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Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Actor·b. 1967·San Francisco, California, USA

10 horror credits

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).

Actor10 films

The Last Days on Mars

The Last Days on Mars

Vincent Campbell

2013
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Self

2011
Repo Men

Repo Men

Frank

2010
The Omen

The Omen

Robert Thorn

2006 1.5
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

2004
Scream 3

Scream 3

Cotton Weary

2000 3.3
Sphere

Sphere

Dr. Ted Fielding

1998
Phantoms

Phantoms

Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle

1998 2.0
Scream 2

Scream 2

Cotton Weary

1997 3.4
Scream

Scream

Cotton Weary

1996 4.4