Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Liev Schreiber

One role this actor is known for is playing Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Birth Name: Isaac Live Schreiber
DOB: 10/4/1967
Where: San Francisco, California
Height: 6'3''

Trademarks
-Thin build yet towering height
-Known for playing tough guys with an unpredictable personality and a temper
-Known for playing upper-class figures who could be considered sinister

Trivia
-Was raised in the Lower East Side in New York
-He attended the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1992 and graduated from the Yale School of Drama
-His last name translates from the German word for "writer"
-He has German, Swiss, Dutch, Danish, English, French, Norwegian, Belgian (Flemish), Scottish and Welsh ancestry from his father's side while he has Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish and Russian) from his mother's side
-Growing up, his mother didn't allow him to watch color movies. The first movie in color he saw was Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
-Hugh Jackman and Dustin Hoffman are good friends
-Expressed an interest in pursuing the role of District Attorney Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, but lost out to Aaron Eckhart
-He appeared in two films with Hugh Jackman: 2001's Kate & Leopold and 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Filmography

Mixed Nuts (1994)
Chris
The Daytrippers (1996)
Carl Petrovic
Ransom (1996)
Clark Barnes
Scream (1996)
Cotton Weary
His and Hers (1997)
Glenn
Phantoms (1998)
Deputy Stuart "Stu" Wargle
Twilight (1998)
Jeff Willis
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Marty Kantrowitz
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Stuart Bessler
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
John Clark
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Raymond Shaw
The Omen (2006)
Robert Thorn
The Painted Veil (2006)
Charlie Townshend
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Keppler
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Victor Creed
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Vilma
Repo Men (2010)
Frank
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
Lyndon B. Johnson

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