“spent her life trying to bring compassion, awareness, and honesty to a part of human experience that is often shamed or misunderstood.”
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Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television 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. He had a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers. He had a leading role in…
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entertainment · American actor (born 1955) · actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · art historian · university teacher · director · also Richard Schiff, Schiff
Born 27 May 1955 · Q355209
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2026· 2 entries
Schiff signed a letter requesting leniency for OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone before her sentencing
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2024· 2 entries
Ruby portrayed the character of Hannah in the final season of The Good Doctor
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Was an executive producer of the documentary film Public Defender
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2023· 1 entry
And was the Ambassador of the Arts Recipient honoree at the 2024 North Fork TV Festival on Long Island
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2020· 2 entries
Schiff was released from the hospital
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Schiff announced that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 on Election Day and were quarantining at their home in Vancouver
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2016· 1 entry
Schiff supported Senator Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primaries
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2015· 1 entry
Schiff appeared as Dwayne Johnson's character's boss on HBO's Ballers
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2009· 2 entries
Co-starred in the movies Imagine That, with Dr
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Returned to London to shoot two other movies: The Infidel, in which he starred opposite Omid Djalili, and Made in Dagenham, with Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins
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2007· 1 entry
Appeared as Philip Cowen in the season finale of Burn Notice
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2001· 1 entry
Acted in the movie What's the Worst That Could Happen
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The West Wing (2000).
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1996· 2 entries
Portrayed a corrupt probation officer in City Hall along with Al Pacino and John Cusack
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Guest-starred on the TV series ER (Season 2, Episode 17), and appeared in NYPD Blue the following year
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1995· 1 entry
Schiff portrayed a lawyer defending the serial killer in Se7en
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1994· 1 entry
And a daughter, Ruby, born in August 2000
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1983· 1 entry
From City College of New York after initially dropping out and moving to Colorado
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1955· 2 entries
In Bethesda, Maryland, United States to Edward, a real estate lawyer, and Charlotte, a television and Broadway producer
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Born 1955-05-27.
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