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Liev Schreiber

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Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.


Schreiber became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films. He has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
Schreiber's early film roles include Party Girl (1995), The Daytrippers (1996), and Big Night (1996). He gained notoriety acting 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 roles in television, he most notably portrayed the title role 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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STAGE CREDITS

Creditors
[Off-Broadway]
2025
Adi
Doubt Doubt
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival Production, 2024
Father Flynn
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Les Liaisons Dangereuses
[Broadway]
Donmar Warehouse Broadway Revival Production, 2016
Le Vicomte de Valmont
A View From The Bridge A View From The Bridge
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2010
Eddie
Talk Radio Talk Radio
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Barry Champlain
The 24 Hour Plays 2006
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2006
Richard
Macbeth
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Macbeth
Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2005
Richard Roma
The 24 Hour Plays 2003
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2003
Sam
Henry V
[Off-Broadway]
2003
King Henry the Fifth
The Mercy Seat
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Ben
Othello
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Iago
Betrayal
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2000
Jerry
Hamlet
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Hamlet
Cymbeline
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Iachimo/Jupiter
Macbeth
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Banquo/Seyton
Moonlight
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Jake
The Tempest
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Sebastian
In the Summer House
[Broadway]
1993
Lionel
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Chorus/Iago/Romeo/Ghost

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Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Liev Schreiber, Doubt


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Drama Desk Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Liev Schreiber, A View From the Bridge

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge

Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio


winner
Drama League Awards - 2007 - Distinguished Performance Award

Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio


winner
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Liev Schreiber, Betrayal


winner
Obie Awards - 1999 - Performance

Liev Schreiber, Cymbeline

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CREDITORS With Liev Schreiber Will Be Available to Stream on Audible Photo
CREDITORS With Liev Schreiber Will Be Available to Stream on Audible
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2025

Creditors, featuring Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith, will premiere next month on Audible. Written by August Strindberg in a new adaptation by Jen Silverman, and directed by Ian Rickson.
Nathan Lane to be Honored at Westport Country Playhouse Annual Gala Photo
Nathan Lane to be Honored at Westport Country Playhouse Annual Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2025

Tony Award-winning Broadway star Nathan Lane with be Artistic Honoree at Westport Country Playhouse’s one-night-only fundraiser. Learn more and see how to purchase.
DOUBT A PARABLE Comes to The Cumberland Theatre Next Week Photo
DOUBT A PARABLE Comes to The Cumberland Theatre Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2025

The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 37th season with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Doubt. The show will play for seven performances.
Elin Hilderbrand To Discuss New Novel 'The Academy' At The Spire Center Photo
Elin Hilderbrand To Discuss New Novel 'The Academy' At The Spire Center
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2025

Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand will appear at the Spire Center in Plymouth, MA, on October 20, 2025, to discuss her new novel The Academy, co-written with her daughter Shelby Cunningham.
Katie Holmes to Star in HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe Photo
Katie Holmes to Star in HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2025

Katie Holmes will kick off The Old Globe​​​​​​​'s 2026 season as she leads a new production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Learn more about the production here!
Video: Morgan Spector Recalls Breakout Role in Broadway's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Photo
Video: Morgan Spector Recalls Breakout Role in Broadway's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 31, 2025

To celebrate the success of the ongoing third season of The Gilded Age, Broadway alum Morgan Spector visited The Tonight Show to chat with Jimmy Fallon about the series and looked back on his Broadway debut in A View From the Bridge. Check out the interview!
David Rockwell, Linda Cho, and More Join Design Team For ART Broadway Revival Photo
David Rockwell, Linda Cho, and More Join Design Team For ART Broadway Revival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2025

The design team has been announced for the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning ART. The team includes David Rockwell (Set Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), and Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design).
Theatrical General Manager Samuel Dallas Launches Envoy Theatricals Photo
Theatrical General Manager Samuel Dallas Launches Envoy Theatricals
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2025

Theatrical general manager Samuel Dallas announced the launch of Envoy Theatricals, a new general management firm opening July 7, 2025. Learn more here!
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES and CREDITORS Set Audible Release Dates Photo
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES and CREDITORS Set Audible Release Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 18, 2025

Audible Theater and TOGETHER concluded their collaboration at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Learn more about their upcoming audible releases!
Video: Ian Rickson Explains How Audible and TOGETHER Are Making Theatre Magic Off-Bro Photo
Video: Ian Rickson Explains How Audible and TOGETHER Are Making Theatre Magic Off-Broadway
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - Jun 5, 2025

Downtown at the Minetta Lane Theatre, Audible Theater is celebrating its sixth off-Broadway season. This one is extra special however, as it marks a new collaboration with Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman’s new company, TOGETHER. The result is two fully-produced plays that are debuting in repertory this summer. Watch in this video as he chats more about both projects and explains why audiences need to head to the Minetta Lane!
Top Off-Broadway Shows for June 2025 Photo
Top Off-Broadway Shows for June 2025
by Sidney Paterra - Jun 1, 2025

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre for the month of June! Learn more about upcoming Off-Broadway shows.
Video: Hugh Jackman Talks New Theater Company and Off-Broadway Play on THE VIEW Photo
Video: Hugh Jackman Talks New Theater Company and Off-Broadway Play on THE VIEW
by Josh Sharpe - May 22, 2025

In addition to his ongoing Radio City Residency, Tony Award-winning performer Hugh Jackman has entered into a new venture with the theater company Together. Watch him discuss this and his other projects on a recent visit to The View!
HARD KNOCKS Sets HBO Return with The Buffalo Bills and The NFC East Photo
HARD KNOCKS Sets HBO Return with The Buffalo Bills and The NFC East
by Josh Sharpe - May 21, 2025

HBO and NFL Films re-team to present two upcoming editions of the groundbreaking series HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE BUFFALO BILLS debuting TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
Photos: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff and More in CREDITORS Photo
Photos: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff and More in CREDITORS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2025

You can now get a first look at Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith in Jen Silverman’s new version of August Strindberg’s Creditors. Learn more about the production here!
Which Shows Have Been Revived the Most in the 21st Century? Photo
Which Shows Have Been Revived the Most in the 21st Century?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - May 11, 2025

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard. 
Photos: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff and More in CREDITORS Rehearsals Photo
Photos: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff and More in CREDITORS Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2025

Audible and TOGETHER will present Jen Silverman’s new version of August Strindberg’s Creditors, with Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith. See rehearsal photos here!
John Douglas Thompson and More to be Honored at Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit Photo
John Douglas Thompson and More to be Honored at Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2025

John Douglas Thompson will be presented with the Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement and more when Red Bull Theater presents the annual Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit. Learn more and see how to attend.
Photos: Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton & More on the STRANGER THINGS Red Carpet Photo
Photos: Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton & More on the STRANGER THINGS Red Carpet
by Bruce Glikas - Apr 23, 2025

Broadway gets turned upside down in the new high-tech, supernatural thriller STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, now officially open at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre! See photos of Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp and more stars on the opening night red carpet here! 
Photos: Beatty, Jackman, Schreiber and More in Rehearsals for Audible Shows Photo
Photos: Beatty, Jackman, Schreiber and More in Rehearsals for Audible Shows
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2025

Audible and TOGETHER are launching a new collaboration that will include two fully-produced plays, readings, panels, and workshops to be mounted over eight weeks this spring at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre. Get a look inside rehearsals here!
Actor’s Express to Present DOUBT, A PARABLE in May Photo
Actor’s Express to Present DOUBT, A PARABLE in May
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 16, 2025

Actor’s Express will continue its 37th season with John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer and Tony-winning Doubt, A Parable, directed by Freddie Ashley. The production will have its previews on May 22nd and 23rd at 7:30 PM and opens May 24th at 8:00 PM.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Liev Schreiber been in?

Liev Schreiber has appeared on Broadway in 9 shows.

How many West End shows has Liev Schreiber been in?

Liev Schreiber has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Liev Schreiber been nominated for?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Doubt, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A View from the Bridge, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A View From the Bridge, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for A View from the Bridge, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Talk Radio, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Talk Radio, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Talk Radio, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Talk Radio, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Glengarry Glen Ross, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Betrayal and Performance (Obie Awards) for Cymbeline.

What awards has Liev Schreiber won?

Liev Schreiber has won several prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for A View from the Bridge, the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Talk Radio, and the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Glengarry Glen Ross. He also received the Outstanding Actor award at the Drama Desk Awards for Betrayal, as well as a Performance award at the Obie Awards for Cymbeline.

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