Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Biography
Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the first three Scream horror films (1996-2000), Ransom (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Omen (2006), Defiance (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Taking Woodstock (2009), Salt (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Spotlight (2015), The 5th Wave (2016), and The French Dispatch (2021). For his roles in television, he most notably portrayed the eponymous protagonist of the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). The role has earned him five Golden Globe Award nominations and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). He has lent his voice to animated films such as My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Isle of Dogs, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (both 2018). He also narrated the HBO series Hard Knocks, 24/7 and the HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, as well as various PBS programs. He has performed in several Broadway productions. In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the play Glengarry Glen Ross. That same year, he made his debut as a film director and writer with Everything Is Illuminated (2005), based on the 2002 novel of the same name.
Known For
Actor
as Ebb
as Sam Fisher (voice)
as Self
as Tag Winbury
as Self - Host
as Self
as Colonel Richard Cantwell
as Henry Kissinger
as J.J. Kellogg
as Self (archive footage)
as Kohlberg Pryce
as Otto Frank
as Ray Donovan
as Bash Narrator (voice)
as Talk Show Host
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Drew Hagel
as Narrator (voice)
as Roland Pollard
as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
as Narrator
as Wilson Fisk (voice)
as Narrator
as Spots (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as The Storm King (voice)
as Self
as Chuck Wepner
as Ross Rhea
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
as Marty Baron
as Narrator (voice)
as Isaac Babel (voice)
as Boris Spassky
as Narrator (voice)
as Tibor (uncredited)
as Self
as Copernicus (Voice)
as Self
as James
as Dovi
as Narrator (voice)
as Lyndon B. Johnson
as Vincent Campbell
as Bobby Lincoln
as Narrator (voice)
as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Victor Lustig
as Ray Donovan
as Himself - Narrator (US version)
as Trevor Blundell
as Ross Rhea
as Narrator
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Himself - Narrator
as Theodore Winter
as (narrator)
as Frank
as Narrator (voice)
as Ned
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Wilma
as Narrator
as Victor Creed
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Zus Bielski
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Narrator
as William Kunstler (voice)
as Narrator
as Himself
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Lotario Thurgot
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Ray Johnson
as Self (Narrator)
as Narrator
as Charlie Townsend
as Robert Thorn
as Narrator
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as narrator
as Ulysses Ford
as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
as Joe Shumate
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Ernst Hanfstaengl
as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as John Clark
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Stuart Besser
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Paul
as Narrator
as Laertes
as Orson Welles
as Cotton Weary
as Michael Keppler
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Sam Chaiton
as Mischa
as Narrator (voice)
as Mickey Moonday (voice)
as Himself - Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Marty Kantrowitz
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Fred Linderhoff
as Himself-Narrator
as Jeff Willis
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Ted Fielding
as Narrator
as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
as Cotton Weary
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Carl Petrovic
as Glenn
as Self
as Cotton Weary
as Clark Barnes
as Leo
as Ricky Gregg
as Andrew
as Narrator
as Self
as Self, Bank Manager
as Nigel
as Salesman
as Jerry Heckerman
as Ogden
as Narrator
as Chris
as Owens
as Self - Guest
as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Associate Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
Crew
as Thanks