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  • Schreiber heading back to TV - 30 November 2011
    -Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber is returning to the small screen - he's landed the lead role in a new TV drama.-The Salt star will play the title character in Ray Donovan, about a professional 'fixer' for Los Angeles' rich and famous who struggles to deal with his own f


  • Watts presents film honour to partner Schreiber - 6 May 2011
    -Naomi Watts stepped in to honour her actor partner Liev Schreiber at the opening of the Israel Film Festival in New York after their author pal Jonathan Safran Foer was forced to pull out of the event.-Foer was due to present the 2011 IFF Cinematic Achievement Award Ho


  • Schreiber to receive top Israeli film prize - 8 April 2011
    -Liev Schreiber will be the toast of the 25th anniversary Israel Film Festival next month (May11) as he is honoured with a top prize.-The Scream actor will be handed the IFF Achievement in Film Award in recognition of his Hollywood career, which has seen him star in ove

Liev Schreiber - what members say


  • Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
  • Hitler: The Rise Of Evil review by from Devon, UK
    Rated - 3.0 stars clumsy, but has worthwhile moments 9 August 2005
    ... Malone as his neice (though this character needed a bit more development), and Liev Schreiber as one of Hitler's early sponsors. There are equally some pitiful performances;...   Read customer review
  • The Painted Veil
  • The Painted Veil review by Emperor from Swansea
    Rated - 4.0 stars Not Just a Simple Love Story 14 April 2008
    ...he first half hour dragging slightly comprising the build up to her affair with Liev Schreiber (Mr Townsend). But then things get juicy when her husband finds out! A defini...   Read customer review
  • Defiance
  • Defiance review by TellStar from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars A bit dissapointing 3 July 2009
    ...nd casting was so-so, particularly Daniel Craig whose accent was awful at best. Liev Schreiber was the films saving grace as he put in what was by far the best and most convi...   Read customer review

Liev Schreiber - filmography


  • Goon - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Marc-André Grondin,  Jay Baruchel,  Seann William Scott
    Director: Michael Dowse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The sports comedy GOON stars Sean William Scott as Doug Glatt, a slacker from a rich family who discovers he has a knack for fighting hockey goons. Dragged to a game by his best friend, Doug punches out the visiting team's toughest player when the angered player rushes into the stands. The team ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 26 members
    Due for release on 4th June 2012
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  • Goon (2011)
    Starring: Marc-André Grondin,  Jay Baruchel,  Seann William Scott
    Director: Michael Dowse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Goon is the story of Doug Glatt, a down-on-his-luck bouncer, who’s been touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and skates, he joins a hockey team destined for the cellar and inspires them into the playoffs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 111 members
    Due for release on 4th June 2012
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  • Salt on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 65,869 members
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  • Salt - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,648 members
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  • Repo Men - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Forest Whitaker,  Alice Braga
    Director: Miguel Sapochnik
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In the near-future, people can enhance their bodies, replacing any damaged organ with artificial replacements. There's one catch: it's expensive, and if you can't keep up with the payments your body parts will be repossessed by the 'Repo Men'... with painful and bloody results! Jude Law plays Remy,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 128 members
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  • Repo Men (2010)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Forest Whitaker,  Alice Braga
    Director: Miguel Sapochnik
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In the near-future, people can enhance their bodies, replacing any damaged organ with artificial replacements. There's one catch: it's expensive, and if you can't keep up with the payments your body parts will be repossessed by the 'Repo Men'... with painful and bloody results! Jude Law plays Remy,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 66% from 703 members
    Not available for rental
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  • Taking Woodstock - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Dan Fogler,  Adam LeFevre,  Kevin Chamberlain
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 25 members
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  • Taking Woodstock (2009)
    Starring: Demetri Martin,  Imelda Staunton,  Henry Goodman
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 126 members
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  • Defiance on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Liev Schreiber,  Jamie Bell
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three Jewish brothers (Craig, Schreiber and Bell) escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 46,886 members
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  • Defiance - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Liev Schreiber,  Jamie Bell
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three Jewish brothers (Craig, Schreiber and Bell) escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10,925 members
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  • National Geographic - Sea Monsters - A P... (2007)
    Director: none,  Sean MacLeod Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    National Geographic presents this documentary that dives into the ancient deep, exploring the strange world of prehistoric sea creatures. Using paleontological discoveries and computer animation, filmmakers recreate these long-gone, magnificent creatures in all their glory.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 240 members
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  • Operation Filmmaker (2007)
    Starring: Alberto Bonilla,  Steven Chinni,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Nina Davenport
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the wake of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to the West to intern on a Hollywood movie. It promised to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • The Omen on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Liev Schreiber,  Julia Stiles,  Mia Farrow
    Director: John Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 20,213 members
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  • The Painted Veil on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Naomi Watts,  Edward Norton,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: John Curran
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    China, 1925: Bacteriologist Dr. Walter Fane (Norton) jealously ends his spoilt wife Kittys (Watts) adulterous affair by making her accompany him to a remote province where a cholera epidemic rages. Amid hostility and disease, the couple rediscover purpose, and each other.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 35,391 members
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  • The Omen - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Liev Schreiber,  Julia Stiles,  Mia Farrow
    Director: John Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,181 member
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  • Lackawanna Blues on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Marcus Franklin,  S. Epatha Merkerson,  Mos Def
    Director: George C. Wolfe
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the award winning play by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, this poignant and colorful drama tells the inspirational story of a courageous woman, Nanny, whose spirit and strength served as the foundation for a struggling community trying to survive during the segregation era. Starring an exceptional ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 541 members
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  • The Sum Of All Fears on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ciaran Hinds,  Ben Affleck,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Phil Alden Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. Here, Ryan is dealing with a terrifying new problem: a nuclear weapon has fallen into the hands of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 13,647 members
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  • Kate & Leopold on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Hugh Jackman,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In this romance novel come to life, Meg Ryan plays the titular Kate, a career-driven market researcher who's been burned by love. Her science-obsessed ex-boyfriend (Liev Schreiber), who lives in the apartment upstairs from hers, says he's found a portal to travel through time and has brought a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,680 members
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  • Kate & Leopold - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Hugh Jackman,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kate & Leopold, for the first time on Blu-ray: In this romance novel come to life, Meg Ryan plays the titular Kate, a career-driven market researcher who's been burned by love. Her science-obsessed ex-boyfriend (Liev Schreiber), who lives in the apartment upstairs from hers, says he's found a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 36 members
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  • Scream 3 on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Courteney Cox,  David Arquette,  Neve Campbell
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Wes Craven's final installment of his highly successful SCREAM trilogy concludes with a fun, fast, and furious romp that cuts through B-movie cliches as readily as it does the warm flesh of its hip young cast. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox Arquette), and Dwight "..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 9,399 members
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  • Scream 3 - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Courteney Cox,  David Arquette,  Neve Campbell
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Wes Craven's final installment of his highly successful SCREAM trilogy concludes with a fun, fast, and furious romp that cuts through B-movie cliches as readily as it does the warm flesh of its hip young cast. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox Arquette), and Dwight "..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 339 members
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  • Hamlet (2000)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sam Shepard
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ethan Hawke stars in this modern update of Shakespeare's classic play. He portrays a young filmmaker in New York City who struggles to gain power of his deceased father's company, even as the new boss (Kyle MacLachlan) manages to take total control of the proceedings. Michael Almereyda's (NADJA) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 868 members
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  • The Hurricane on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Vicellous Reon Shannon,  Harris Yulin,  Clancy Brown
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The inspirational true story of boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1966. Told in a series of flashbacks, Washington immerses himself in the role of Carter with a charged, intense passion. The story jumps around in time, from Carter's troubled childhood, to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 8,057 members
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  • Spring Forward (1999)
    Starring: Peri Gilpin,  Liev Schreiber,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Tom Gilroy
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen into a relationship approaching father and son.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4 members
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  • RKO 281 on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Liev Schreiber,  James Cromwell,  Melanie Griffith
    Director: Benjamin Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Orson Welles arrives in Hollywood hailed as the boy genius but is stuck for the subject of his first movie. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle he has an argument with Hearst and decides to make a film about him. Some time later he gets the green light and starts to make his movie but Hearst gets ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 218 members
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  • Jakob The Liar on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Alan Arkin,  Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Director: Peter Kassovitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jakob is a poor Jewish cafe owner in Nazi occupied Poland in 1944. He accidentally hears good news about the war on a radio and spreads this to his depressed friends who have heard no news since 1939. Unfortunately the rumour also spreads that Jakob has a radio and this is an offence punishable by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,145 member
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  • Sphere on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Dustin Hoffman,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,451 members
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  • Phantoms on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Joanna Going,  Liev Schreiber,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Joe Chappelle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,252 member
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  • Scream 2 on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar,  Jada Pinkett,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The hip, darkly comical sequel to self-aware "SCREAM." Sidney Prescott, now in college, once again finds herself the target of a bloodthirsty, cloak-clad, mask-wearing, knife-wielding, psychotic killer whose penchant for pop movie trivia runs deep. This time, however, the body count is higher and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 10,895 members
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  • Scream 2 - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Neve Campbell,  Courteney Cox
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    The hip, darkly comical sequel to self-aware "SCREAM." Sidney Prescott, now in college, once again finds herself the target of a bloodthirsty, cloak-clad, mask-wearing, knife-wielding, psychotic killer whose penchant for pop movie trivia runs deep. This time, however, the body count is higher and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 380 members
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  • Daytrippers (1996)
    Starring: Parker Posey,  Hope Davis,  Pat McNamara
    Director: Greg Mottola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A woman who thinks she has the perfect marriage discovers a love letter addressed to her husband. She sets out to confront him with the rest of her family in tow...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 595 members
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  • Scream - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Neve Campbell,  Courteney Cox
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly, nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks victims, taunts them with trivia questions, then rips them to bloody shreds. It could be anybody... Sidney, the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 535 members
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  • Scream on DVD (1996)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Neve Campbell,  Courteney Cox
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly, nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks victims, taunts them with trivia questions, then rips them to bloody shreds. It could be anybody... Sidney, the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 18,077 members
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Liev Schreiber facts

5 most recent films

Goon - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Goon - 3.5 stars
Every Day - 3.0 stars
Salt - 3.5 stars
Salt - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 7 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 7 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
Scream - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hurricane - 4.0 stars
X-Men Origins - Wolverine - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Operation Filmmaker - 2.0 stars
Sea Monsters 3D - A Prehistoric Adventure - 3.0 stars
Taking Woodstock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Kate & Leopold - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Every Day - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Arquette - 9 times - show films
Courteney Cox - 9 times - show films
Neve Campbell - 9 times - show films
Paul Guilfoyle - 9 times - show films
George Eads - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wes Craven - 9 times - show films
Kenneth Fink - 8 times - show films
Martha Coolidge - 4 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 4 times - show films
Jerry Bruckheimer - 4 times - show films