Pablo Tell Schreiber was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada, to Lorraine Reaveley, a Canadian psychotherapist, and Tell Schreiber, an American actor. His paternal half-brother is actor Liev Schreiber. Pablo, who is named after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was raised in Ymir, and moved to Seattle, Washington, as a teenager.
Pablo Schreiber was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway debut performance in the revival of Clifford Odets' classic Awake and Sing! directed by Bartlett Sher.
Schreiber has appeared in many films, including Josh Radnor's Happythankyoumoreplease, which won the Audience Award at Sundance, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Lords of Dogtown, Tell Tale, Nights in Rodanthe, The Manchurian Candidate, Allegiance, Breaking Upwards, Into the Fire, The Mudge Boy, and Invitation to a Suicide.
He has also appeared in numerous television shows, including his classic role as "Nick Sobotka" in HBO's critically acclaimed The Wire, and most recently as the menacing villain "William Lewis" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC's "Ironside", and as "Pornstache" in Jenji Kohan's hit series Orange Is the New Black.
Schreiber has performed in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway plays, including Desire Under the Elms, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Reasons to be Pretty, Dying City, Mr. Marmalade, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Manuscript, Julius Caesar, and Blood Orange, his professional debut.
Pablo Schreiber's upcoming projects include the independent features Fort Bliss, The Dramatics: A Comedy, and Preservation.
