Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor and director.
He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for
which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut
with The West Wing, directing an episode titled "Talking Points". He
is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World.
He had a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers. Since September
2017 he has had a leading role in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor,
as Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of a fictional teaching hospital in
San Jose, California.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.Schiff dropped out of high school, but
later obtained an equivalency diploma. In 1973, he briefly studied at
The City College of New York (CCNY) but did not graduate. He relocated
to Colorado, where he found employment cutting firewood. Returning to
New York in 1975, he began to study acting at CCNY and was accepted
into their theater course.Schiff and his family are Jewish. His
grandfather had alleged connections to the Jewish Mafia of New York.
He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for
which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut
with The West Wing, directing an episode titled "Talking Points". He
is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World.
He had a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers. Since September
2017 he has had a leading role in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor,
as Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of a fictional teaching hospital in
San Jose, California.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.Schiff dropped out of high school, but
later obtained an equivalency diploma. In 1973, he briefly studied at
The City College of New York (CCNY) but did not graduate. He relocated
to Colorado, where he found employment cutting firewood. Returning to
New York in 1975, he began to study acting at CCNY and was accepted
into their theater course.Schiff and his family are Jewish. His
grandfather had alleged connections to the Jewish Mafia of New York.
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