Liev Schreiber

Acting · Born 1967-10-04 in San Francisco, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Hurricane as Sam Chaiton
• Scream as Cotton Weary
• The Painted Veil as Charlie Townsend
• Don't Look Up as Bash Narrator (voice)
• Big Night as Leo
• The Butler as Lyndon B. Johnson
• Spotlight as Marty Baron
• My Little Pony: The Movie as The Storm King (voice)
• Isle of Dogs as Spots (voice)
• Creed as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)

TV

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Keppler
• A Small Light as Otto Frank
• BoJack Horseman as Copernicus (Voice)
• Robot Chicken as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
• Rick and Morty as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
• The Simpsons as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
• Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan
• The View as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno