as

Narrator (voice)

Ulysses S. Grant

2002

Ulysses S. Grant

as

Narrator

The French Dispatch

2021

The French Dispatch

as

Talk Show Host

Across the River and Into the Trees

2023

Across the River and Into the Trees

as

Colonel Richard Cantwell

Surviving the Dust Bowl

1998

Surviving the Dust Bowl

as

Narrator (voice)

Ray Donovan: The Movie

2022

Ray Donovan: The Movie

as

Ray Donovan

Mr. Miami Beach

1998

Mr. Miami Beach

as

Narrator

Asteroid City

2023

Asteroid City

as

J.J. Kellogg

Sputnik Mania

2007

Sputnik Mania

as

Narrator

Undisputed

2024

Undisputed

as

Self

Violent Earth

2024

Violent Earth

as

Host

When It Was a Game 3

2000

When It Was a Game 3

as

Narrator (voice)

Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan

as

Ray Donovan

The View

The View

as

Self

Nature

Nature

as

Narrator (voice)

The Perfect Couple

The Perfect Couple

as

Tag Winbury

NOVA

NOVA

as

Narrator (voice)

The Jewish Americans

The Jewish Americans

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Command Z

Command Z

as

Kohlberg Pryce

America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

as

Ernst Hanfstaengl

America in Color

America in Color

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

A Small Light

A Small Light

as

Otto Frank

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

as

Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

as

Copernicus (Voice)

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

as

Self, Bank Manager

Drunk History

Drunk History

as

Victor Lustig

Hard Knocks: In Season

Hard Knocks: In Season

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

as

Fear Hole Demon (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

Hard Knocks

Hard Knocks

as

Self - Narrator

Civilisations

Civilisations

as

Narrator

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

"Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)

Violent Earth

Violent Earth

as

Self - Host

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

as

Sam Fisher (voice)

Production

Crew

The Cove

2009

The Cove

as

Directing