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Liev Schreiber

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  • Producer
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Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) Schreiber was born in San Francisco. His mother, Heather (Milgram), is a painter, and his father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), is a theatrical actor who had a small role in The Keeper (1976). His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and Ukraine, while his father is from an upper-class Protestant family. His parents moved the family to Canada when Liev was one, and divorced when he was five. He and his mother moved to New York, where she drove a cab. During that time, they lived as squatters in abandoned buildings. His mother taught him to read, and she also forbade him from seeing color movies. He grew up seeing silent and black & white movies at a local revival house and particularly enjoyed those of Charles Chaplin. His mother now lives in an ashram in Virginia. He began acting at Hampshire College and continued at the Yale University School of Drama in 1992. He originally wanted to be a playwright, but his teacher encouraged him to become an actor.
BornOctober 4, 1967
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  • Nominated for 9 Primetime Emmys

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Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, and Elle Fanning in A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Liev Schreiber and Kerris Dorsey in You'll Never Walk Alone (2020)
Liev Schreiber in Passport and a Gun (2020)
Liev Schreiber and Kerry Condon in The Transfer Agent (2019)
Liev Schreiber in Inside Guy (2019)
Liev Schreiber and Zach Grenier in Hispes (2019)
Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight in Family Pictures (2019)
Liev Schreiber and Stephen Colbert in Liev Schreiber/Daniel Kaluuya/Cold War Kids (2019)
Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Zach Shaffer, Albert Jones, Kevin O'Donnell, and Zoe Lister-Jones in Salt (2010)
Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kevin O'Donnell, and Gaius Charles in Salt (2010)
Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Salt (2010)
Liev Schreiber in Salt (2010)

Known for

Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight
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  • Marty Baron
  • 2015
Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
6.5
  • Victor Creed
  • 2009
Denzel Washington in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate
6.6
  • Raymond Shaw
  • 2004
Elijah Wood in Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Everything Is Illuminated
7.4
  • Director
  • 2005

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  • Golda
    • Post-production
  • Asteroid City
    • Post-production
  • A Small Light
    • Post-production
  • Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions (2022)
    Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions
  • Liev Schreiber and Matilda De Angelis in Across the River and Into the Trees (2022)
    Across the River and Into the Trees
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
    Ray Donovan: The Movie
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron Perlman, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Kid Cudi, and Ariana Grande in Don't Look Up (2021)
    Don't Look Up
  • Mattress Firm: Junk Sleep - Send Off
  • Mattress Firm: Junk Sleep - Replay All
  • Mattress Firm: Junk Sleep - Forget
  • Mattress Firm: Junk Sleep - Anthem
  • Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Benicio Del Toro, Edward Norton, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Lois Smith, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jeffrey Wright, Jarvis Cocker, Mohamed Belhadjine, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, and Krishna Bagadiya in The French Dispatch (2021)
    The French Dispatch
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Maya Hawke, and Alex Wolff in Human Capital (2019)
    Human Capital
  • Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Diego Luna, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, and Timothée Chalamet in A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
    A Rainy Day in New York
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (voice)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    • (voice)
  • Charles Manson in Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes (2018)
    Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes

Producer

  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
    Ray Donovan: The Movie
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Maya Hawke, and Alex Wolff in Human Capital (2019)
    Human Capital
  • Liev Schreiber in Chuck (2016)
    Chuck
  • Spring Forward (1999)
    Spring Forward

Additional Crew

  • The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (2011)
    The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
  • McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice (2011)
    McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
  • Lombardi (2010)
    Lombardi
  • Broad Street Bullies (2010)
    Broad Street Bullies
  • Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010)
    Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
  • Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived (2009)
    Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived
  • Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football (2008)
    Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
  • Thrilla in Manila (2008)
    Thrilla in Manila
  • Barbaro (2008)
    Barbaro
  • Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (2008)
    Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed
  • Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team (2007)
    Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
  • Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball (2005)
    Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "What's Your Plan?"
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "What's Your Plan?"
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Chuck
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Chuck

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    • October 4, 1967
    • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Kai Schreiber
    • Heather Schreiber
    • Pablo Schreiber(Half Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared Starred in "Hamlet", directed by Andrei Serban, Public Theatre, New York City.
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    • 1 Interview
    • 12 Articles
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Growing up, his mother didn't allow him to watch color movies. The first color movie he saw was Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) in 1977.
  • Quotes
    It's not easy being 6' 3" and being called 'Huggy'. - on the nickname he's had since childhood.
    • Towering height and slender frame

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