Richard Schiff
Highest Rated: 93% A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
Lowest Rated: 7% Fire With Fire (2012)
Birthday: May 27, 1955
Birthplace: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Character player Richard Schiff took an uncommon career path, starting out as a stage director on the New York theater scene and later discovering his talent and love for acting. A relatively late starter, Schiff racked up an impressive number of credits quickly into his career, landing increasingly larger roles in film, and becoming a familiar face due to his prolific guest work on television, in addition to regular roles on the series "Relativity" (ABC, 1996-97) and "The West Wing" (NBC, 1999-2006). The balding actor's realistic, average looks, sad eyes and world-weary demeanor made him an especially believable frazzled Everyman, a role that he would play masterfully in several film and television productions.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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93% | 92% | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Toby Ziegler (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vandal | Jacob Lipman (Character) | - | 2019 |
92% | 65% | Clemency | Marty Lumetta (Character) | $361.7K | 2019 |
87% | 57% | Safe Spaces | Jeff Cohen (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Men | Dr. Miles Driskoll (Character) | - | 2017 |
30% | 42% | Shock and Awe | The Usual (Character) | $45.9K | 2017 |
17% | 35% | Geostorm | Senator Cross (Character) | $33.4M | 2017 |
76% | 41% | American Fable | Jonathan (Character) | - | 2016 |
73% | 42% | Take Me to the River | Don (Character) | $25.8K | 2015 |
67% | 48% | The Automatic Hate | Dr. Ronald Green (Character) | - | 2015 |
43% | 31% | The Gambler | Jeweler (Character) | $33.7M | 2014 |
37% | 67% | Before I Disappear | Bruce (Character) | $2.7K | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beach Pillows | Henry Midwood (Character) | - | 2013 |
56% | 41% | Decoding Annie Parker | Mr. Allen (Character) | $39.9K | 2013 |
56% | 75% | Man of Steel | Dr. Emil Hamilton (Character) | $291.0M | 2013 |
28% | 27% | Knife Fight | Dimitris (Character) | - | 2012 |
7% | 36% | Fire With Fire | Harold Gethers (Character) | - | 2012 |
90% | 38% | Scott Turow's Innocent | Tommy Mattolo (Character) | - | 2011 |
38% | 45% | Johnny English Reborn | Fisher (Character) | $8.3M | 2011 |
80% | 75% | Made in Dagenham | Tooley (Character) | $1.1M | 2010 |
59% | 45% | The Infidel | Lenny Goldberg (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Another Harvest Moon | Jeffrey (Character) | - | 2009 |
71% | 53% | Last Chance Harvey | Harvey's boss (Character) | $14.9M | 2008 |
35% | 72% | Martian Child | Lefkowitz (Character) | $7.5M | 2007 |
56% | 33% | Civic Duty | Agent Hillary (Character) | $54.9K | 2006 |
79% | 87% | Ray | Jerry Wexler (Character) | $75.3M | 2004 |
45% | 31% | People I Know | Elliot Sharansky (Character) | $122.0K | 2002 |
36% | 86% | I Am Sam | Turner (Character) | $40.3M | 2001 |
10% | 35% | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Walter Greenbaum (Character) | $32.3M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Forever Lulu | Jerome Ellsworth (Character) | - | 2000 |
23% | 19% | Lucky Numbers | Jerry Green (Character) | $10.0M | 2000 |
16% | 45% | Whatever It Takes | P.E. Teacher (Character) | $8.7M | 2000 |
26% | 36% | Gun Shy | Elliott (Character) | $1.6M | 2000 |
30% | 64% | Crazy in Alabama | Norman the Chauffeur (Character) | $2.0M | 1999 |
46% | 34% | Forces of Nature | Joe (Character) | $52.9M | 1999 |
60% | 62% | Living Out Loud | Phil Francato (Character) | $12.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Pentagon Wars | Colonel Smith (Character) | - | 1998 |
42% | 35% | Dr. Dolittle | Dr. Gene Reiss (Character) | $144.2M | 1998 |
60% | 58% | Heaven | Stanner (Character) | $2.0K | 1998 |
45% | 43% | Deep Impact | Don Beiderman (Character) | $140.4M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 39% | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Mr. Green (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Loved | District Attorney Steve Waters (Character) | - | 1997 |
53% | 51% | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Eddie Carr (Character) | $229.1M | 1997 |
66% | 44% | The Arrival | Calvin (Character) | $14.1M | 1996 |
58% | 37% | City Hall | Larry Schwartz (Character) | $20.0M | 1996 |
73% | 43% | The Trigger Effect | Gun Shop Clerk (Character) | $3.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Skinner | Eddie (Character) | - | 1995 |
83% | 95% | Seven | Mark Swarr (Character) | $100.1M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Movietone News Director (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Till Death Us Do Part | Jack Wells (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Medium Straight | Pat Harding (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arena Brains | Deli Clerk (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 69% | The Good Doctor | Dr. Aaron Glassman (Character) | 2017-2024 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2020 |
72% | 88% | Ballers |
Mr. Anderson (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2018 |
85% | 94% | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Zimmerfield (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Rogue | Unknown (Character) | 2015-2017 |
73% | 69% | Chicago Justice | Frank Linden (Guest Star) | 2017 |
82% | 79% | When We Rise | Judge Walker (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Mom | Robert (Guest Star) | 2016 |
93% | 81% | The Grinder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Murder in the First | David Hertzberg (Character) | 2014 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Professor Leon Watters (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 85% | NCIS | Harper Dearing (Guest Star) | 2012 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | House of Lies | Harrison 'Skip' Galweather (Guest Star) | 2012 |
67% | 64% | Up All Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
42% | 29% | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour | Jack Fickler (Guest Star) | 2011 |
41% | 50% | The Cape |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2011 |
14% | No Score Yet | Past Life | Dr. Malachi Talmadge (Character) | 2010 |
90% | 57% | In Treatment | Director | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Plain Sight | Samuel Garfinkel (Guest Star) | 2009 |
85% | 85% | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
91% | 88% | Monk | Dr. Lawrence Climan (Guest Star) | 2008 |
60% | 100% | Eli Stone | David Green (Guest Star) | 2008 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice |
Phillip Cowan (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2007 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Communications Dir. Toby Ziegler (Character) | 1999-2006 |
65% | 82% | Entourage | Richard Schiff (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
61% | 74% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brooklyn South | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
83% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Vartan Illiescu (Guest Star) | 1995 1997 |
81% | No Score Yet | Relativity | Barry Roth (Character) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Incident | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe This Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |