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Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the first three Scream horror films (1996-2000), Ransom (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Omen (2006), Defiance (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Taking Woodstock (2009), Salt (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Spotlight (2015), The 5th Wave (2016), and The French Dispatch (2021). For his roles in television, he most notably portrayed the eponymous protagonist of the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). The role has earned him five Golden Globe Award nominations and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). He has lent his voice to animated films such as My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Isle of Dogs, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (both 2018). He also narrated the HBO series Hard Knocks, 24/7 and the HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, as well as various PBS programs. He has performed in several Broadway productions. In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the play Glengarry Glen Ross. That same year, he made his debut as a film director and writer with Everything Is Illuminated (2005), based on the 2002 novel of the same name.
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Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the first three Scream horror films (1996-2000), Ransom (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Omen (2006), Defiance (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Taking Woodstock (2009), Salt (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Spotlight (2015), The 5th Wave (2016), and The French Dispatch (2021). For his roles in television, he most notably portrayed the eponymous protagonist of the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan (2013–2020). The role has earned him five Golden Globe Award nominations and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He reprised the role in the television film Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022). He has lent his voice to animated films such as My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Isle of Dogs, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (both 2018). He also narrated the HBO series Hard Knocks, 24/7 and the HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, as well as various PBS programs. He has performed in several Broadway productions. In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the play Glengarry Glen Ross. That same year, he made his debut as a film director and writer with Everything Is Illuminated (2005), based on the 2002 novel of the same name.
Known For
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Rick and Morty
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Drunk History
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
BoJack Horseman
Robot Chicken
Nature
Creed
Don't Look Up
The French Dispatch
Movie 43
Mad Love
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
The Butler
Isle of Dogs
Scream 3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Scream
Scream 2
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Asteroid City
The 5th Wave
My Little Pony: The Movie
Twilight
Spirit of the Games
Ransom
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Hard Knocks
A Small Light
A Rainy Day in New York
Goon
Sphere
The Sum of All Fears
Repo Men
The Hurricane
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Spotlight
The Manchurian Candidate
Ted Williams
Spinning Boris
Golda
24/7
Pawn Sacrifice
Salt
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Defiance
UConn: The March to Madness
The Perfect Couple
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Hard Knocks: In Season
24/7: Road to the NHL Winter Classic
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
The Omen
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Road to the NHL Winter Classic
:03 from Gold
Ray Donovan
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
The Last Days on Mars
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Production Credits
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Ray Donovan
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