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
Scream 2
(1997)
Cotton Weary
Scream
(1996)
Cotton Weary
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018)
Wilson Fisk / Kingpin (voice)
Don't Look Up
(2021)
Bash Narrator (voice)
Movie 43
(2013)
Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
Creed
(2015)
HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Asteroid City
(2023)
J.J. Kellogg
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Spots (voice)
The Omen
(2006)
Robert Thorn
Spotlight
(2015)
Marty Baron
Scream 3
(2000)
Cotton Weary
The 5th Wave
(2016)
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
Goon
(2012)
Ross Rhea
Salt
(2010)
Theodore Winter
Ransom
(1996)
Clark Barnes
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Talk Show Host
Full Filmography
Acting
Mixed Nuts
(1994)
Chris
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
(1994)
Owens
Party Girl
(1995)
Nigel
Denise Calls Up
(1995)
Jerry Heckerman
Mad Love
(1995)
Salesman
Buffalo Girls
(1995)
Ogden
Two Billion Hearts
(1995)
Narrator
Ransom
(1996)
Clark Barnes
Scream
(1996)
Cotton Weary
Big Night
(1996)
Leo
The Sunshine Boys
(1996)
Ricky Gregg
Walking and Talking
(1996)
Andrew
Spirit of the Games
(1996)
Narrator
The Daytrippers
(1997)
Carl Petrovic
His and Hers
(1997)
Glenn
Scream 2
(1997)
Cotton Weary
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sphere
(1998)
Dr. Ted Fielding
Twilight
(1998)
Jeff Willis
Phantoms
(1998)
Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
(1998)
Himself-Narrator
Babe Ruth
(1998)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Since You've Been Gone
(1998)
Fred Linderhoff
Surviving the Dust Bowl
(1998)
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Miami Beach
(1998)
Narrator
Jakob the Liar
(1999)
Mischa
The Hurricane
(1999)
Sam Chaiton
A Walk on the Moon
(1999)
Marty Kantrowitz
Desert Blue
(1999)
Mickey Moonday (voice)
Decoding Nazi Secrets
(1999)
Himself - Narrator
The Viking Saga - The Era of The Long Ships
(1999)
Narrator
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
(1999)
Self - Narrator
Hamlet
(2000)
Laertes
Scream 3
(2000)
Cotton Weary
RKO 281
(2000)
Orson Welles
Spring Forward
(2000)
Paul
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
(2000)
Narrator
Kate & Leopold
(2001)
Stuart Besser
Shot Heard 'Round the World
(2001)
Narrator
Fatal Flood
(2001)
Narrator
The Sum of All Fears
(2002)
John Clark
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
(2002)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
(2002)
Self - Narrator
Iron and Beyond
(2002)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Young Dr. Freud
(2002)
Sigmund Freud (Voice)
:03 from Gold
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
A Brilliant Madness
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Ulysses S. Grant
(2002)
Narrator
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
(2002)
Narrator
Spinning Boris
(2003)
Joe Shumate
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
(2003)
Self
The Shakespeare Sessions
(2003)
Battle of the X-Planes
(2003)
Narrator
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
(2003)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Living with Wolves
(2005)
narrator
Oil Storm
(2005)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Lackawanna Blues
(2005)
Ulysses Ford
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
(2005)
Narrator
The Omen
(2006)
Robert Thorn
The Painted Veil
(2006)
Charlie Townsend
The New Medicine
(2006)
Narrator
Love in the Time of Cholera
(2007)
Lotario Thurgot
The Ten
(2007)
Ray Johnson
Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry
(2007)
Narrator
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
(2007)
Self (Narrator)
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
(2007)
Narrator
The Living Weapon
(2007)
Defiance
(2008)
Zus Bielski
Chicago 10
(2008)
William Kunstler (voice)
Operation Filmmaker
(2008)
Himself
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open
(2008)
Host
Barbaro
(2008)
Narrator
Thrilla in Manila
(2008)
Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
(2008)
Narrator
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
(2008)
Narrator
The Defector
(2008)
Narrator
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
(2009)
Victor Creed
Taking Woodstock
(2009)
Wilma
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
(2009)
Narrator
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina
(2009)
Narrator
Weapon X Mutant Files
(2009)
Self
Ted Williams
(2009)
Narrator
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
(2009)
Self
Repo Men
(2010)
Frank
Salt
(2010)
Theodore Winter
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
(2010)
Narrator (voice)
Every Day
(2010)
Ned
America: The Story of Us
(2010)
Himself - Narrator
Broad Street Bullies
(2010)
(narrator)
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
(2011)
Narrator
Portraits in Dramatic Time
(2011)
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies
(2011)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
(2011)
Narrator
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
(2011)
Narrator
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
(2011)
Self
Goon
(2012)
Ross Rhea
Mental
(2012)
Trevor Blundell
Space Dive
(2012)
Himself - Narrator (US version)
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
(2012)
Movie 43
(2013)
Robert (segment "Homeschooled")
The Butler
(2013)
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Last Days on Mars
(2013)
Vincent Campbell
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Man
(2013)
James
Fading Gigolo
(2013)
Dovi
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(2013)
Bobby Lincoln
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Clear History
(2014)
Tibor (uncredited)
Pawn Sacrifice
(2015)
Boris Spassky
Spotlight
(2015)
Marty Baron
Finding Babel
(2015)
Isaac Babel (voice)
Unity
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Creed
(2015)
HBO 24/7 Narrator (voice)
Kareem: Minority of One
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
The 5th Wave
(2016)
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
(2017)
Ross Rhea
Chuck
(2017)
Chuck Wepner
My Little Pony: The Movie
(2017)
The Storm King (voice)
The Pulitzer At 100
(2017)
Self
America in Color
(2017)
Narrator
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Spots (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018)
Wilson Fisk / Kingpin (voice)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
(2018)
Narrator
A Rainy Day in New York
(2019)
Roland Pollard
The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
(2019)
Narrator
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
(2019)
Joseph Pulitzer (voice)
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
(2019)
Narrator (voice)
Human Capital
(2020)
Drew Hagel
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Talk Show Host
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
(2021)
Self
Don't Look Up
(2021)
Bash Narrator (voice)
Ray Donovan: The Movie
(2022)
Ray Donovan
The Conspiracy
(2022)
Across the River and Into the Trees
(2023)
Colonel Richard Cantwell
Asteroid City
(2023)
J.J. Kellogg
Golda
(2023)
Henry Kissinger
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Meeting Zelenskyy
(2023)
Self
Production
Spring Forward
(2000)
Associate Producer
Chuck
(2017)
Producer
Human Capital
(2020)
Producer
Ray Donovan: The Movie
(2022)
Executive Producer
Ukrainians in Exile
(2022)
Executive Producer
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
(2023)
Executive Producer
Rule of Two Walls
(2023)
Executive Producer
Directing
Writing
Everything Is Illuminated
(2005)
Screenplay
Chuck
(2017)
Screenplay
Ray Donovan: The Movie
(2022)
Writer
Crew