Richard Schiff
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-05-27 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Also known As
Ρίτσαρντ Σιφ
Richard Shiff
理查德·希夫
ریچارد شیف
Richard Schiff
Biography
Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, he is the middle of three sons of Edward, a real estate lawyer, and Charlotte, a cable TV and publishing executive. His parents divorced when he was 12, and he dropped out of high school, switching to night school before later studying at the City College of New York, though he did not graduate. After living for a time in Colorado, he returned to New York to study acting and began his career doing experimental works in New York's downtown ...
Acting
1997
as Eddie Carr
1999
as Joe Farrell
2004
as Jerry Wexler
1998
as Dr. Gene Reiss
1996
as Calvin
2000
as Jerry Green
2007
as Lefkowitz
2019
as Jacob Lipman
1999
as Norman the Chauffeur
1992
as Photographer - Thompson Street
1998
as Don Biederman
1995
as Trooper in Trench
2010
as Lenny Goldberg
2001
as Walter Greenbaum
1998
as Colonel Smith
2006
as FBI Agent Tom Hilary
2000
as Elliott
1993
as Young Bill Ivanovich
2009
as Steve Heller
1994
as Director
2008
as Marvin
1996
as Audition Record Producer
1990
as Rat Bag
2013
as Dr. Emil Hamilton
2009
as Carl Simons
2011
as Tommy Molto
1997
as District Attorney Steve Waters
1993
as Eddie
2010
as Jeffrey
2013
as Dimitris Vargas
2012
as Harold Gethers
2014
as Mr. Allen
1992
as Jack Wells
2014
as Bruce
2000
as Jerome Ellsworth
1992
as Skip Thomas
1992
as JFK Reporter
1996
as Eric Altman
2015
as Director
2013
as Henry Midwood
2022
as U.S. Secretary of State
1989
as Mole
1998
as Phil Francato
2015
as Don
2001
as Mr. Turner
1995
as Marvin Wiggins
1998
as Mr. Green
2016
as Dr. Ronald Green
1996
as Larry Schwartz
2014
as Richard Zuckerman
1997
as Jerry
1994
as Mailroom Screamer
1995
as Mark Swarr
2017
as Jonathan
1999
as Stanner
2011
as Fisher
2000
as P.E. Teacher
2010
as Robert Tooley
1992
as Government Attorney
2002
as Elliot Sharansky
1994
as Train Driver
1987
as Deli Man
2017
as The Usual
2017
as Virginia Senator Thomas Cross
1992
as Art Teacher
1996
as Gun Shop Clerk
1993
as Scanner Technician
2017
as Dr. Miles Driskoll
2019
as Jeff Cohen
2019
as Marty Lumetta
1988
as Pat Harding
1996
as Italian Waiter
1992
as Gun Clerk
1997
as Haskins
1997
as Alex
2020
as Dr. Emile Herschel
2020
as Toby Ziegler
1994
as Sound Technician (uncredited)
2014
as Jeweler
1994
as Movietone News Director
2009
as Self
2023
as Steve
1993
as Life Photographer
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