Richard Schiff
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Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor and comedian.
He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award.
Schiff made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode entitled "Talking Points".
He is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World.
He has a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers.
Since September 2017 he has 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.
Early life
Schiff was born on May 27, 1955, in Bethesda, Maryland, and was raised in New York City. He is the second of three sons of Charlotte, a television and publishing executive, and Edward Schiff, a real estate lawyer. His parents divorced, and Charlotte later married Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.'s lawyer. His early jobs before acting included driving a taxi in New York City and cleaning buses in the Greyhound terminal on 11th Avenue. "It was a Teamster job, from 11pm to 7am. ... We cleaned the grease off bus wheels with diesel fuel. I also laid cable for Manhattan Cable Television. I was a Teamster in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers". Schiff and his family are Jewish. His grandfather had alleged connections to the Jewish Mafia of New York. He studied acting at the William Esper Studio.
Personal life
Schiff and actress Sheila Kelley married in 1996. Kelley played Schiff's character's love interest, and later his wife, on The Good Doctor. They have a son, Gus, born in 1994, and a daughter, Ruby, born in August 2000.
Schiff has supported Democratic candidates, but has said he is not a registered member of the party. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Previously, he had endorsed then-Senator Joe Biden, before Biden dropped out. In 2016, Schiff supported Senator Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primaries. He endorsed Cynthia Nixon's bid for Governor of New York in the 2018 election. Schiff supported Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
On November 10, 2020, Schiff announced that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 on Election Day and were quarantining at their home in Vancouver. The following Monday, he announced he was hospitalized, but "showing improvements" while Kelley was at home "doing better", but still sick. On November 19, 2020, Schiff was released from the hospital.
Career
Schiffs were initially interested in directing. He supervised several off-Broadway productions, including Antigone in 1983 with a newly graduated Angela Bassett. Schiff decided to try his hand at acting in the mid-1980s and gained several television roles. He was shot by Steven Spielberg in an episode of the television drama High Incident (1997), which led to his appearance in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1996), where he eventually rose to the role of White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler in the television series The West Wing. Schiff is best known for his reclusive and keen dedication to his craft as well as his low-key delivery style.
Schiff played a lawyer in Se7en in 1995. He appeared in NYPD Blue the following year in 1996, and appeared on the television series ER (Season 2, Episode 171). He portrayed a corrupt probation officer in City Hall in 1996, as well as Al Pacino and John Cusack. In the 1998 Dr. Dolittle remake, Schiff portrayed a doctor alongside Eddie Murphy. He also portrayed Col./Brig. Gen. Robert Smith appears in the 1998 HBO TV film The Pentagon Wars, based on the US Army's Bradley Infantry Combat Vehicle's real-life creation. Schiff appeared in the film Deep Impact earlier this year. Schiff appeared in one episode of Becker during the first season. He appeared in the film What's the Worst That Could Happen? in 2001, he appeared in the film What's the Worst That Could Happen? Martin Lawrence and Danny DeVito appear in the film. In I Am Sam opposite Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer and co-starred in People I Know with Al Pacino, he played the tough lawyer Mr. Turner.
Jerry Wexler played Schiff in Rays, shaveing his beard for the role. Schiff left the show after six seasons of being on The West Wing, fulfilling his contractual obligations by appearing in half of the final season's episodes. He appeared in Civic Duty alongside Peter Krause in the same year.
In the second season finale of Entourage, Schiff made a cameo appearance as himself. Schiff is on display at lunch with his rep. Ari Gold, where he states aspires to appear in action films. In Entourage (2015), he appeared as a fictionalized version of himself. He appeared in Underneath the Lintel's premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he appeared in the first run of the Glen Berger's one-act, single-character play. In February 2007, he appeared in the West End production of Underneath the Lintel in London, England, and appeared on BBC Radio Five Live and spoke about his experience in The West Wing and his latest West End production. In 2007, he appeared as Philip Cowen in the season finale of Burn Notice. On January 5, 2008, BBC Radio 4's radio version of Underneath the Lintel, performed by Schiff, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Schiff appeared in Lanford Wilson's Folly at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey, as accountant Matt Friedman, opposite Margot White as Sally Talley. Schiff appeared in Last Chance Harvey with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, and Another Harvest Moon with Ernest Borgnine later this year, and appeared in Eli Stone's season finale.
In the Season 2 episode "Complications," Schiff portrayed Charles Fischer in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The actor was both a Skynet programmer and a traitor to the resistance. As a reward for his work with Skynet, he was sent back in time to the present. On an episode of In Plain Sight with former West Wing co-star Mary McCormack, he appeared as an Orthodox rabbi. He appeared in Imagine That, Eddie Murphy's film, and Solitary Man, with Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon, in 2009. Later this year, he returned to London to shoot two other films: The Infidel, in which he appeared opposite Omid Djalili, and Made in Dagenham, with Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins. In one episode of Monk's seventh season, Schiff appeared as a hypnotist.
Schiff appeared in Past Life. As FBI Director Jack Fickler, he had also been involved in Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. Schiff was a regular fixture in The Cape. In addition, he appeared on Any Human Heart with Jim Broadbent as a psychiatrist and on White Collar's second-season episode 15. In Johnny English Reborn, he also played the role of an ex-CIA agent in a criminal group. Schiff returned to the London West End in the play Smash in April 2011. In Fire with Fire, he appeared opposite Rob Lowe in the drama Knife Fight and starred opposite Josh Duhamel, Rosario Dawson, and Bruce Willis. Schiff was a key plot character in three episodes of CBS' NCIS, bridging seasons 9 and 10, as Harper Dearing, Osama bin Laden's replacement on the Most Wanted Wall for attacks on the US Navy, made an important plot character.
Schiff was cast in the Showtime series House of Lies, starring Kristen Bell and Don Cheadle. Bill Pullman appeared in Innocent, his brother. In the film Decoding Annie Parker, he appeared as a regular guest on Once Upon a Time and joined Helen Hunt and former West Wing actor Bradley Whitford. Schiff appeared in Chasing The Hill, a political series.
In late 2012 and early 2013, he portrayed George Aaronow in a Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. In February and March 2013, he portrayed Erie Smith in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie play Hughie, as well as Dr. Emil Hamilton in Zack Snyder's 2013 Superman film Man of Steel. Schiff returned to the West End in September 2014, co-starring Lindsay Lohan. On HBO's Ballers, Schiff appeared as Dwayne Johnson's character's boss. He appeared in Kill the Messenger, The Automatic Hate, and Take Me to the River at the same time.
As David Hertzberg, Schiff appeared on TNT's crime drama Murder in the First. Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson, and Tom Felton appeared on the program as well.
In the forthcoming game God of War Ragnarök in Santa Monica Studio, he will be the voice of Odin.