Liev Schreiber
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.
Acted in
The Perfect Couple
2024
as Tag Winbury
Violent Earth
2024
as Self - Host
Meeting Zelenskyy
2023
as Self
Across the River and Into the Trees
2023
as Colonel Richard Cantwell
Golda
2023
as Henry Kissinger
Command Z
2023
as Kohlberg Pryce
Asteroid City
2023
as J.J. Kellogg
A Small Light
2023
as Otto Frank
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Conspiracy
2022
Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022
as Ray Donovan
Don't Look Up
2021
as Bash Narrator (voice)
Hard Knocks: In Season
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch
2021
as Talk Show Host
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Human Capital
2020
as Drew Hagel
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
2019
as Narrator (voice)
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Roland Pollard
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019
as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
2019
as Narrator
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
as Wilson Fisk (voice)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
2018
as Narrator
Civilisations
2018
as Narrator
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Spots (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
as The Storm King (voice)
The Pulitzer At 100
2017
as Self
America in Color
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Chuck
2017
as Chuck Wepner
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
2017
as Ross Rhea
UConn: The March to Madness
2017
The 5th Wave
2016
as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
Creed
2015
as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Spotlight
2015
as Marty Baron
Kareem: Minority of One
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Finding Babel
2015
as Isaac Babel (voice)
Pawn Sacrifice
2015
as Boris Spassky
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Copernicus (Voice)
Clear History
2014
as Tibor (uncredited)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Fear Hole Demon (voice)
A Perfect Man
2013
as James
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Fading Gigolo
2013
as Dovi
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Butler
2013
as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Last Days on Mars
2013
as Vincent Campbell
Ray Donovan
2013
as Ray Donovan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Bobby Lincoln
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Movie 43
2013
as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Space Dive
2012
as Himself - Narrator (US version)
Mental
2012
as Trevor Blundell
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
2012
Goon
2012
as Ross Rhea
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
2011
as Narrator
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
2011
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
2011
as Narrator
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
2011
as Narrator
24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic
2010
as Narrator
Road to the Winter Classic
2010
as Narrator
America: The Story of Us
2010
as Himself - Narrator
Salt
2010
as Theodore Winter
Broad Street Bullies
2010
as (narrator)
America: The Story of Us
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Repo Men
2010
as Frank
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Every Day
2010
as Ned
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009
as Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009
as Self
Taking Woodstock
2009
as Wilma
Ted Williams
2009
as Narrator
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
as Victor Creed
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
2009
as Narrator
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
2009
as Narrator
Defiance
2008
as Zus Bielski
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
2008
as Narrator
Thrilla in Manila
2008
as Narrator
The Defector
2008
as Narrator
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
2008
as Self - Host
Barbaro
2008
as Narrator
Chicago 10
2008
as William Kunstler (voice)
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008
as Narrator
Operation Filmmaker
2008
as Himself
The Jewish Americans
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
2007
as Narrator
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2007
as Narrator
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
as Lotario Thurgot
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ten
2007
as Ray Johnson
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
2007
as Self (Narrator)
Sputnik Mania
2007
as Narrator
24/7
2007
The Living Weapon
2007
The Painted Veil
2006
as Charlie Townsend
The Omen
2006
as Robert Thorn
The New Medicine
2006
as Narrator
Oil Storm
2005
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Living with Wolves
2005
as narrator
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
2005
as Narrator
Robot Chicken
2005
as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Ulysses Ford
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003
as Self
Spinning Boris
2003
as Joe Shumate
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Ernst Hanfstaengl
Battle of the X-Planes
2003
as Narrator
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Young Dr. Freud
2002
as Sigmund Freud (Voice)
Iron and Beyond
2002
as Self - Narrator (voice)
:03 from Gold
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as John Clark
A Brilliant Madness
2002
as Narrator (voice)
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
2002
as Narrator
Ulysses S. Grant
2002
as Narrator
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
2002
as Self - Narrator
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kate & Leopold
2001
as Stuart Besser
Hard Knocks
2001
as Narrator
Shot Heard 'Round the World
2001
as Narrator
Fatal Flood
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Spring Forward
2000
as Paul
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Michael Keppler
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
2000
as Narrator
Secrets of the Dead
2000
as Narrator
Hamlet
2000
as Laertes
RKO 281
2000
as Orson Welles
Scream 3
2000
as Cotton Weary
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
1999
as Narrator
The Hurricane
1999
as Sam Chaiton
Jakob the Liar
1999
as Mischa
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Desert Blue
1999
as Mickey Moonday (voice)
Decoding Nazi Secrets
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
1999
as Self - Narrator
A Walk on the Moon
1999
as Marty Kantrowitz
Babe Ruth
1998
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Since You've Been Gone
1998
as Fred Linderhoff
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
1998
as Himself-Narrator
Twilight
1998
as Jeff Willis
Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Sphere
1998
as Dr. Ted Fielding
Mr. Miami Beach
1998
as Narrator
Phantoms
1998
as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Scream 2
1997
as Cotton Weary
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Daytrippers
1997
as Carl Petrovic
His and Hers
1997
as Glenn
Baggage
1997
Scream
1996
as Cotton Weary
Ransom
1996
as Clark Barnes
Big Night
1996
as Leo
The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Ricky Gregg
Walking and Talking
1996
as Andrew
Spirit of the Games
1996
as Narrator
Party Girl
1995
as Nigel
Mad Love
1995
as Salesman
Denise Calls Up
1995
as Jerry Heckerman
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Ogden
Two Billion Hearts
1995
as Narrator
Mixed Nuts
1994
as Chris
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
as Owens
The Simpsons
1989
as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
NOVA
1974
NOVA
1974
as Narrator (voice)
The Guns of Christmas Past
as Ebb
Caught Stealing
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
as Sam Fisher (voice)