Liev Schreiber
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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
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Rick and Morty
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Drunk History
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
BoJack Horseman
Robot Chicken
Nature
Creed
Don't Look Up
The French Dispatch
Movie 43
Mad Love
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
The Butler
Isle of Dogs
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Scream 3
Scream
Scream 2
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
The 5th Wave
Asteroid City
Twilight
My Little Pony: The Movie
Spirit of the Games
Ransom
A Small Light
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
A Rainy Day in New York
Hard Knocks
Goon
Sphere
Spotlight
The Sum of All Fears
Repo Men
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
The Hurricane
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Pawn Sacrifice
Spinning Boris
Golda
Ted Williams
The Manchurian Candidate
24/7
UConn: The March to Madness
The Perfect Couple
Salt
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Defiance
The Last Days on Mars
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
The Omen
Road to the NHL Winter Classic
24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
:03 from Gold
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
Ray Donovan
Hard Knocks: In Season
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Production Credits
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