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".

Filmography

• 2027The Auction — Newscaster
• The Westies — Ruby Stein
• 2023Swipe NYC — Steve
• 2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — U.S. Secretary of State
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Randall Pearson
• 2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote — Toby Ziegler
• 2020Psych 2: Lassie Come Home — Dr. Emile Herschel
• 2019After Class — Jeff Cohen
• 2019Clemency — Marty Lumetta
• 2019Vandal — Jacob Lipman
• 2017Alien Code — Dr. Miles Driskoll
• 2017American Fable — Jonathan
• Chicago Justice — Frank Linden
• Counterpart — Roland Fancher
• 2017Geostorm — Senator Cross
• 2017Shock and Awe — The Usual
• The Good Doctor — Dr. Aaron Glassman
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Detective Zimmerfield
• 2016The Automatic Hate — Dr. Ronald Green
• Ballers — Brett Anderson
• 2015Entourage — Director
• 2015Take Me to the River — Don
• The Grinder — Gordon stutz
• Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Dean Fairchild
• 2014Before I Disappear — Bruce
• 2014Decoding Annie Parker — Mr. Allen
• 2014Kill the Messenger — Richard Zuckerman
• Manhattan — Occam
• Murder in the First — David Hertzberg
• The Affair — Jon Gottlief
• 2014The Gambler — Jeweler
• 2013Beach Pillows — Henry Midwood
• 2013Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
• 2013Knife Fight — Dimitris Vargas
• 2013Man of Steel — Dr. Emil Hamilton
• Mom — Robert
• Rogue — Marty Stein
• Chasing the Hill — Charlie Knowles
• 2012Fire with Fire — Harold Gethers
• House of Lies — Harrison 'Skip' Galweather
• Key & Peele — Ambassador
• The Mindy Project — Doctor
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Jack Fickler
• 2011Innocent — Tommy Molto
• 2011Johnny English Reborn — Fisher
• Once Upon a Time — King Leopold
• The Cape — Patrick Portman
• Up All Night — Dean Chafin
• 2010Another Harvest Moon — Jeffrey
• 2010Made in Dagenham — Robert Tooley
• Past Life — Malachi Talmadge
• 2010The Infidel — Lenny Goldberg
• 2009Ceremonies of the Horsemen — Lieb
• 2009Imagine That — Carl Simons
• 2009Solitary Man — Steve Heller
• White Collar — Andrew Stanzler
• Eli Stone — David Green
• In Plain Sight — Samuel Garfinkel
• In Treatment — Director
• 2008Last Chance Harvey — Marvin
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Charles Fischer / Paul Stewart
• Burn Notice — Phillip Cowan
• 2007Martian Child — Lefkowitz
• 2006Civic Duty — FBI Agent Tom Hilary
• Bones — Professor Leon Watters
• Entourage — Richard Schiff
• 2004Ray — Jerry Wexler
• NCIS — Harper Dearing
• Monk — Dr. Lawrence Climan
• 2002People I Know — Elliot Sharansky
• 2001I Am Sam — Mr. Turner
• The Best Damn Sports Show Period
• 2001What's the Worst That Could Happen? — Walter Greenbaum
• 2000Forever Lulu — Jerome Ellsworth
• 2000Gun Shy — Elliott
• 2000Lucky Numbers — Jerry Green
• 2000Whatever It Takes — P.E. Teacher
• 1999Crazy in Alabama — Norman the Chauffeur
• 1999Forces of Nature — Joe
• 1999Heaven — Stanner
• Roswell — John Stevens
• The West Wing — Toby Ziegler, Director
• Becker — Berry Becker
• 1998Deep Impact — Don Biederman
• 1998Doctor Dolittle — Dr. Gene Reiss
• 1998Living Out Loud — Phil Francato
• 1998The Pentagon Wars — Colonel Smith
• 1998The Taking of Pelham One Two Three — Mr. Green
• Ally McBeal — Bernie Gilson
• Brooklyn South — Chris McIntrick
• 1997Loved — District Attorney Steve Waters
• 1997Santa Fe — Alex
• 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Eddie Carr
• The Practice — Bob Show
• 1997Touch — Jerry
• 1997Volcano — Haskins
• 1996City Hall — Larry Schwartz
• 1996Grace of My Heart — Audition Record Producer
• 1996Michael — Italian Waiter
• Relativity — Barry Roth
• 1996Special Report: Journey to Mars — Eric Altman
• 1996The Arrival — Calvin
• 1996The Trigger Effect — Gun Shop Clerk
• Maybe This Time — Pearlman
• Murder One — Prof. Stanley Fletcher
• 1995Rough Magic — Marvin Wiggins
• 1995Se7en — Mark Swarr
• 1995Tank Girl — Trooper in Trench
• 1994Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight — Movietone News Director
• Chicago Hope — Mark Sarison
• ER — Mr. Bartoli
• 1994Major League II — Director
• 1994Speechless — Sound Technician (uncredited)
• 1994Speed — Train Driver
• 1994The Hudsucker Proxy — Mailroom Screamer
• 1993Ghost in the Machine — Scanner Technician
• 1993My Life — Young Bill Ivanovich
• NYPD Blue — Steve Cameron, Vartan illiescu
• 1993Skinner — Eddie
• The John Larroquette Show — Wilson
• 1993The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom — Life Photographer
• Wild Palms — Security Guard (uncredited)
• Cruel Doubt — Inspector
• 1992Hoffa — Government Attorney
• Love & War
• 1992Malcolm X — JFK Reporter
• Picket Fences — Joey Fero
• 1992Rapid Fire — Art Teacher
• 1992Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — Gun Clerk
• 1992The Bodyguard — Skip Thomas
• 1992The Public Eye — Photographer - Thompson Street
• 1992Till Death Us Do Part — Jack Wells
• 1990Young Guns II — Rat Bag
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Billy Tishler
• Tales from the Crypt — Lester Middleton
• 1989Trenchcoat in Paradise — Mole
• 1988Medium Straight — Pat Harding
• Murphy Brown — Mel Woodworthy
• 1987Arena Brains — Deli Man
• L.A. Law — Dog Pound Operator Taylor
• Newsnight

Appearances as themselves (9)

• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2009PoliWood — Self
• Celebrity Poker Showdown — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• MADtv — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)