Pablo Schreiber Biography

Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor, known for his dramatic stage work and for his portrayal of Nick Sobotka on The Wire and for his role of George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He also narrated the audiobook version of Brett Easton Ellis"? American Psycho, and is one of the leads in Den of Thieves. In April 2019, he was cast as Master Chief in the upcoming Halo live-action series.

Early life

Schreiber was born on a hippie commune in Ymir, British Columbia, before moving to the unincorporated rural community of Winlaw, British Columbia, when he was six months old. His American father, Tell Carroll Schreiber, was an actor, as is his half-brother Liev Schreiber, 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 psychotherapist. His father, having a strong interest in literature, named Pablo after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. His parents separated when he was 12 and Schreiber moved to Seattle, Washington, with his father. After high school, Schreiber enrolled at the University of San Francisco, where he hoped to win a spot on its basketball team. He later transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 2000 with a degree in theatre.

Career

Schreiber appeared as Nick Sobotka on season 2 of the critically-acclaimed HBO series The Wire. He also appeared in the films The Manchurian Candidate, Lords of Dogtown and Happythankyoumoreplease. He also had a recurring guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as serial rapist William Lewis, protagonist Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) nemesis. He also appeared in the FX series Lights Out.

In 2011, Schreiber starred in the Off-Broadway play Gruesome Playground Injuries at Second Stage Theatre. He appeared on the seventh season of Weeds as Demetri Ravitch, Nancy Botwin's drug supplier.

BuddyTV ranked him number 77 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

In October 2012, Schreiber landed the recurring role of George "Pornstache" Mendez on the Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black. On February 26, 2013, he co-starred as Virgil in NBC's drama pilot Ironside, a reboot of the 1967 series of the same name.

For his role in Orange Is the New Black, Schreiber 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.

In 2016, he co-starred as Kris "Tanto" Paronto, GRS team member and former U.S. Army Ranger in American biographical war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The movie was directed and co-produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan, based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 2014 book 13 Hours. Pablo Schreiber in an interview with Comicbook.com has expressed interest in portraying Wolverine in a future X-Men film, with Hugh Jackman already having left the role. Schreiber played Mad Sweeney in the first season of Starz's Neil Gaiman adaptation American Gods. He confirmed that he is signed for an expanded role in season two.

Personal life

Schreiber married yoga teacher Jessica Monty in 2007; she filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences in 2014. They have two sons together, Timoteo and Dante.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Bubble Boy	Todd
2003	'	Brent
2004	'	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	'	Bryan Macy
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Kris "Tanto" Paronto
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
TBA	The King's Daughter	Dr. Labarthe	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003, 2008	'	Nickolas "Nick" Sobotka	13 episodes
2003	A Painted House	Hank Spruill	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ed Lang	Episode: "The Unblinking Eye"
2005	Into the Fire	Sandy Manetti	Television film
2006	Law & Order	Kevin Boatman	Episode: "America, Inc."
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dan Kozlowski	Episode: "Haystack"
2007	'	Mitchell Carr	Episode: "When the Door Opens"
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	TJ Hawkins	Episode: "Self-Made"
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"
2008	Law & Order	Sean Hauser	Episode: "Rumble"
2009	'	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	'	Gregory Mars	Episode: "Ham Sandwich"
2011-2012	Weeds	Demetri Ravitch	8 episodes
2011-2012	'	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
2013-2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	William Lewis	8 episodes
2013-2017	Orange Is the New Black	George "Pornstache" Mendez	18 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-present	American Gods	Mad Sweeney	Main cast
TBD	Halo	John-117 / Master Chief	Main cast

Videogames

Year	Title	Role
2007	Manhunt 2	The Asylum Staff

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Role
2009	American Psycho	Narrator
2018	Call of the Wild	Narrator