Liev Schreiber has established himself as one of the finest and most diverse actors in Hollywood over the past 25 years. After making his big-screen debut in Nora Ephron's Mixed Nuts in 1994, Schreiber landed the iconic role of Cotton Weary in Wes Craven's Scream in 1996, a character he reprised twice in the two following franchise sequels.
While steadily working over the next two decades, Schreiber's visibility increased even more upon landing the role of Victor Creed aka Sabertooth in The X-Men franchise in 2009. A few years later, Schreiber landed arguably the role of a lifetime when cast as the titular tough-guy Ray Donovan.
10 Goon (2011) 81%
While Goon shares the same Rotten Tomatoes score as Scream 2 and Chicago 10, the heartfelt hockey comedy tallied more overall votes. The film stars Seann William Scott as Doug Glatt, a violent bouncer who finds his calling as the physical enforcer on his local semi-professional hockey team.
Schreiber plays Ross "The Boss" Rhea, an elderly "Goon" who Doug aspires to be. When Ross is suspended for 20 games for assaulting another player, Doug takes his place before an ultimate showdown between the grizzled vet and the upstart newbie takes place.
9 The Hurricane (1999) 83%
Set from 1966-1985, The Hurricane tells the real-life account of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington), a highly-ranked boxer who spends two decades trying to prove his innocence after accidentally killing a man in a bar fight.
Norman Jewison directs the film from Carter's autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to 45472, as well as the nonfiction book Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter written by Sam Chaiton, who is played by Schreiber in the film.
8 Walking And Talking (1996) 88%
In Nicole Holofcener's indie feature debut Walking and Talking, listed #47 on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult-Films Of All Time" list, Schreiber and Kathrine Keener play former lovers who reunite during a friend's wedding.
Keener plays Amelia, the best friend of Laura (Anne Heche). When Laura announces her engagement, Amelia feels lonely and begins dating Bill (Kevin Corrigan). When things don't work out, Amelia leans on her ex-lover and friend Andrew (Schreiber), as they slowly rekindle their romance as Laura's wedding approaches.
7 Isle Of Dogs (2018) 90%
Schreiber has lent his voice to several animated film roles, with only one ranking higher than Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Joining the likes of Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, and Bryan Cranston, Schreiber plays Spots, a mixed sporting hound that is the first dog to be shipped to Trash Island. When a little boy named Atari (Koyu Rankin) sets out to find Spots, a pack of proud pooches that accompany him on his search.
6 RKO 281 (1999) 93%
Playing the master filmmaker Orson Welles, Schreiber leads an A-list ensemble in the HBO movie RKO 281, a detailed account of the rigorous process the auteur endured while making Citizen Kane, arguably the greatest movie ever made. RKO 281 won a Golden Globe for Best Movie Made for Television. Schreiber earned a Best Leading actor nod.
Also starring Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, James Cromwell, and Roy Scheider, the film emphasizes the epic battle between Welles and powerful publishing magnate William Randolph Hurst, on whom the movie is based.
5 Sputnik Fever (2007) 95%
Also known as Sputnik Mania, Schreiber narrates the documentary about the frenzied space race between America and the Soviet Union in the lead up to the Cold War. Through reams of newly exposed government documents, the film conveys just how close the world was to World War III.
Sputnik of course refers to the Russian name of the first artificial Earth satellite produced. As the U.S. raced to duplicate the feat, an escalation of nuclear armament threatened both countries until a major catastrophe was averted.
4 Big Night (1996) 96%
Schreiber starred in six movies released in 1996, two of which have made this list. The second to do so includes Big Night, the story of two Italian brothers (Stanely Tucci and Tony Shaloub) in 1950s New Jersey who arrange a grand opening for the new artisanal bistro.
Directed by Tucci and Campbell Scott, the film underscores the realization of the American Dream as seen through the hard-working eyes of two immigrant siblings. Schreiber plays Leo, a doorman at the new "Paradise" restaurant.
3 Spotlight (2015) 97%
In addition to winning Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, Spotlight currently ranks #225 on IMDB's Top 250 to go along with its superb Rotten Tomatoes score. The Tom McCarthy film recounts The Boston Globe's scathing expose about the culture of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Schreiber plays real-life Boston Globe editor-in-chief, Marty Baron, who makes the hard decision to pursue the story despite blowback from everyone in the community. Without his blessing, the story might have never seen the light of day.
2 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) 97%
In the Oscar-winning animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Schreiber voices the villainous role of Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, in the star-studded affair.
The film stars Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, the newfangled neighborhood Spider-Man who must do his best Peter Parker impression when thrust into the multiverse. Along the way, Miles finds his own sense of identity while fending off everyone from Green Goblin, Scorpion, Tombstone, Kingpin, and others.
1 Finding Babel (2015) 100%
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the most well-received movie that Liev Schreiber has participated in thus far belongs to the 2015 documentary Finding Babel.
The title refers to Isaac Babel, the famed Russian-Ukrainian author whose radical writings led to his arrest and state-sanctioned execution in 1940. Written and directed by David Novack, the film follows Babel's grandson, Andrei Malaev-Babel, as he attempts to parallel Isaac's writings with the current relationship between Russia and Ukraine. Schreiber voices Isaac Babel in the film.
October 11, 2020 at 11:30PM
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