Liev Schreiber
Born 1967
Known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Salt, Spotlight.
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).
Movie Credits
Across the River and into the Trees (2023)
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
Human Capital (2020)
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (2019)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes (2018)
Chuck (2016)
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust (2013)
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery (2012)
Mental (2012)
America: The Story of Us (2010)
Every Day (2010)
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007)
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007)
Sputnik Mania (2007)
The Omen (2006)
American Experience: A Brilliant Madness (2002)
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (2002)
Young Dr. Freud (2002)
Fatal Flood (2001)
Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001)
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
RKO 281 (1999)
Babe Ruth (1998)
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998)
Two Billion Hearts (1995)
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (2018)
A Perfect Man (2013)
Salt (2010)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Defiance (2008)
The New Medicine (2006)
Jakob the Liar (1999)
Golda (2023)
Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice (2011)
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010)
Repo Men (2010)
The Painted Veil (2006)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Spinning Boris (2003)
Kate & Leopold (2001)
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Party Girl (1995)
Spotlight (2015)
Fading Gigolo (2013)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2001)
Hamlet (2000)
The Hurricane (1999)
Walking and Talking (1996)
Caught Stealing (2025)
Goon (2012)
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed (2008)
Phantoms (1998)
Sphere (1998)
The Daytrippers (1997)
The Sunshine Boys (1996)
Denise Calls Up (1995)
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)
Movie 43 (2013)
Chicago 10 (2007)
Clear History (2013)
Thrilla in Manila (2008)
Ransom (1996)
Mixed Nuts (1994)
My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Twilight (1998)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Asteroid City (2023)
The 5th Wave (2016)
Undisputed (2024)
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Scream 2 (1997)
