Guide Note

Liev Schreiber is an American actor who has appeared in various action and horror films, such as The Sum of All Fears and the Scream series.

Fast Facts

1. Birth name: Isaac Liev Schreiber
2. Born: October 4, 1967
3. Birthplace: San Francisco, California
4. Grew up in lower East Side New York
5. Dating actress Naomi Watts
6. The couple have a son, Alexander
7. Won an Emmy for RKO 281
8. Mother named him after the author Leo Tolstoy, whose Russian name is “Lev,” and pronounced “lee-ev”

Life and Career

Liev Schreiber grew up on the lower east side of New York, where he lived in poverty with his cab-driving mother. During this time he watched silent black-and-white films, and developed a taste for Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from the Yale University School of Drama in 1992, he went on to star in several independent films, such as Big Night (1996), The Daytrippers (1996) and Party Girl (1995).

Schreiber gained national attention with his first major breakout role in a mainstream film in (1996), playing the part of “Cotton Weary” in the popular horror film Scream. Schreiber then went to on to reprise the role in all of the subsequent Scream films: Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000).