Biography
Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode entitled "Talking Points." Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Schiff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Swipe NYC
2023
as Steve
Newly divorced, empty-nester Syd (Lisa Edelstein) navigates the world of online dating. Each date serves as a metaphor in reclaiming her life and empo...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as U.S. Secretary of State
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Toby Ziegler
Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along...

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Dr. Emile Herschel
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a c...

Clemency
2019
as Marty Lumetta
Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine...

After Class
2019
as Jeff Cohen
An NYC Professor spends the week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behavior at his college. Meanwhile, hi...

Vandal
2019
as Jacob Lipman
The story of "Damage", the young leader of an infamous graffiti crew in Miami, who experiences love, loss, and the consequences of his actions as he c...

Shock and Awe
2017
as The Usual
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons ...

Geostorm
2017
as Virginia Senator Thomas Cross
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellit...

Alien Code
2017
as Dr. Miles Driskoll
After deciphering a message found in a satellite, genius cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself being stalked by government agents and otherworldly b...

American Fable
2017
as Jonathan
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to...

The Automatic Hate
2016
as Dr. Ronald Green
When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from hi...

Entourage
2015
as Director
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold....

Take Me to the River
2015
as Don
A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-bur...

The Gambler
2014
as Jeweler
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangste...

Before I Disappear
2014
as Bruce
At the lowest point in his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few h...

Kill the Messenger
2014
as Richard Zuckerman
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra reb...

Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Mr. Allen
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Man of Steel
2013
as Dr. Emil Hamilton
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w...

Knife Fight
2013
as Dimitris Vargas
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.

Beach Pillows
2013
as Henry Midwood
After being cuckolded, Morgan Midwood's life explodes. Turning to his ne'er-do-well best friend Nick, the two embark on an epic journey, tackling issu...

Fire with Fire
2012
as Harold Gethers
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—t...

Innocent
2011
as Tommy Molto
Judge Rusty Sabich is charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During t...

Johnny English Reborn
2011
as Fisher
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives ...

Another Harvest Moon
2010
as Jeffrey
Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. FRANK, ELLA, ALICE and JUNE gather each mornin...

Made in Dagenham
2010
as Robert Tooley
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

The Infidel
2010
as Lenny Goldberg
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter ...

Solitary Man
2009
as Steve Heller
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

PoliWood
2009
as Self
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

Imagine That
2009
as Carl Simons
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Marvin
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning h...

Martian Child
2007
as Lefkowitz
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's ...

Civic Duty
2006
as FBI Agent Tom Hilary
An American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unatta...

Ray
2004
as Jerry Wexler
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...

People I Know
2002
as Elliot Sharansky
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.

I Am Sam
2001
as Mr. Turner
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. ...

What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
as Walter Greenbaum
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his ...

Lucky Numbers
2000
as Jerry Green
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the...

Forever Lulu
2000
as Jerome Ellsworth
A schizophrenic romantic tracks down her college sweetheart to help her find their son she gave up for adoption sixteen years ago to the dismay of his...

Whatever It Takes
2000
as P.E. Teacher
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete C...

Gun Shy
2000
as Elliott
Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in comple...

Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Norman the Chauffeur
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a co...

Heaven
1999
as Stanner
A struggling architect, being sued for divorce by his wife and struggling with booze and gambling, finds work remodeling a friend's strip club, the Pa...

Forces of Nature
1999
as Joe Farrell
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagul...

Living Out Loud
1998
as Phil Francato
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. J...

Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Dr. Gene Reiss
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...

Deep Impact
1998
as Don Biederman
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to sav...

The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Colonel Smith
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 y...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
as Mr. Green
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Loved
1997
as District Attorney Steve Waters
After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wro...

Santa Fe
1997
as Alex
A cop finds that his wife and daughter are involved in a New Age cult when he returns home after eight months.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Eddie Carr
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing tha...

Volcano
1997
as Haskins
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins ...

Touch
1997
as Jerry
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him.

Michael
1996
as Italian Waiter
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Grace of My Heart
1996
as Audition Record Producer
Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York C...

The Trigger Effect
1996
as Gun Shop Clerk
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environmen...

The Arrival
1996
as Calvin
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired....

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Eric Altman
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and the...

City Hall
1996
as Larry Schwartz
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Se7en
1995
as Mark Swarr
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...

Rough Magic
1995
as Marvin Wiggins
In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teac...

Tank Girl
1995
as Trooper in Trench
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head...

Speechless
1994
as Sound Technician (uncredited)
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for cand...

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994
as Movietone News Director
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her long...

Speed
1994
as Train Driver
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...

Major League II
1994
as Director
After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Cleveland Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! However, they first have to...

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Mailroom Screamer
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Ghost in the Machine
1993
as Scanner Technician
After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his ...

My Life
1993
as Young Bill Ivanovich
It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside...

Skinner
1993
as Eddie
A man rents a room in a couple's house and roams the streets at night looking for victims to skin, while constantly being followed by a junkie he muti...

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
as Life Photographer
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.

Hoffa
1992
as Government Attorney
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles w...

The Bodyguard
1992
as Skip Thomas
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bod...

Malcolm X
1992
as JFK Reporter
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

The Public Eye
1992
as Photographer - Thompson Street
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.

Rapid Fire
1992
as Art Teacher
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
as Gun Clerk
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu...

Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Jack Wells
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

Young Guns II
1990
as Rat Bag
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of ...

Trenchcoat in Paradise
1989
as Mole
Eddie Mazda is a hard nosed private eye who gets in too close to the mob and is forced to leave Jersey City. He decides to open up shop in Hawaii.

Medium Straight
1988
as Pat Harding
Two lowlife cousins try to make a deal with a ruthless New Jersey mobster in this thrilling crime-drama.

Arena Brains
1987
as Deli Man
A short film by painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, "Arena Brains" is a series of interlocking vignettes set in and around the art world of 1980s N...