Liev Schreiber

Biography: Raised on New York City's Lower East Side, at times in a squat, Schreiber managed to pull himself out of poverty and earned a heady degree in Semiotics from Hampshire College; he later went on to study acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and at Yale University. He landed his first professional acting job in the United Kingdom (at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival) before he began appearing on stage and screen stateside, quickly establishing himself as a versatile character actor able to tackle everything from Shakespeare to slasher flicks. Initially he gained exposure in a string of supporting roles, often as the guy who doesn't get the girl, in myriad indies (Walking and Talking, Party Girl). But he hit the mainstream as an oddball falsely accused of murder in the smash Scream horror franchise. He continued to embody diverse characters, alternating effortlessly between theater and film, and earned an Emmy nod for his deft portrayal of Orson Welles in the TV-movie RKORaised on New York City's Lower East Side, at times in a squat, Schreiber managed to pull himself out of poverty and earned a heady degree in Semiotics from Hampshire College; he later went on to study acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and at Yale University. He landed his first professional acting job in the United Kingdom (at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival) before he began appearing on stage and screen stateside, quickly establishing himself as a versatile character actor able to tackle everything from Shakespeare to slasher flicks. Initially he gained exposure in a string of supporting roles, often as the guy who doesn't get the girl, in myriad indies (Walking and Talking, Party Girl). But he hit the mainstream as an oddball falsely accused of murder in the smash Scream horror franchise. He continued to embody diverse characters, alternating effortlessly between theater and film, and earned an Emmy nod for his deft portrayal of Orson Welles in the TV-movie RKO 281. He continued to play the other man in films, although off screen he was linked to a number of beauties, including Kristin Davis and Naomi Watts. In 2004, his career kicked into overdrive when he portrayed the title character in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Instead of making a play to be Hollywood's next leading man, he returned to his stage roots in 2005 and won a Tony in the lauded revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, and also made his debut as a film director and screenwriter with the indie Everything Is Illuminated. Always up for new challenges, he played the role of the comic-book supervillain Sabertooth in the 2009 summer blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In addition to his acting, Schreiber also has a lucrative career narrating documentaries and commercials. Expand

Liev Schreiber's Scores

Average career score: 70
Highest Metascore: 83 A Small Light: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 58 CSI: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
9 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
67 The Perfect Couple: Season 1 Sep 5, 2024 Liev Schreiber tbd
83 A Small Light: Season 1 May 1, 2023 Liev Schreiber 7.5
tbd NOVA: Season 50 Feb 1, 2023 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 20 Dec 21, 2022 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 19 Nov 9, 2022 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 18 Aug 9, 2022 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd NOVA: Season 49 Feb 2, 2022 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 17 Nov 17, 2021 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 15 Aug 11, 2020 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd NOVA: Season 47 Feb 4, 2020 Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Ray Donovan: Season 7 Nov 17, 2019 Ray Donovan tbd
tbd America in Color: Season 3 Nov 17, 2019 Narrator tbd
tbd 24/7: Season 33 Oct 2, 2019 Narrator / Liev Schreiber tbd
tbd Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Season 5 Sep 3, 2019 Guest tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 14 Aug 6, 2019 Narrator tbd
tbd America in Color: Season 2 Nov 18, 2018 Narrator tbd
tbd Ray Donovan: Season 6 Oct 28, 2018 Ray Donovan 7.3
tbd Saturday Night Live: Season 44 Sep 29, 2018 Host tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 13 Aug 7, 2018 Narrator tbd
tbd Late Night with Seth Meyers: Season 5 Sep 26, 2017 Guest tbd
tbd Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Season 3 Sep 5, 2017 Guest tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 12 Aug 8, 2017 Narrator tbd
tbd Ray Donovan: Season 5 Aug 6, 2017 Ray Donovan / Producer / Ray Donovan 5.9
71 America in Color: Season 1 Jul 2, 2017 Narrator tbd
tbd Drunk History: Season 4 Sep 27, 2016 Actor tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 14 Sep 6, 2016 Guest tbd
tbd Hard Knocks: Season 11 Aug 9, 2016 Narrator tbd
tbd Ray Donovan: Season 4 Jun 26, 2016 Ray Donovan / Director / Ray Donovan 6.5
tbd The Late Late Show with James Corden: Season 2 Mar 29, 2016 Guest tbd
tbd Jimmy Kimmel Live: Season 14 Jan 4, 2016 Guest 7.3