Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his dramatic stage work and for his portrayal of Nick Sobotka on The Wire, William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mad Sweeney on the TV adaptation of American Gods, and for his role of George "adult moviestache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He also narrated the audiobook version of Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, and is one of the leads in Den of Thieves. In April 2019, he was cast as Master Chief in the Halo live-action series.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Filmography
- 4.1 Film
- 4.2 Television
- 4.3 Video games
- 4.4 Audiobooks
- 5 Explanatory notes
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Early life
Schreiber was born in a hippie commune in Ymir, British Columbia, before moving to the unincorporated rural community of Winlaw, British Columbia, when he was six months old. His American father, Tell Carroll Schreiber, was an actor; Schreiber's half-brother Liev Schreiber is also an actor and is the son of their father's first wife, who had divorced Tell Carroll five years before Pablo was born. Pablo's mother, Lorraine Reaveley, is a Canadian body-based psychotherapist.
Schreiber's father, having a strong interest in literature, named Pablo after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. His parents separated when he was 12 and Schreiber moved to Seattle, Washington, with his father.
After high school, Schreiber enrolled at the University of San Francisco, where he hoped to win a spot on its basketball team. He later transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 2000 with a degree in theatre.
Career
Schreiber appeared as Nick Sobotka on season 2 of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire, and made a cameo appearance in the season 5 episode "The Dickensian Aspect". He also appeared in the films The Manchurian Candidate, Lords of Dogtown and Happythankyoumoreplease. He also had a recurring guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as serial rapist William Lewis, protagonist Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) nemesis. He also appeared in the FX series Lights Out.
In 2011, Schreiber starred in the Off-Broadway play Gruesome Playground Injuries at Second Stage Theatre. He appeared on the seventh season of Weeds as Demetri Ravitch, Nancy Botwin's drug supplier.
BuddyTV ranked him number 77 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".
In October 2012, Schreiber landed the recurring role of George "adult moviestache" Mendez on the Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black. On February 26, 2013, he co-starred as Virgil in NBC's drama pilot Ironside, a reboot of the 1967 series of the same name.
For his role in Orange Is the New Black, Schreiber won the We Love to Hate You Award at the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards. and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2015.
In 2016, he co-starred as Kris "Tanto" Paronto, GRS team member and former U.S. Army Ranger in American biographical war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The movie was directed and co-produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan, based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 2014 book 13 Hours. Pablo Schreiber in an interview with Comicbook.com has expressed interest in portraying Wolverine in a future X-Men film, with Hugh Jackman already having left the role. Schreiber played Mad Sweeney in Starz's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
In April 2019, he was cast as Master Chief in the Halo live-action series.
Personal life
Schreiber married yoga teacher Jessica Monty in 2007. She filed for divorce in 2014 citing irreconcilable differences. They have two sons together, Timoteo and Dante.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Audiobooks
Explanatory notes
References
External links
- Pablo Schreiber at IMDb
- Pablo Schreiber at the Internet Broadway Database
- Pablo Schreiber at the Internet Off-Broadway Database