Directed credits
3
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Liev Schreiber
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 1All crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 23626
IMDb ID: nm0000630
Known for: Acting
Born: October 4, 1967
Age: 58
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2025
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q298368
Also known as
Isaac Liev Schreiber • 리브 슈라이버 • 列夫·施赖伯 • 艾萨克·列夫·施赖伯 • Лієв Шрайбер • אייזק לייב שרייבר • ליב שרייבר • لیو شرایبر
Frequent jobs
Director (3)Executive Producer (3)Associate Producer (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Liev Schreiber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Liev Schreiber.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Liev Schreiber.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Liev Schreiber.
8.4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Wilson Fisk (voice)
2018 Movie
7.9
The Cove
Thanks
2009 Movie
7.8
Isle of Dogs
as Spots (voice)
2018 Movie
7.8
Spotlight
as Marty Baron
2015 Movie
7.4
The Hurricane
as Sam Chaiton
1999 Movie
7.4
Scream
as Cotton Weary
1996 Movie
7.4
Creed
as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
7.3
The Butler
as Lyndon B. Johnson
2013 Movie
7.3
My Little Pony: The Movie
as The Storm King (voice)
2017 Movie
7.3
Everything Is Illuminated
Director
2005 Movie
7.3
The Painted Veil
as Charlie Townsend
2006 Movie
7.1
Don't Look Up
as Bash Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Liev Schreiber.
8.7
Rick and Morty
as Fear Hole Demon (voice) • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Copernicus (Voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.0
A Small Light
as Otto Frank • 8 eps
2023 Series
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michael Keppler • 4 eps
2000 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
Director • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Ernst Hanfstaengl • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.0
NOVA
4 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.9
Drunk History
as Victor Lustig • 1 eps
2013 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Liev Schreiber.
8.4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Wilson Fisk (voice)
2018 Movie
7.4
Scream
as Cotton Weary
1996 Movie
7.1
Don't Look Up
as Bash Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Talk Show Host
2021 Movie
7.4
Creed
as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
6.5
Scream 2
as Cotton Weary
1997 Movie
6.9
Caught Stealing
as Lipa
2025 Movie
6.5
Asteroid City
as J.J. Kellogg
2023 Movie
7.8
Isle of Dogs
as Spots (voice)
2018 Movie
6.4
Salt
as Theodore Winter
2010 Movie
6.0
Scream 3
as Cotton Weary
2000 Movie
7.8
Spotlight
as Marty Baron
2015 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Liev Schreiber.
8.0
The Simpsons
as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michael Keppler • 4 eps
2000 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.7
Rick and Morty
as Fear Hole Demon (voice) • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Copernicus (Voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.0
NOVA
4 eps
1974 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Liev Schreiber.
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Rule of Two Walls
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
5.3
Ukrainians in Exile
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
6.8
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Writer
2022 Movie
5.7
Human Capital
Producer
2020 Movie
6.2
Chuck
Screenplay
2017 Movie
7.9
The Cove
Thanks
2009 Movie
6.4
Spring Forward
Associate Producer
2000 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Liev Schreiber.
6.9
Caught Stealing
as Lipa
2025 Movie
10.0
The Last Twins
as Narrator
2025 Movie
8.0
Undisputed
as Self
2024 Movie
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
as Self
2024 Movie
Meeting Zelenskyy
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Across the River and into the Trees
as Colonel Richard Cantwell
2023 Movie
6.3
Golda
as Henry Kissinger
2023 Movie
6.5
Asteroid City
as J.J. Kellogg
2023 Movie
10.0
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Conspiracy
2022 Movie
6.8
Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Ray Donovan
2022 Movie
7.1
Don't Look Up
as Bash Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Liev Schreiber.
5.6
The American Revolution
as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice) • 6 eps
2025 Series
6.4
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
as Sam Fisher (voice) • 8 eps
2025 Series
6.7
The Perfect Couple
as Tag Winbury • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.0
Violent Earth
as Self - Host • 5 eps
2024 Series
6.7
Command Z
as Kohlberg Pryce • 2 eps
2023 Series
8.0
A Small Light
as Otto Frank • 8 eps
2023 Series
6.9
Hard Knocks: In Season
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 43 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.9
Civilisations
as Narrator • 9 eps
2018 Series
7.6
America in Color
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 17 eps
2017 Series
UConn: The March to Madness
1 eps
2017 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series