His mother says she named him after her favorite author, Leo Tolstoy whose Russian name was Lev (pronounced "lee-ev"). His father says he was named after a doctor in San Francisco who saved his mother's life. Last name means "writer" in German.

Grew up in Lower East Side New York.

Has worked with actress Rose McGowan in two different horror films - Scream (1996/I) and Phantoms (1998).

Was a fan favorite for the role of District Attorney Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight (2008), and expressed interest for the role. He eventually lost out to Aaron Eckhart.

Son of actor Tell Schreiber and Heather. Has four half brothers and one half sister, including brother Pablo Schreiber.

The role for which he won his first Tony award (Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross) also won Joe Mantegna the Featured Actor in a Play Tony for the same role 21 years earlier in 1984. The 2005 production was directed by Joe Mantello.

Broadway Debut in 1993 In the Summer House.

Attended high school with actress Amanda Peet when he was a senior and she was a freshman.

After his parents divorced, he and his siblings saw their father very little during childhood.

Grew up in Lower East Side New York. Graduated from Friends Seminary High School in Manhattan.

Attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hampshire College and graduated from Yale.

His mother is of German-Ukranian-Polish heritage (maternal grandfather was from Ukraine) and his father was of Austrian-Scottish-Swiss heritage.

Along with David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Jamie Kennedy, he is one of only five actors to appear in all three Scream films.

He accompanied his girlfriend Naomi Watts to the King Kong (2005) premiere in New York. It was their first public appearance together.

His mother named him after Leo Tolstoy whose Russian name was Lev (pronounced "lee-ev").

Is a good friend of Dustin Hoffman.

Won the 2005 Tony Award best featured actor in a play for Glengarry Glen Ross.

Growing up, his mother didn't allow him to watch color movies. The first color movie he was Star Wars in 1977.

Is of Ukrainian ancestry. His maternal grandfather was from Ukraine.

Yale graduate.

The actor and his fiancée, Naomi Watts, welcomed their first child, a healthy baby boy, on July 26, 2007. Alexander Pete Schreiber, who was born at 3:59 p.m. in Los Angeles, weighed 8 lbs., 4 oz, and was 22.5 inches long (Alexander is for his grandfather and Peter is for her father, Peter Watts).

Prefers to keep his dating life private, although he has been romantically linked to actress Kristin Davis and to film producer Kate Driver (Minnie Driver's sister). He accompanied his girlfriend Naomi Watts to the King Kong (2005) premiere in New York. It was their first public appearance together. On February 28, 2007, they announced they are expecting their first child.

Frequently does voice-over and narration work for advertisements and documentaries.