Liev Schreiber Biography (1967-)

First name is pronounced "Lee-ev"; full name, Isaac Liev Schreiber; born October 4, 1967, in San Francisco, CA; son of Tell (an actor and director) and Heather (a painter and cab driver; maiden name, Milgram) Schreiber; brother ofPablo Schreiber (an actor). Addresses: Agent: Steve Dontanville, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; David Kalodner,William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: October 4, 1967; San Francisco, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Chris, Mixed Nuts (also known as Lifesavers), TriStar, 1994
Jerry Heckerman, Denise Calls Up, Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
Nigel, Party Girl, First Look Pictures, 1995
Salesman, Mad Love, Buena Vista, 1995
Andrew, Walking and Talking, Miramax, 1996
Carl, The Daytrippers (also known as En route vers Manhattan), Columbia/TriStar, 1996
Clark Barnes, Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
Cotton Weary, Scream, Miramax, 1996
Leo, Big Night, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
Baggage (short film), 1996
Cotton Weary, Scream 2, Miramax, 1997
Glenn, His and Hers, Alliance Independent, 1997
Narrator, CIA: America's Secret Warriors, 1997
Deputy Stuart "Stu" Wargle, Phantoms (also known as Dean Koontz's Phantoms), Dimension, 1998
Dr. Ted Fielding, Sphere, Warner Bros., 1998
Jeff Willis, Twilight, Paramount, 1998
Voice of Mickey Moonday, Desert Blue, 1998
Laertes, Hamlet, Miramax, 1999
Marty Kantrowitz, A Walk on the Moon, Miramax, 1999
Mischa, Jakob the Liar (also known as Jakob le menteur), Columbia/TriStar, 1999
Sam, The Hurricane (also known as Lazarus and the Hurricane), Universal, 1999
Cotton Weary, Scream 3, Miramax/Dimension, 2000
Paul, Spring Forward, IFC Films, 2000
Pay It Forward, Warner Bros., 2000
James, Dial 9 for Love (also known as Men Are Dogs), Amberlon Pictures, 2001
Stuart Besser, Kate & Leopold, Miramax, 2001
John Clark, The Sum of All Fears (also known as Der Anschlag), Paramount, 2002
Narrator for new edition, Pumping Iron (originally released, 1977,2002
Himself, Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (documentary; also known as Broadway: The Golden Age), Second Act Productions, 2003
Film Work
Associate producer, Spring Forward, IFC Films, 2000
Television Appearances
Series; Narrator
Rock & Roll, PBS, 1995-1996
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Baltimore Ravens, HBO, 2001
Triumph of Life, PBS, 2001
Secrets of the Dead, PBS, 2002
Miniseries
Ogden, Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995
Ernst Hanfstaengl, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, CBS, 2003
Narrator, 30 Years of Boxing, HBO, 2003
Movies
Owens, Janek: The Silent Betrayal (also known as A Silent Betrayal), CBS, 1994
The Sunshine Boys, CBS, 1995

Fred Lindorhoff, Since You've Been Gone, ABC, 1998
Orson Welles, RKO 281, HBO, 1999
Joe Shumate, Spinning Boris, Showtime, 2003
Specials; as Narrator
Spirit of the Games, HBO, 1996
Big Dream, Small Screen, PBS, 1997
Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association, HBO, 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen, HBO, 1997
Babe Ruth, NBC, 1998
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal, HBO, 1998
Mr. Miami Beach, PBS, 1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl, PBS, 1998
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games, HBO, 1999
Killer's Trail, PBS, 1999
Meltdown at Three Mile Island, PBS, 1999
To the Moon, PBS, 1999
Unitas, HBO, 1999
Ali-Frazier 1: One Nation ... Indivisible, HBO, 2000
Bill Russell: My Life, My Way, HBO, 2000
Breaking News: Mile High Stories, The Learning Channel, 2000
Lost Tribes of Israel, PBS, 2000
Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America, PBS, 2000
Submarines: Life on a Boomer, The Discovery Channel, 2000
When It Was a Game 3, HBO, 2000
Cancer Warrior, PBS, 2001
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team, HBO, 2001
Fatal Flood, PBS, 2001
The Game of Their Lives, HBO, 2001
Secrets of the Dead II, PBS, 2001
Secrets of the Pharaohs, PBS, 2001
The Shot Heard 'round the World, HBO, 2001
Streamliners: America's Lost Trains, PBS, 2001
A Brilliant Madness, 2002
City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers, 2002
O. J.: A Study in Black and White, HBO, 2002
Picture Perfect: The Stories behind the Greatest Photos in Sports,HBO, 2002
Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies, PBS, 2002
:03 from Gold, 2002
Specials
American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman, ABC, 1999
Episodic; Narrator
"John Steinbeck: An American Writer," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
"The Vikings," Nova, PBS, 1999
"Runaway Universe," Nova, PBS, 2000
"Decoding Nazi Secrets," Nova, PBS, 2001
"Search for a Safe Cigarette," Nova, PBS, 2001
"Lost Treasures of Tibet," Nova, PBS, 2003
Pilots
Appeared in People V, NBC.
Stage Appearances
Ivanov, Moscow Art Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT,1990-1991
The Size of the World, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1990-1991
Underground, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1990-1991
Edward the Second, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1991-1992
Iago, Romeo, ghost, and member of the chorus, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Classic Stage Company, 1992
Escape from Happiness, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1992-1993, then Yale Repertory Theatre, 1992-1993
Lionel, In the Summer House, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1993
Jake, Moonlight, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1995
Sebastian, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995
An American Daughter (staged reading), Seattle Repertory Theatre,Seattle, WA, 1996
Banquo and Seyton, Macbeth, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 1998
Iachimo and Jupiter, Cymbeline, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1998
Title role, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1999, then Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
Jerry, Betrayal (one-act), Roundabout Theatre Company, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001
Iago, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, 2001
Ben, The Mercy Seat, Manhattan Class Company, Acorn Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003
Henry V, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, PublicTheatre, 2003
Also appeared in All for One, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City; in Real Thing and Richard III; and at Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Empire, June, 1998, pp. 66-67
Movieline, Volume 8, number 5, 1996, p. 20
New Yorker, December 13, 1999, pp. 46-50, 52
Premiere, May, 1996, p. 30
TV Guide, November 20, 1999, pp. 26-28

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