# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-schiff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:53.784Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-schiff"
name: "Richard Schiff"
slug: "richard-schiff"
description: "Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television 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. He had a leading role in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor, as Dr. Aaron Glassman, and portrayed Odin in Santa Monica Studio's God of War: Ragnarök, released in 2022."
tagline: "American actor (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Schiff_2023.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1955-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump