Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor and television director and producer. He is an Emmy Award winning actor.

Early life

Schiff was born on May 27, 1955 in Bethesda, Maryland^[1] to Charlotte Schiff and to Edward Schiff. He was educated at City College of New York.

Career

Schiff's career started in 1983. He has appeared in more than 100 movies. He played Professor Emil Hamilton in the 2013 movie Man of Steel. Schiff is mostly known for his role Toby Ziegler on The West Wing. He also starred in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and in Skinner.

Personal life

Schiff has been married to Sheila Kelley since 1996. They have 2 children, Gus and Ruby. Schiff is a Democrat who endorsed John Kerry, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders during their runs for President of the United States.^[2]

His step-father is civil rights activist, lawyer and speechwriter for Martin Luther King, Jr. Clarence B. Jones.^[3]

Filmography


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Malcolm X	JFK Reporter
1992	The Bodyguard	Skip Thomas
1992	Hoffa	Government Attorney
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Mailroom Screamer
1994	Speed	Train Driver
1994	Major League II	Commercial Director
1995	Tank Girl	Trooper in Trench
1995	Rough Magic	Marvin Wiggins
1995	Se7en	Mark Swarr
1996	City Hall	Larry Schwartz
1996	The Arrival	Calvin
1996	The Trigger Effect	Gun Shop Clerk
1996	Michael	Italian Waiter
1997	Touch	Jerry
1997	Volcano	Haskins
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Eddie Carr
1998	Dr. Dolittle	Gene Reiss
1998	Living Out Loud	Phil
1998	Deep Impact	Don Beiderman
1999	Forces of Nature	Joe
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Norman
2000	Gun Shy	Elliot
2000	Whatever It Takes	P.E. Teacher
2001	I Am Sam	Mr Turner
2001	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Walter Greenbaum
2002	People I Know	Elliot Sharansky
2004	Ray	Jerry Wexler
2004	With It	Virgil LaRocca	Short film
2006	Civic Duty	Tom Hilary
2007	Waiting	John	Short film
2007	Martian Child	Mr Lefkowitz
2009	Imagine That	Carl Simons
2009	Solitary Man	Steve Heller
2009	Another Harvest Moon	Jeffery
2010	The Infidel	Lenny Goldberg
2010	Made in Dagenham	Robert Tooley
2011	Johnny English Reborn	Titus Fisher
2012	Knife Fight	Dimitris Vargas
2013	Decoding Annie Parker	Mr Allen
2013	The Frozen Ground	Roy Hazelwood
2013	Man of Steel	Emil Hamilton
2014	Kill the Messenger	Richard Zuckerman/Walter Pincus
2014	The Gambler	Jeweler
2014	Before I Disappear	Bruce Warham
2015	The Automatic Hate	Ronald Green
2015	Entourage	Himself
2015	Take Me to the River	Don
2016	American Fable	Jonathan
2017	The Men (Alien Code)	Miles Driskoll
2017	Shock and Awe	The Usual
2017	Geostorm	Senator Thomas Cross
2019	Clemency	Marty Lumetta

References

↑ Richard Schiff Biography (1955-)
↑ "'West Wing' Actor Richard Schiff Stresses Importance of Voting for Hillary Clinton: "This Is the Last Battle of the Civil War"". The Hollywood Reporter. November 7, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
↑ Caesar, Ed (2007-02-08). "Richard Schiff: Life after 'The West Wing'". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-06-16. His family were highly politicised - his mother was a leader of the Women's Liberation movement, and his stepfather, Clarence Jones, was Martin Luther King's lawyer.

Other websites

Richard Schiff Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine homepage
Richard Schiff on IMDb

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[1] Richard Schiff Biography (1955-)

[2] "'West Wing' Actor Richard Schiff Stresses Importance of Voting for Hillary Clinton: "This Is the Last Battle of the Civil War"". The Hollywood Reporter. November 7, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

[3] Caesar, Ed (2007-02-08). "Richard Schiff: Life after 'The West Wing'". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-06-16. His family were highly politicised - his mother was a leader of the Women's Liberation movement, and his stepfather, Clarence Jones, was Martin Luther King's lawyer.

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