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Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on The Wire (2003), William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on Starz series American Gods (2017–2020), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2017), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He stars as Master Chief in the Paramount+ live-action series Halo (2022–present) which is based on the franchise of the same name.

Pablo Schreiber
Schreiber at the First Man film premiere in October 2018
Born	Pablo Tell Schreiber (1978-04-26) April 26, 1978 (age 44) Ymir, British Columbia, Canada
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Jessica Monty ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2014)​
Children	2
Relatives	Liev Schreiber (half-brother)

His film roles include minor roles in Bubble Boy (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Allegiance (2012), and Preservation (2014). He co-starred in the 2016 war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi directed by Michael Bay. In 2018, he starred in the action heist film Den of Thieves opposite Gerard Butler and in Skyscraper with Dwayne Johnson. In 2020, he starred in the drama film Lorelei with Jena Malone.

He is also known for his dramatic stage work including his performance in Awake and Sing! (2006) on Broadway which earned him a nomination for a Tony Award. In 2008, he starred in reasons to be pretty where he won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He narrated the audiobook version of Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho.

Early life

Schreiber was born in a hippie commune in Ymir, British Columbia. He and his family moved to the unincorporated rural community of Winlaw, British Columbia when he was six months old.[1] 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[lower-alpha 1] psychotherapist.[2]

Schreiber's father, having a strong interest in literature, named Pablo after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.[3] His parents separated when he was 12 and Schreiber moved to Seattle with his father.[3]

After high school Schreiber enrolled at the University of San Francisco hoping to win a spot on its basketball team.[4] He later transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and graduated in 2000 with a degree in theatre.[5]

Career

Television

Schreiber's first television appearance was as Nick Sobotka in season 2 of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire (2003).[6] After his final appearance in the last episode of season 2, he also made a cameo appearance in the season 5 episode "The Dickensian Aspect". He went on to play minor roles in the series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order before playing the recurring guest role of serial rapist William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He appeared in an eight episode arc playing the antagonist to Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) character.[7][8]

From 2008 to 2009, he appeared in multiple series including Dirt, Army Wives, The Beast, Numbers, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.[7] In 2011, he was cast as Johnny Leary in the FX series Lights Out which only aired for one season.[9] From 2011 to 2012, he played both Demetri Ravitch in the HBO series Weeds and Anton Little Creek on the show A Gifted Man.[10][11] BuddyTV ranked him #77 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".[12]

In October 2012, Schreiber was cast in the recurring role of George "Pornstache" Mendez on the Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black.[13] For his role on the show, he 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.[14] He played the role from 2013 to 2017 and had a guest appearance in a 2019 episode.

In February 2013, he co-starred as Virgil in NBC's drama pilot Ironside, a reboot of the 1967 series of the same name.[15] However ratings and reviews were unfavorable and it was canceled after only four episodes had aired.[16]

Schreiber was cast as Mad Sweeney in the 2017 Starz's series American Gods, based on the novel of the same name written by Neil Gaiman.[11] His character is a self-described leprechaun that is endebted to Mr. Wednesday who is played by Ian McShane. By the end of season 2, Sweeney remembers that he is Buile Shuibhne, the king of the Dál nAraidi who was driven insane by the curse of Saint Rónán Finn. Schreiber appears in seasons 1 and 2 with flashback appearances in the third and final season. His character becomes a fan-favorite for viewers during the series.[17]

In April 2019, he was cast as Master Chief / John-117 in the Halo live-action series, based on the video game franchise of the same name.[18] The series was released on March 24, 2022, by Paramount+ and has received mostly positive reviews with getting a 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.[19] To prepare for his role in the series, Schreiber worked with a trainer and a chef to bulk up adding muscle to play the supersoldier.[20] Paramount confirmed that the series was renewed for season 2 with Schreiber reprising the main role of Master Chief.[21]

Schreiber co-starred in the biographical crime drama streaming television miniseries Candy as Allan Gore, opposite Jessica Biel's character, Candy Montgomery. It is based on the true story of how Candy Montgomery was accused of the axe murder of her neighbor, Betty Gore in 1980 in Texas. The series premiered May 9, 2022, with the last episodes airing on May 13, 2022.[22]

Film

Schreiber's first film was a minor role in the 2001 American black comedy film Bubble Boy. He appeared in the 2004 film The Manchurian Candidate which starred his half-brother Liev Schreiber. He had supporting roles in the films Lords of Dogtown (2005), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), and Happythankyoumoreplease (2010). In 2016, he co-starred as Kris "Tanto" Paronto, GRS team member and former U.S. Army Ranger in the American biographical war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, opposite John Krasinski and James Badge Dale. The film was directed and co-produced by Michael Bay, written by Chuck Hogan, and is based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 2014 book of the same name.[23]

In 2018, he starred in the American action heist film Den of Thieves with Gerard Butler. He played Ray Merrimen, a MARSOC Marine veteran who is the crew's leader and schemer, and one of the robbers who sets out to rob the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles. Schreiber underwent extensive military training for his role in the film, saying "... with the weapons training, we had extensive military movement, team movement, weapons training boot camp, a couple of weeks before we started shooting".[24] In the same year he co-starred with Dwayne Johnson in the action thriller film Skyscraper.[25] He played the role of American astronaut Jim Lovell in the biographical drama First Man which was also released in 2018.[26]

Schreiber starred in the 2021 drama film Lorelei with Jena Malone. It received mostly positive reviews from critics. Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com said of Schreiber, "Schreiber uses his massive size in an interesting way in that he’s such an imposing figure but he allows himself to also be fascinatingly vulnerable at the same time... He has remarkable range".[27]

Theater

Schreiber's stage work includes both Broadway and off-Broadway plays. In 2006, he starred in the Broadway play Awake and Sing!, earning him a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.[28][29] He also starred in the 2008 Broadway play reasons to be pretty with Piper Perabo and Alison Pill. For that role he won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.[30] He played Eben in the 2009 play Desire Under the Elms opposite Carla Gugino's Abbie.[31] In 2011, Schreiber starred in the Off-Broadway play Gruesome Playground Injuries at Second Stage Theatre.[32]

Personal life

Schreiber married yoga teacher Jessica Monty in 2007. She filed for divorce in 2014 citing irreconcilable differences. They have two sons together, born in 2009 and 2012.[33]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Bubble Boy	Todd
2003	The Mudge Boy	Brent
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Eddie Ingram
2004	Invitation to a Suicide	Kazimierz "Kaz" Malek
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Stecyk
2006	Jimmy Blue	Jimmy	Short film
2008	Quid Pro Quo	Brooster
2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Ben
2008	Nights in Rodanthe	Charlie Torrelson
2008	Favorite Son	David Paxton	Also co-producer
2009	Breaking Upwards	Turner
2009	Tell-Tale	Bernard Cochius
2010	Happythankyoumoreplease	Charlie
2012	Allegiance	Lieutenant Alec Chambers
2014	Preservation	Sean Neary
2014	Fort Bliss	Staff Sergeant Donovan
2014	After	Christian Valentino
2015	The Dramatics	Bryan Macy
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Kris "Tanto" Paronto
2017	All Summers End	Older Conrad Stevens
2017	Thumper	Wyatt Rivers
2017	Big Bear	Dude
2018	Den of Thieves	Ray Merrimen
2018	Beast of Burden	Bloom
2018	Skyscraper	Ben Gillespie
2018	First Man	Jim Lovell
2019	The Devil Has a Name	Ezekiel
2020	Lorelei	Wayland
2022	The King's Daughter	Dr. Labarthe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003; 2008	The Wire	Nickolas "Nick" Sobotka	13 episodes
2003	A Painted House	Hank Spruill	Television film
2005 2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ed Lang TJ Hawkins	Episode: "The Unblinking Eye" Episode: "Self-Made"
2005	Into the Fire	Sandy Manetti	Television film
2006; 2008	Law & Order	Kevin Boatman Sean Hauser	Episode: "America, Inc." Episode: "Rumble"
2007; 2013–2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dan Kozlowski William Lewis	Episode: "Haystack" 8 episodes
2007	The Black Donnellys	Mitchell Carr	Episode: "When the Door Opens"
2008	Dirt	Jason Konkey	3 episodes
2008	Fear Itself	Mattingley	Episode: "Eater"
2008	Army Wives	Tim	3 episodes
2008	Life on Mars	Kim Trent	Episode: "The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler"
2009	The Beast	Officer Delaney	Episode: "Capone"
2009	Numbers	Tal Feigenbaum	2 episodes
2009	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Ricky Falcone	Episode: "A Very Sunny Christmas"
2009	Three Rivers	Nick	Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers"
2010	Medium	Jeremy Kiernan	Episode: "An Everlasting Love"
2011	Lights Out	Johnny Leary	Main cast (13 episodes)
2011	The Good Wife	Gregory Mars	Episode: "Ham Sandwich"
2011–2012	Weeds	Demetri Ravitch	8 episodes
2011–2012	A Gifted Man	Anton Little Creek	Main cast (16 episodes)
2012	Person of Interest	Tommy Clay	Episode: "Matsya Nyaya"
2012	Made in Jersey	Luke Aaronson	Episode: "Pilot"
2013	White Collar	JB Bellmiere	Episode: "The Original"
2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	Covert Becker	Television film
2013–2017; 2019	Orange Is the New Black	George "Pornstache" Mendez	19 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
2013	Ironside	Virgil	Main cast (9 episodes)
2015	The Brink	Lt. Cmdr. Zeke "Z-Pak" Tilson	Main cast (10 episodes)
2017–2020	American Gods	Mad Sweeney	Main cast (16 episodes)
2020	Defending Jacob	Neal Logiudice	Main cast (8 episodes)
2022–present	Halo	John-117 / Master Chief	Main cast (9 episodes)
2022	Candy	Alan Gore	Main cast (5 episodes)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2007	Manhunt 2	The Asylum Staff

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Voice role
2009	American Psycho	Narrator
2018	The Call of the Wild	Narrator
2019	Daisy Jones & The Six	Narrator / Billy Dunne

Explanatory notes

References

External links

• Pablo Schreiber at IMDb
• Pablo Schreiber at the Internet Broadway Database
• Pablo Schreiber at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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Pablo Tell Schreiber (* 26. April 1978 in Ymir, British Columbia) ist ein kanadischer Schauspieler. Er ist der Halbbruder des Schauspielers Liev Schreiber.

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[es] Pablo Schreiber

Pablo Tell Schreiber (Ymir, Columbia Británica; 26 de abril de 1978) es un actor canadiense-estadounidense conocido por su actuación teatral y por los personajes de Nick Sobotka en la serie The Wire de HBO y del funcionario penitenciario George Mendez, alias "Pornstache", en Orange Is the New Black. Estuvo nominado a un Premio Tony por su personaje en la obra de Broadway Awake and Sing!. Además, realizó trabajos en audiolibros. Actualmente está en la serie de Paramount plus Halo como el Master Chief (John 117).

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