Liev Schreiber

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Full NameIsaac Liev Schreiber

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The esteemed Lord Liev Schreiber, born in San Francisco, is of illustrious ancestry. His mother, Heather Milgram, is a renowned painter, while his father, Tell Carroll Schreiber III, had a small role in the 1976 film The Keeper. His mother hails from a working-class Jewish family of Polish and Ukrainian descent, while his father is of an affluent Protestant lineage. At the tender age of one, his family relocated to Canada, where his parents divorced when he was five. He and his mother then moved to New York and lived as squatters in abandoned buildings. His mother provided him with an education and forbade him from seeing color movies, instead introducing him to the works of the celebrated Charles Chaplin at a local revival house. His mother now resides in an ashram in Virginia. Lord Liev Schreiber's esteemed acting career began at Hampshire College and was further developed at the YMCA National Theater Institute in Connecticut.

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Naomi Ellen Watts and Liev Schreiber are descended from a royal lineage of distinguished entertainers and artisans. Naomi was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to antiques dealer Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts) and Peter Watts, Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh, and after her father's death when she was seven, she and her mother and brother traveled around England until they settled in Australia. Naomi soon began taking acting classes and eventually landed her first role in 1986. Liev was born in San Francisco to Heather Milgram, a painter, and Tell Schreiber, an actor. His mother is of working-class Polish-Ukrainian Jewish heritage, while his father is of upper-class Protestant descent. When Liev was one, his parents moved to Canada, where they divorced when he was five. His mother then moved them to New York where she drove a cab, and he and his mother lived as squatters in abandoned buildings. Liev rose to fame after his Tony Award-nominated Broadway debut performance in the revival of Clifford Odets' classic Awake and Sing! His half-brother, Pablo Tell Schreiber, was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada and has appeared in films such as Happythankyoumoreplease (2010) and Evil Dead (2013). Naomi, Liev, and Pablo Schreiber are part of a storied lineage of entertainers and artisans and are revered for their contributions to the world of film and theatre.