Richard Schiff has enjoyed a lengthy and acclaimed career in film,
television and theater. Raised in New York City, he developed a
passion for film and theater at a very early age.

Schiff has received rave reviews for his role as Dr. Aaron Glassman on
the ABC hit drama “The Good Doctor,” which stars Freddie Highmore
as the incredibly gifted Dr. Shaun Murphy. He was also seen in HBO’s
“Ballers” playing Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s very
successful and demanding boss, Brett Anderson. In addition, he had a
recurring role on STARZ’s “Counterpart.”

Schiff began his career in New York, where he founded and served as
the artistic director of the Manhattan Repertory Theater and directed
off-Broadway productions, including “Antigone,” starring Angela
Bassett. During this time, Schiff also completed his Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in theater at City College of New York (CCNY). He then
performed several plays with Tim Robbins’ Actors’ Gang.

He has established a prolific film career. Schiff played a civil
rights attorney, opposite Alfre Woodard’s tour-de-force performance
in the Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner “Clemency.” He played an
influential art collector in “Vandal” and was seen in the
dysfunctional family black comedy “After Class.” Additional
appearances also include “Shock and Awe,” “Man of Steel,”
“The Gambler,” “Kill the Messenger,” “Made in Dagenham”
and “The Infidel.” His extensive film credits number more than 60,
including “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “I Am Sam,” the
Oscar®-nominated biopic “Ray,” “Se7en,” “Hoffa,”
“Malcolm X,” “People I Know,” “Forces of Nature,” “City
Hall,” “Crazy in Alabama,” “Deep Impact,” “Living Out
Loud,” “Doctor Doolittle,” “My Life” and “The Hudsucker
Proxy,” among numerous others.

Schiff’s television roles include his much-celebrated portrayal of
White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler on “The West
Wing,” for which he received the Best Supporting Actor Emmy® Award
and garnered a total of three Emmy nominations. He played Don
Cheadle’s conniving boss in Showtime’s “House of Lies.” In WGN
America’s period drama “Manhattan,” he played the mysterious Mr.
Fisher tasked with finding spies who are working in the Manhattan
Project. In DirecTV’s crime drama “Rogue,” he played a
Machiavellian Power Broker; and in Showtime’s “The Affair,” he
played a high-profile New York attorney.

Schiff has maintained a strong presence in theater, appearing on
Broadway opposite Al Pacino in “Glengarry Glen Ross,” as well as
in the lead role in Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie” at the
Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. He starred in the
one-man show “Underneath the Lintel” in London’s West End, after
performing the play previously at the George Street Playhouse. He has
been the recipient of an Ovation Theater Award and a Drama-Logue
Award.

In 2000, Schiff received the prestigious Townsend Harris medal from
CCNY for outstanding post-graduate achievement. Past recipients
include author Upton Sinclair, actor Edward G. Robinson and Dr. Jonas
Salk. In 2004, CCNY granted Schiff the honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree, along with President Clinton and novelist Walter
Mosley.
