Liev Schreiber

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Oct 4 (age 58) San Francisco, California, USA 1974–2026 (52 year career)

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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), Th…

Known For

Film

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Wilson Fisk (voice)

Film

Spotlight

Marty Baron

Film

Isle of Dogs

Spots (voice)

Film

Creed

HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)

Film

Scream

Cotton Weary

Film

Don't Look Up

Bash Narrator (voice)

Film

The Butler

Lyndon B. Johnson

Film

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Victor Creed

Filmography

Acting (192)

Movies (152)

Caught Stealing

as Lipa

The Last Twins

as Narrator

They Fight with Cameras

2025

Undisputed

2024

as Self

8.0

Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration

2024

as Self

Asteroid City

as J.J. Kellogg

Golda

as Henry Kissinger

Across the River and into the Trees

2023

as Colonel Richard Cantwell

7.0

Meeting Zelenskyy

2023

as Self

Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa

2023

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Ray Donovan: The Movie

as Ray Donovan

The Conspiracy

Don't Look Up

as Bash Narrator (voice)

7.1

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021

as Talk Show Host

7.0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Human Capital

2020

as Drew Hagel

5.7

Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season

2019

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

2019

as Joseph Pulitzer (voice)

5.3

The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti

2019

as Narrator

7.0

A Rainy Day in New York

2019

as Roland Pollard

6.5

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

as Wilson Fisk (voice)

8.4

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Spots (voice)

7.8

Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes

2018

as Narrator

6.1

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017

as The Storm King (voice)

Chuck

as Chuck Wepner

The Pulitzer At 100

as Self

Goon: Last of the Enforcers

2017

as Ross Rhea

5.7

The 5th Wave

2016

as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch

5.9

Finding Babel

2016

as Self - Isaac Babel (voice)

6.3

Creed

2015

as HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)

Spotlight

as Marty Baron

Pawn Sacrifice

as Boris Spassky

Kareem: Minority of One

as Narrator (voice)

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

A Perfect Man

as James

Movie 43

as Robert (segment "Homeschooled")

The Butler

as Lyndon B. Johnson

Clear History

as Tibor (uncredited)

6.1

The Last Days on Mars

as Vincent Campbell

Fading Gigolo

as Dovi

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

as Bobby Lincoln

6.6

Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.8

Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Goon

2012

as Ross Rhea

6.4

Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery

Mental

as Trevor Blundell

Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011

8.0

McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice

2011

as Narrator

6.3

The Lost Kennedy Home Movies

2011

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

2011

as Self

7.7

Runnin' Rebels of UNLV

2011

as Narrator

6.7

The Curious Case of Curt Flood

as Narrator

Repo Men

as Frank

Salt

as Theodore Winter

America: The Story of Us

2010

as Himself - Narrator

6.4

Every Day

2010

as Ned

5.1

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

as Narrator (voice)

Broad Street Bullies

as (narrator)

Ted Williams

as Narrator

Taking Woodstock

2009

as Vilma

6.2

Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina

2009

as Narrator

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2009

as Victor Creed

6.3

Weapon X Mutant Files

2009

as Self

7.1

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

2009

as Self

6.2

Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times

2009

as Narrator

Defiance

2008

as Zus Bielski

6.8

The Defector

2008

as Narrator

Chicago 10

2008

as William Kunstler (voice)

5.8

Thrilla in Manila

2008

as Narrator

7.8

Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

as Narrator

Operation Filmmaker

as Self

Barbaro

as Narrator

Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open

2008

as Self - Host

6.0

Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football

as Narrator

The Ten

as Ray Johnson

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007

as Lotario Thurgot

6.6

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

as Narrator

The Living Weapon

Sputnik Mania

as Narrator

Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush

2007

as Self (Narrator)

8.3

Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team

2007

as Narrator

Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry

as Narrator

The Omen

as Robert Thorn

The New Medicine

as Narrator

The Painted Veil

as Charlie Townsend

Lackawanna Blues

as Ulysses Ford

Oil Storm

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Living with Wolves

2005

as narrator

7.0

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

2005

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

6.5

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.2

The Shakespeare Sessions

Spinning Boris

as Joe Shumate

Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi

2003

6.0

NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet

2003

as Self - Narrator(voice)

Battle of the X-Planes

2003

as Narrator

Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s

as Self

The Sum of All Fears

as John Clark

Iron and Beyond

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.3

A Brilliant Madness

2002

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

2002

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)

2002

as Narrator

:03 from Gold

2002

as Narrator (voice)

9.0

Young Dr. Freud

2002

as Sigmund Freud (Voice)

4.2

Ulysses S. Grant

2002

as Narrator

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies

2002

as Narrator

Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

as Self - Narrator

Kate & Leopold

as Stuart Besser

Shot Heard 'Round the World

2001

as Narrator

6.0

Fatal Flood

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Scream 3

as Cotton Weary

Spring Forward

as Paul

Hamlet

as Laertes

When It Was a Game 3

as Narrator (voice)

Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

2000

as Narrator

A Walk on the Moon

1999

as Marty Kantrowitz

6.0

The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships

1999

as Narrator

The Hurricane

as Sam Chaiton

Jakob the Liar

as Mischa

Desert Blue

as Mickey Moonday (voice)

5.7

RKO 281

1999

as Orson Welles

6.4

Decoding Nazi Secrets

1999

as Himself - Narrator

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

1999

as Self - Narrator

5.0

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

as Narrator (voice)

Sphere

as Dr. Ted Fielding

City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal

as Himself-Narrator

Twilight

as Jeff Willis

Phantoms

as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle

5.4

Since You've Been Gone

1998

as Fred Linderhoff

4.5

Babe Ruth

1998

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

6.5

Surviving the Dust Bowl

1998

as Narrator (voice)

Mr. Miami Beach

1998

as Narrator

Scream 2

as Cotton Weary

The Daytrippers

as Carl Petrovic

Baggage

His and Hers

as Glenn

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Scream

as Cotton Weary

Ransom

as Clark Barnes

Big Night

as Leo

Walking and Talking

as Andrew

The Sunshine Boys

as Ricky Gregg

Spirit of the Games

as Narrator

Party Girl

as Nigel

Mad Love

as Salesman

Buffalo Girls

as Ogden

Denise Calls Up

as Jerry Heckerman

Two Billion Hearts

as Narrator

Janek: The Silent Betrayal

as Owens

Mixed Nuts

as Chris

The Guns of Christmas Past

as Ebb

BlackFox

Television (40)

Born to Bowl

2026

as Narrator (voice)

10.0

The American Revolution

2025

as Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)

5.5

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

2025

as Sam Fisher (voice)

The Perfect Couple

as Tag Winbury

Violent Earth

as Self - Host

A Small Light

as Otto Frank

Command Z

as Kohlberg Pryce

Hard Knocks: In Season

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.9

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

as Self

Civilisations

as Narrator

America in Color

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.6

UConn: The March to Madness

2017

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

BoJack Horseman

2014

as Copernicus (Voice)

8.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

Rick and Morty

2013

as Fear Hole Demon (voice)

Drunk History

as Victor Lustig

Ray Donovan

as Ray Donovan

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

2013

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

America: The Story of Us

2010

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.2

Road to the NHL Winter Classic

2010

as Narrator

10.0

The Jewish Americans

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

24/7

Robot Chicken

as Iron Man / King Triton (Voice)

7.7

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

2003

as Ernst Hanfstaengl

7.1

Hard Knocks

2001

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Michael Keppler

Secrets of the Dead

as Narrator

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Simpsons

1989

as "Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice)

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

Parallax

as Jonah Lynn

Crew (15)

Movies (13)

Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story

2025

Executive Producer

Meeting Zelenskyy

2023

Director

Rule of Two Walls

2023

Executive Producer

Ukrainians in Exile

2022

Executive Producer

5.3

Ray Donovan: The Movie

2022

Executive Producer

6.8

Ray Donovan: The Movie

Writer

Human Capital

Producer

Chuck

Producer

Chuck

Screenplay

The Cove

Thanks

Everything Is Illuminated

2005

Director

7.3

Everything Is Illuminated

Screenplay

Spring Forward

Associate Producer

Television (2)

Ray Donovan

2013

Director

7.5

Parallax

Executive Producer