Richard Schiff Bio | Wiki
Richard Schiff is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Richard made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode titled “Talking Points”.
He is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World. Additionally, Richard had 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.
Richard Schiff Age
Richard was born on May 27, 1955, in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. He is 67 years old.
Richard Schiff Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).
Richard Schiff Family
He was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and was raised in New York City, by his parents Charlotte Schiff and Edward Schiff. Richard’s mother was a television and publishing executive, and his father was a real estate lawyer.
His parents divorced, and Charlotte later married Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer. Richard has a brother named Paul. He and his family are Jewish. His grandfather had alleged connections to the Jewish Mafia of New York.
Richard Schiff Wife
Richard and actress Sheila Kelley married in 1996. Kelley played his 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.
Richard Schiff Education
His early jobs before acting included driving a taxi in New York City and cleaning buses in the Greyhound terminal on 11th Avenue. Richard studied acting at the William Esper Studio.
Richard Schiff Movies And Tv Shows
2017 Chicago Justice
2017 Jean-Claude Van Johnson
2017–present The Good Doctor
2018 Castle Rock
2018–2019 Counterpart
2020 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020 A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2022 Super Pumped
2015 Take Me to the River
2016 American Fable
2017 Alien Code
2017 Shock and Awe
2019 Clemency
2019 After Class
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Richard Schiff God Of War | Odin
Richard provided the facial and motion capture, and voice for Odin in Santa Monica Studio’s game God of War Ragnarök, released in 2022. God of War Ragnarök is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released worldwide on November 9, 2022, for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, marking the first cross-gen release in the God of War series.
Richard Schiff Jurassic Park | Lost World
He was seen by Steven Spielberg in an episode of the TV drama High Incident and was cast in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) which led to being cast more frequently.
Richard Schiff Wakanda Forever | Black Panther
In 2022, Richard portrayed the U.S. Secretary of State in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Black Panther (2018) and the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Richard Schiff The West Wing
Richard played White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler in the television series The West Wing. After working on The West Wing for six seasons, he chose to leave the series, fulfilling his contractual obligations by appearing in half of the final season’s episodes.
Richard Schiff Man Of Steel
He played Dr. Emil Hamilton in Zack Snyder’s 2013 Superman film, Man of Steel, a superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. Directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay by David S. Goyer. It is the first installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and a reboot of the Superman film series, depicting the character’s origin story.
Richard Schiff Leaving The Good Doctor
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. The actor has not said anything to indicate this, and nor has executive producer David Shore or anyone else on staff.
Richard Schiff NCIS
Richard played an important plot character in three episodes of CBS’s NCIS, bridging seasons 9 and 10, as Harper Dearing. He was the replacement for Osama bin Laden on the Most Wanted Wall for attacks against the United States Navy.
Richard Schiff Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Richard’s estimated net worth is $5 million.
Is Richard Schiff Leaving The Good Doctor
The actor has not said anything to indicate this, and nor has executive producer David Shore or anyone else on staff.