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).
For his television roles, he most notably portrayed the titular character in the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). The role has earned him nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. He also portrayed Orson Welles in the HBO film RKO 281 (1999) and Otto Frank in the Nat Geo miniseries A Small Light (2023).
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Known For
The Last Twins
Narrator
2025
Don't Look Up
Bash Narrator (voice)
2021
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Narrator (voice)
2019
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
Narrator (voice)
2013
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
2011
Salt
Theodore Winter
2010
Repo Men
Frank
2010
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Narrator (voice)
2010
Every Day
Ned
2010
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Victor Creed
2009
Defiance
Zus Bielski
2008
Chicago 10
William Kunstler (voice)
2008
Operation Filmmaker
Self
2008
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
Narrator
2007
Love in the Time of Cholera
Lotario Thurgot
2007
The Ten
Ray Johnson
2007
The Painted Veil
Charlie Townsend
2006
The Omen
Robert Thorn
2006
Living with Wolves
narrator
2005
The Manchurian Candidate
Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
2004
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Battle of the X-Planes
Narrator
2003
Iron and Beyond
Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
The Sum of All Fears
John Clark
2002
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Self - Narrator
2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
Kate & Leopold
Stuart Besser
2001
Spring Forward
Paul
2000
Hamlet
Laertes
2000
RKO 281
Orson Welles
2000
Scream 3
Cotton Weary
2000
The Hurricane
Sam Chaiton
1999
Jakob the Liar
Mischa
1999
Desert Blue
Mickey Moonday (voice)
1999
Decoding Nazi Secrets
Himself - Narrator
1999
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Self - Narrator
1999
A Walk on the Moon
Marty Kantrowitz
1999
Twilight
Jeff Willis
1998
Sphere
Dr. Ted Fielding
1998
Phantoms
Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
1998
The Daytrippers
Carl Petrovic
1997
Scream
Cotton Weary
1996
Ransom
Clark Barnes
1996
Big Night
Leo
1996
Party Girl
Nigel
1995
Mad Love
Salesman
1995
Denise Calls Up
Jerry Heckerman
1995
Mixed Nuts
Chris
1994
The Guns of Christmas Past
Ebb
Caught Stealing
Lipa
2025
Undisputed
Self
2024
Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
2024
The Perfect Couple
Tag Winbury · (6 episodes)
2024
Violent Earth
Self - Host · (5 episodes)
2024
Meeting Zelenskyy
Self
2023
Across the River and Into the Trees
Colonel Richard Cantwell
2023
Golda
Henry Kissinger
2023
Command Z
Kohlberg Pryce · (2 episodes)
2023
Asteroid City
J.J. Kellogg
2023
A Small Light
Otto Frank · (8 episodes)
2023
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Conspiracy
2022
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Ray Donovan
2022
Hard Knocks: In Season
Self - Narrator (voice) · (35 episodes)
2021
The French Dispatch
Talk Show Host
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Human Capital
Drew Hagel
2020
A Rainy Day in New York
Roland Pollard
2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
2019
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
Narrator
2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Wilson Fisk (voice)
2018
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
Narrator
2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Civilisations
Narrator · (9 episodes)
2018
Isle of Dogs
Spots (voice)
2018
My Little Pony: The Movie
The Storm King (voice)
2017
The Pulitzer At 100
Self
2017
America in Color
Self - Narrator (voice) · (17 episodes)
2017
Chuck
Chuck Wepner
2017
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Ross Rhea
2017
UConn: The March to Madness
(1 episode)
2017
The 5th Wave
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
2016
Creed
HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
2015
Spotlight
Marty Baron
2015
Kareem: Minority of One
Narrator (voice)
2015
Finding Babel
Isaac Babel (voice)
2015
Pawn Sacrifice
Boris Spassky
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Copernicus (Voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Clear History
Tibor (uncredited)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
Rick and Morty
Fear Hole Demon (voice) · (1 episode)
2013
A Perfect Man
James
2013
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2013
Fading Gigolo
Dovi
2013
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Narrator (voice)
2013
The Butler
Lyndon B. Johnson
2013
The Last Days on Mars
Vincent Campbell
2013
Drunk History
Victor Lustig · (1 episode)
2013
Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan · (82 episodes)
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Bobby Lincoln
2013
Movie 43
Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
2013
Space Dive
Himself - Narrator (US version)
2012
Mental
Trevor Blundell
2012
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
2012
Goon
Ross Rhea
2012
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
Narrator
2011
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2011
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
Narrator
2011
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
Narrator
2011
24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic
Narrator · (12 episodes)
2010
Road to the NHL Winter Classic
Narrator · (12 episodes)
2010
America: The Story of Us
Himself - Narrator
2010
Broad Street Bullies
(narrator)
2010
America: The Story of Us
Self - Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2010
Weapon X Mutant Files
Self
2009
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
2009
Taking Woodstock
Wilma
2009
Ted Williams
Narrator
2009
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
Narrator
2009
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
Narrator
2009
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Narrator
2008
Thrilla in Manila
Narrator
2008
The Defector
Narrator
2008
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
Self - Host
2008
Barbaro
Narrator
2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Narrator
2008
The Jewish Americans
Self - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2008
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Narrator
2007
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
Narrator
2007
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
Self (Narrator)
2007
Sputnik Mania
Narrator
2007
24/7
(64 episodes)
2007
The Living Weapon
2007
The New Medicine
Narrator
2006
Oil Storm
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2005
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Robot Chicken
Iron Man / King Triton (Voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Lackawanna Blues
Ulysses Ford
2005
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Self
2003
Spinning Boris
Joe Shumate
2003
Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
Ernst Hanfstaengl
2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Ernst Hanfstaengl · (2 episodes)
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Young Dr. Freud
Sigmund Freud (Voice)
2002
:03 from Gold
Narrator (voice)
2002
A Brilliant Madness
Narrator (voice)
2002
Ulysses S. Grant
Narrator
2002
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
Narrator
2002
Hard Knocks
Self - Narrator · (91 episodes)
2001
Shot Heard 'Round the World
Narrator
2001
Fatal Flood
Narrator (voice)
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Keppler · (4 episodes)
2000
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Narrator
2000
When It Was a Game 3
Narrator (voice)
2000
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator · (52 episodes)
2000
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
Narrator
1999
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Narrator (voice)
1999
Babe Ruth
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1998
Since You've Been Gone
Fred Linderhoff
1998
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
Himself-Narrator
1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Narrator (voice)
1998
Mr. Miami Beach
Narrator
1998
Scream 2
Cotton Weary
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self - Narrator (voice)
1997
His and Hers
Glenn
1997
Baggage
1997
The Sunshine Boys
Ricky Gregg
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
The Daily Show
Self, Bank Manager · (1 episode)
1996
Walking and Talking
Andrew
1996
Spirit of the Games
Narrator
1996
Buffalo Girls
Ogden
1995
Two Billion Hearts
Narrator
1995
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Owens
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
The Simpsons
"Dateline: Springfield" Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)
1988
Nature
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1982
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
1975
NOVA
(4 episodes)
1974
NOVA
Narrator (voice) · (16 episodes)
1974
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Sam Fisher (voice) · (1 episode)
Parallax
Jonah Lynn · (2 episodes)