Pablo Schreiber

Birthday: 26 April 1978, Ymir, British Columbia, Canada

Birth Name: Pablo Tell Schreiber

Height: 195 cm

Pablo Tell Schreiber was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada, to Lorraine Reaveley, a Canadian psychotherapist, and Tell Schreiber, an American actor. His paternal half-brother is actor Liev Schreiber. Pablo, who is named after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was raised in Ymir, and moved to Seattle, Washington, as a teenager.Pablo Schreiber was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway debut performance in the revival of Clifford Odets' classic Awake and Sing! directed by Bartlett Sher.Schreiber has appeared in many films, including: Josh Radnor's Happythankyoumoreplease, which won the Audience Award at Sundance, Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Lords of Dogtown, Tell Tale, Nights in Rodanthe, The Manchurian Candidate, Allegiance, Breaking Upwards, Into the Fire, The Mudge Boy and Invitation to a Suicide. Upcoming he appears in the independent features Fort Bliss, The Dramatics and Preservation.Television credits include his classic role as "Nick Sobolka" in HBO's critically acclaimed The Wire; and most recently as the menacing villain "William Lewis" on Law & Order: SVU, NBC's "Ironside" and as "Pornstache" in Jenji Kohan's hit series Orange Is The New Black. He's also appeared in Stephen Frears' Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight for HBO and on Weeds, A Gifted Man, Light's Out, The Good Wife, White Collar, The Beast, Life on Mars, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fear Itself, Dirt, John Grisham's A Painted House, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Black Donnelly's.Schreiber has performed in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway plays including: Desire Under the Elms on Broadway directed by Robert Falls, Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries at Second Stage, Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty at MCC (for which he won the Drama Desk Award), Dying City at Lincoln Center, Mr. Marmalade at Roundabout, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed at The New Group, Manuscript at the Daryl Roth Theatre, Julius Caesar at the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Blood Orange, his professional debut. Hide

I'm a dad and a husband, and so the things that I love to do are all geared around my family. I'm a dad and a husband, and so the things that I love to do are all geared around my family.

I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unb Show more I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time. Hide

It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instanta Show more It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater. Hide

I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wif Show more I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wife and I bought a house up in the Catskills. I miss Brooklyn, but the commute to the Catskills is about 45 minutes shorter. Hide

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have i Show more I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again. Hide

My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did la Show more My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time. Hide

I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them Show more I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are. Hide

Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole Show more Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole aspect of fame and celebrity that's not really something I would want for my child - or want him to want, if that makes any sense. Hide

If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to Show more If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out. Hide

Pablo Schreiber's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (130)

Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 9

Person of Interest - Season 5

Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6

Army Wives - Season 1

The Black Donnellys - Season 1

Orange Is The New Black - Season 1

Weeds - Season 2

The Wire - Season 2

White Collar - Season 4

First Man