Richard Schiff is an award-winning American actor and director born on May 27, 1955. He was honored with an Emmy Award for his critically acclaimed performance as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing.
Schiff initially studied directing. He directed several off-Broadway plays, including Antigone in 1983 with a just-graduated Angela Bassett. In the mid-1980s Schiff decided to try his hand at acting and landed several TV roles.
He was seen by Steven Spielberg in an episode of the TV drama High Incident and was cast in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) which led to being cast more frequently and eventually to the role as White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler in the television series The West Wing.
Where did Richard Schiff go to high school?
Richard Schiff did not complete his high school education but went on to earn his high school equivalency diploma from an institution whose name is unknown.
Schiff was born on May 27, 1955, in Bethesda, Maryland, and was raised in New York City. He is the second of three sons of Charlotte, a television and publishing executive, and Edward Schiff, a real estate lawyer. His parents divorced, and Charlotte later married Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer.
