Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff ( born May 27, 1955 in Bethesda, Maryland ) is an American actor. Introduced him the role of Toby Ziegler in the drama series The West Wing - The West Wing, for which he was awarded in 2000 with the television Emmy Award.
Life
Ship is the middle of three sons; his parents divorced when he was twelve years old. From 1975 studied ship at the City College of New York theater. He then began a career as a director, staged performances on Broadway, including a 1983 production starring Angela Bassett, who had just obtained their diploma. At this time he met his future wife, Sheila Kelley, whom he married in 1996.
Only later, in the mid 1980s, overcame his fears ship, as he says himself, and tried his hand at acting. He embodied roles in several television productions, which eventually Steven Spielberg became aware of him and him for his film The Lost World: Jurassic Park occupied. From then on it went with his career steadily uphill: He received guest roles in several television series, as in Ally McBeal, Picket Fences - Tatort garden fence, New York Cops - NYPD Blue, ER - The ER, Chicago Hope - Final Hope, Practice - The lawyers and Roswell. From 1999 to 2006 he played the lead role of communications director Toby Ziegler in the successful and critically acclaimed political drama The West Wing - The West Wing around the happenings in the White House.