Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff
Biography
Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode titled "Talking Points". He is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World. He had a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers. He had a leading role in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor, as Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of a fictional teaching hospital in San Jose, California. He also provided the voice and motion-capture for Odin in Santa Monica Studio's God of War: Ragnarök, released in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Schiff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
147
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-05-27 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Acting

2023

Swipe NYC as Steve

2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as U.S. Secretary of State

2022

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Randall Pearson

2020

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home as Dr. Emile Herschel

2019

After Class as Jeff Cohen

2019

Vandal as Jacob Lipman

2019

Clemency as Marty Lumetta

2017

The Good Doctor as Dr. Aaron Glassman

2017

Counterpart as Roland Fancher

2017

Geostorm as Virginia Senator Thomas Cross

2017

Chicago Justice as Frank Linden

2017

Alien Code as Dr. Miles Driskoll

2017

American Fable as Jonathan

2017

Shock and Awe as The Usual

2016

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as Detective Zimmerfield

2016

The Automatic Hate as Dr. Ronald Green

2015

Ballers as Brett Anderson

2015

Entourage as Director

2015

The Grinder as Gordon stutz

2014

Manhattan as Occam

2014

The Gambler as Jeweler

2014

Murder in the First as David Hertzberg

2014

Kill the Messenger as Richard Zuckerman

2014

Before I Disappear as Bruce

2014

Decoding Annie Parker as Mr. Allen

2013

Mom as Robert

2013

Man of Steel as Dr. Emil Hamilton

2013

Rogue as Marty Stein

2013

Beach Pillows as Henry Midwood

2013

Knife Fight as Dimitris Vargas

2012

The Mindy Project as Doctor

2012

Key & Peele as Ambassador

2012

House of Lies as Harrison 'Skip' Galweather

2012

Fire with Fire as Harold Gethers

2012

Chasing the Hill as Charlie Knowles

2011

Once Upon a Time as King Leopold

2011

Johnny English Reborn as Fisher

2011

Up All Night as Dean Chafin

2011

The Cape as Patrick Portman

2011

Innocent as Tommy Molto

2010

Another Harvest Moon as Jeffrey

2010

Past Life as Not available

2010

Made in Dagenham as Robert Tooley

2010

The Infidel as Lenny Goldberg

2009

White Collar as Andrew Stanzler

2009

PoliWood as Self

2009

Imagine That as Carl Simons

2009

Solitary Man as Steve Heller

2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Charles Fischer / Paul Stewart

2008

In Plain Sight as Samuel Garfinkel

2008

Eli Stone as David Green

2008

Last Chance Harvey as Marvin

2007

Burn Notice as Phillip Cowan

2007

Martian Child as Lefkowitz

2006

Civic Duty as FBI Agent Tom Hilary

2005

Bones as Professor Leon Watters

2004

Entourage as Richard Schiff

2004

Ray as Jerry Wexler

2003

NCIS as Harper Dearing

2002

Monk as Dr. Lawrence Climan

2002

People I Know as Elliot Sharansky

2001

I Am Sam as Mr. Turner

2001

The Best Damn Sports Show Period as Not available

2001

What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Walter Greenbaum

2000

Whatever It Takes as P.E. Teacher

2000

Lucky Numbers as Jerry Green

2000

Forever Lulu as Jerome Ellsworth

2000

Gun Shy as Elliott

1999

The West Wing as Toby Ziegler

1999

Roswell as John Stevens

1999

Heaven as Stanner

1999

Forces of Nature as Joe Farrell

1999

Crazy in Alabama as Norman the Chauffeur

1998

Becker as Berry Becker

1998

Deep Impact as Don Biederman

1998

The Pentagon Wars as Colonel Smith

1998

Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Gene Reiss

1998

Living Out Loud as Phil Francato

1997

The Practice as Bob Show

1997

The View as Self

1997

Ally McBeal as Bernie Gilson

1997

Brooklyn South as Chris McIntrick

1997

Volcano as Haskins

1997

Touch as Jerry

1997

Santa Fe as Alex

1997

Loved as District Attorney Steve Waters

1996

Grace of My Heart as Audition Record Producer

1996

Michael as Italian Waiter

1996

Relativity as Barry Roth

1996

The Arrival as Calvin

1996

City Hall as Larry Schwartz

1996

The Trigger Effect as Gun Shop Clerk

1995

Se7en as Mark Swarr

1995

Murder One as Not available

1995

Murder One as Prof. Stanley Fletcher

1995

Tank Girl as Trooper in Trench

1995

Maybe This Time as Pearlman

1995

If Not for You as Chernikov

1995

Rough Magic as Marvin Wiggins

1995

MADtv as Self

1994

ER as Mr. Bartoli

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

Speed as Train Driver

1994

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as Movietone News Director

1994

Major League II as Director

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy as Mailroom Screamer

1994

Speechless as Sound Technician (uncredited)

1993

NYPD Blue as Steve Cameron

1993

NYPD Blue as Vartan illiescu

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

1993

My Life as Young Bill Ivanovich

1993

Ghost in the Machine as Scanner Technician

1993

Wild Palms as Security Guard (uncredited)

1993

Skinner as Eddie

1992

Malcolm X as JFK Reporter

1992

Love & War as Not available

1992

The Bodyguard as Skip Thomas

1992

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Gun Clerk

1992

Rapid Fire as Art Teacher

1992

The Public Eye as Photographer - Thompson Street

1992

Hoffa as Government Attorney

1992

Cruel Doubt as Inspector

1992

Till Death Us Do Part as Jack Wells

1990

Young Guns II as Rat Bag

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Lester Middleton

1989

Doogie Howser, M.D. as Not available

1988

Murphy Brown as Mel Woodworthy

1988

Medium Straight as Pat Harding

1987

Arena Brains as Deli Man

1986

L.A. Law as Dog Pound Operator Taylor

1980

Newsnight as Not available

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Crew

2008

In Treatment Director

1999

The West Wing Director