Liev Schreiber

Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, born in San Francisco, California. At the age of 1, his family moved to Canada, due to his parents divorce, but at 4, he moved to New York, New York, where he grew up. His mother, who now lives in an ashram in Virginia, forbade him from seeing color movies as he grew up. His favorite actor, then, was Charles Chaplin. As a child, Liev was considered a rebel. Liev attended high school with actress Amanda Peet. When he was a senior, she was a freshman.

His mother claims that she named him after her favorite author, Leo Tolstoy, while his father claims that Liev was named after the doctor who saved his mother's life. His nickname, adopted by his mother is Huggy.

Liev is 6'3 and has four half brothers and a half sister. One of his brothers, Pablo, is an actor and amatuer rapper. He is also accompanied by a Jack Russell terrier named Chichen. Liev enjoys basketball, fencing, cycling, and played football in the past.

Schreiber started acting at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Yale University School of Drama in 1992. He also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but was steered toward acting instead.

Schreiber had several small roles until his big breaker, as the accused murderer in the horror film Scream and it sequels, Scream 2 and Scream 3. He portrayed the young Orson Welles in the HBO original movie RKO 281, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and appeared as Laertes in the 2000 movie version of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet.

He has done narrator work in several sports documentary movies. He recently starred in The Sum of All Fears. Except to see this actor to appear more in the public's eye after his newest role, starring as a brainwashed, psycopath assasian in The Manchurian Candidate, opening in the summer of 2004. He is also completing his first directed and screenwritten film starring Elijah Wood, called Everything is Illuminated, scheduled to be released in 2005.

Filmography

• The Manchurian Candidate(2004)
• The Sum Of All Fears (2002)
• Spring Forward (2002)
• Kate & Leopold (2001)
• Do You Believe In Miracles? (2001)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• Hamlet (2000)
• The Hurricane (1999)
• A Walk On The Moon (1999)
• Jakob The Liar (1999)
• RKO 281 (1999)
• Sphere (1998)
• Phantoms (1998)
• Twilight (1998)
• Since You've Been Gone (1998)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• His And Hers (1997)
• The Sunshine Boys (1997)
• Scream(1996)
• Big Night (1996)
• Ransom (1996)
• The Daytrippers (1996)
• Walking And Talking (1996)
• Buffalo Girls (1995)
• Denise Calls Up (1995)
• Party Girl (1995)
• Mixed Nuts (1994)