Highest rated as cast or director
Spotlight
2015
A Small Light
2023 · 1 Season
Ray Donovan
2013 · 7 Seasons
The Hurricane
1999
RKO 281
1999
The Painted Veil
2006
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), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Liev Schreiber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 94
2020s
- 2027
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Command Z
Kohlberg Pryce · 2 episodes
- 2022
The Conspiracy
Movie
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
- 2018
- 2017
UConn: The March to Madness
TV
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Mental
Trevor Blundell
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
Movie
- 2011
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie
- 2010
Broad Street Bullies
(narrator)
Every Day
Ned
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
24/7
TV
- 2006
- 2005
Lackawanna Blues
Ulysses Ford
- 2004
- 2003
Spinning Boris
Joe Shumate
Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
Movie
- 2002
Young Dr. Freud
Sigmund Freud (Voice)
- 2001
- 2000
Spring Forward
Paul
Hamlet
Laertes
Triumph of Life
TV
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Since You've Been Gone
Fred Linderhoff
Twilight
Jeff Willis
- 1997
- 1996
The Sunshine Boys
Ricky Gregg
Walking and Talking
Andrew
- 1995
Denise Calls Up
Jerry Heckerman
Buffalo Girls
Ogden
- 1994
- 1992
Produced 8
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
Executive Producer
- 2023
Rule of Two Walls
Executive Producer
- 2022
Ukrainians in Exile
Executive Producer
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
2000s
- 2000
Spring Forward
Associate Producer
Wrote 4
2020s
- 2022
2010s
- 2017
- 2013
2000s
- 2005
Directed 3
2020s
- 2023
Meeting Zelenskyy
Director
2010s
- 2013
2000s
- 2005
Appearances89
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
The Last Twins
Narrator
- 2024
Undisputed
Self
Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
Self
- 2023
Meeting Zelenskyy
Self
- 2021
Hard Knocks: In Season
Self - Narrator (voice) · 43 episodes
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2010s
- 2019
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
Narrator
- 2018
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
Narrator
Civilisations
Narrator · 9 episodes
- 2017
- 2016
Finding Babel
Self - Isaac Babel (voice)
- 2015
Kareem: Minority of One
Narrator (voice)
- 2014
- 2013
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Narrator (voice)
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
Narrator (voice)
- 2011
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
Narrator
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
Himself - Narrator (voice)
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
Narrator
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
- 2010
Road to the NHL Winter Classic
Narrator · 12 episodes
America: The Story of Us
Himself - Narrator
2000s
- 2009
Weapon X Mutant Files
Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
Ted Williams
Narrator
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
Narrator
- 2008
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Narrator
Thrilla in Manila
Narrator
The Defector
Narrator
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
Self - Host
Barbaro
Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Narrator
Operation Filmmaker
Self
- 2007
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Narrator
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
Narrator
Sputnik Mania
Narrator
Raptor Force
Narrator
- 2006
The New Medicine
Narrator
- 2005
Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball
Narrator
Oil Storm
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Living with Wolves
narrator
Seamless
Self
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2004
Secrets of the Dead: D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict
Narrator
- 2003
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Self
NOVA-Lost Treasures of Tibet
Self - Narrator(voice)
Battle of the X-Planes
Narrator
- 2002
Iron and Beyond
Self - Narrator (voice)
:03 from Gold
Narrator (voice)
A Brilliant Madness
Narrator (voice)
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
Narrator
Ulysses S. Grant
Narrator
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Self - Narrator
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001
Fatal Flood
Narrator (voice)
- 2000
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Narrator
1990s
- 1999
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
Narrator
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Self - Narrator
- 1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Miami Beach
Narrator
- 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1996
Spirit of the Games
Narrator
- 1995
Two Billion Hearts
Narrator
- 1993
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2009
