Liev Schreiber
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 4, 1967 (57 years old)
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Actor Henry Kissinger
Golda
Actor Self (archive footage)
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
Actor Self
Meeting Zelenskyy
Actor Colonel Richard Cantwell
Across the River and Into the Trees
Actor J.J. Kellogg
Asteroid City
Director
Meeting Zelenskyy
Executive Producer
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
Executive Producer
Rule of Two Walls
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Actor Narrator (voice)
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
Actor Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Movie 43
Actor Lyndon B. Johnson
The Butler
Actor Vincent Campbell
The Last Days on Mars
Actor Dovi
Fading Gigolo
Actor Narrator (voice)
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Actor James
A Perfect Man
Actor Bobby Lincoln
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Actor Victor Creed
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Actor Wilma
Taking Woodstock
Actor Narrator
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
Actor Narrator
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
Actor Self
Weapon X Mutant Files
Actor Narrator
Ted Williams
Actor Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Thanks
The Cove
2008
Actor Zus Bielski
Defiance
Actor William Kunstler (voice)
Chicago 10
Actor Himself
Operation Filmmaker
Actor Narrator
The Defector
Actor Self - Host
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
Actor Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Actor Narrator
Thrilla in Manila
Actor Narrator
Barbaro
Actor Narrator
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
2007
Actor Lotario Thurgot
Love in the Time of Cholera
Actor Narrator
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
Actor Ray Johnson
The Ten
Actor Self (Narrator)
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
Actor
The Living Weapon
Actor Narrator
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Actor Narrator
Sputnik Mania
Actor Self - Narrator (voice)
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
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Actor John Clark
The Sum of All Fears
Actor Self - Narrator (voice)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Actor Self - Narrator
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Actor Self - Narrator (voice)
Iron and Beyond
Actor Sigmund Freud (Voice)
Young Dr. Freud
Actor Narrator (voice)
:03 from Gold
Actor Narrator (voice)
A Brilliant Madness
Actor Narrator
Ulysses S. Grant
Actor Narrator
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
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Actor Self - Narrator
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Actor Mischa
Jakob the Liar
Actor Sam Chaiton
The Hurricane
Actor Marty Kantrowitz
A Walk on the Moon
Actor Mickey Moonday (voice)
Desert Blue
Actor Himself - Narrator
Decoding Nazi Secrets
Actor Narrator
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
Actor Narrator (voice)
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1998
Actor Dr. Ted Fielding
Sphere
Actor Jeff Willis
Twilight
Actor Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Phantoms
Actor Himself-Narrator
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
Actor Himself - Narrator (voice)
Babe Ruth
Actor Fred Linderhoff
Since You've Been Gone
Actor Narrator (voice)
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Actor Narrator
Mr. Miami Beach