After a small role as the wrongfully accused
Cotton Weary in
Scream, and a key role in
Scream 2
, LIEV SCHREIBER returns to the
screen as Cotton, who has now found fame and
fortune hosting the syndicated talk show
"100% Cotton."
Schreiber has built a reputation as both an
acclaimed and sought-after actor with a solid
list of motion picture and theatrical credits.
Schreiber recently appeared on stage opposite
Angela Bassett and Alec Baldwin in the Public
Theater production of "Macbeth," directed by
George Wolfe.
Schreiber also starred in the box office success
Scream 2 and had
a costarring role in Dean Koontz's "Phantoms," with
Peter O'Toole, Ben Affleck and
Rose McGowan. He
also appeared with Paul Newman in "Twilight,"
directed by Robert Benton and the independent film
"A Walk on the Moon," directed by Tony Goldwyn. Most
recently, he starred with Denzel Washington in
"The Hurricane." He can next be seen in "Hamlet,"
with Ethan Hawke and Julia Stiles and in Tom
Gilroy's "Spring Forward," in which he stars opposite
Ned Beatty.
Schreiber has also appeared in some of the most
critically acclaimed independent productions of
recent years. Among these are Daisy Von Scherler
Mayer's "Party Girl," Hal Salwen's "Denise Calls
Up," Nicole Holofcener's "Walking and Talking," as
well as his critically acclaimed performance in
Greg Mottola's "Daytrippers."
Schreiber's credits in more mainstream films include
Nora Ephron's "Mixed Nuts," Antonia Bird's "Mad
Love," with Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell, Ron
Howard's "Ransom," starring Mel Gibson, in which he
played a kidnapper and Barry Levinson's
"Sphere," as a member of an elite team assigned on
an underwater mission.
His stage credits include Harold Pinter's
"Moonlight" with Blythe Danner and Jason Robards
(directed by Karl Reisz), JoAnne Akalaitis'
production of "In the Summer House" at New York's
Lincoln Center, the New York Shakespeare Festival
production of "The Tempest" (directed by George C.
Wolfe), "All For One," "Goodnight Desdemona, "Good
Morning Juliet" and many others. He has also
appeared at the Yale Repertory Theatre in several
productions including "Ivanov," directed by the
Moscow Art Theater's Oleg Yefriemov. On television,
Schreiber has appeared in the miniseries "Buffalo
Girls," the NBC pilot "People V" and the telefilms
"Janek: A Silent Betrayal" and the "Sunshine Boys."
Most recently, he played Orson Welles in the HBO
original movie "RKO 281," with John Malkovich and
Melanie Griffith.
Trained at the Yale School of Drama, Schreiber
spent a year abroad, studying with faculty from
the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
