Liev Schreiber
American actor (born 1967)
Liev Schreiber is an American actor, director and narrator who broke through as Cotton Weary in Scream. He won a Tony Award for Glengarry Glen Ross, wrote and directed Everything Is Illuminated, and played Sabretooth, hockey enforcer Ross Rhea in Goon and editor Marty Baron in Spotlight. He led Showtime's Ray Donovan for seven seasons, earning multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, and is a familiar voice on HBO sports documentaries.
Liev Schreiber appears in 12 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 1996 to 2026. Most of that work is in drama, thriller and comedy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Paul Guilfoyle (2), Wes Craven (2).
Known for
- Ray Donovan (2013), Ray Donovan. A Hollywood fixer cleaning up other people’s messes while his own family unravels.
- Scream (1996), Cotton Weary. The wrongly accused man at the heart of Woodsboro’s murders.
- Spotlight (2015), Martin Baron. The Boston Globe editor who set the paper’s landmark investigation in motion.
- Goon (2011), Ross Rhea. A veteran hockey enforcer facing off against a younger version of himself.
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Victor Creed / Sabretooth. Wolverine’s feral half-brother and fiercest rival.
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Television
Apple TV · Worldwide · Premieres 30 Oct
Nocturne Brings Schreiber, Beetz and Graham
Apple TV's 10-episode crime drama, adapted from Lars Kepler's novels, opens with two episodes on 30 October and runs weekly to Christmas Day.
Alicia Loveday · 5 min read
The Guide · UK
BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, Sky · UK · 10 to 31 Oct
New on Streaming in the UK, October
VisionQuest, Crystal Lake, The Party, The Terminal List and new Netflix seasons: every confirmed UK streaming and TV premiere from 10 to 31 October, by date.
The Guide · US
Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, HBO Max, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, Paramount+ · US · 10 to 31 Oct
New on Streaming in the US, October
The Terminal List, VisionQuest, Crystal Lake, Tulsa King and Nobody Wants This all land before Halloween. Every confirmed US streaming premiere from 10 to 31 Oct.
The Guide · Canada
Netflix, Crave, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, CBC Gem · CA · 10 to 31 Oct
New on Streaming in Canada, October
Crave's Yaga, Marvel's VisionQuest, new seasons of Nobody Wants This and The Terminal List: every confirmed Canadian streaming premiere from 10 to 31 Oct, by date.
Lauren Smith · 5 min read
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Liev Schreiber been in?
- Liev Schreiber appears in Nocturne (2026), Caught Stealing (2025), Asteroid City (2023), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), Spotlight (2015), Creed (2015), Goon (2011), Salt (2010), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), The Hurricane (1999), Sphere (1998) and Scream (1996) on The Remote.
- When was Liev Schreiber born?
- Liev Schreiber was born on 4 October 1967.
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