Richard Schiff was born on the 27th May 1955, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and is an actor and comedian perhaps best known to the world for his role of Toby Ziegler in the NBC TV drama entitled “The West Wing”, for which role he received an Emmy Award. He is also recognized as a TV director and producer. His career has been active since the mid-1980s.
Have you ever wondered how rich Richard Schiff is? According to authoritative sources, it is estimated that Richard Schiff’s net worth is $5 million as of late 2015, with the main source of this amount of money being his career in the entertainment industry, especially in TV series and movies.
Richard Schiff Net Worth $5 Million
Richard Schiff grew up in his hometown, as the middle child of Edward Schiff, who worked as a lawyer, and Charlotte, who worked as a TV and publishing executive. He attended high school but he didn’t finish, so later he obtained an equivalency diploma. Afterwards, he became a student at the City College of New York, but according to sources from the college, he didn’t graduate. However, he moved to Colorado to work as a firewood chopper, but didn’t give up on education, so two years later in 1975, came back to New York and started to study acting at the same college; soon after, he joined their theater program.
Schiff began his career firstly as a director, with off-Broadway shows such as “Antigone” in 1983, however by the mid-1980s he had switched to acting. In 1988 he made his debut film appearance in the role of Pat Harding in the film “Medium Straight”. In 1990, he was cast in the sequel of the 1988 “Young Guns”, “The Young Guns II”. After two years, Richard found a new engagement in the Roger Spottiswoode`s film “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot”, which featured Sylvester Stallone in the lead role. Through 1997, he had numerous small roles in films such as “City Hall” (1996), “Se7en” (1995), “Rough Magic” (1995), “Tank Girl” (1995) and others; then he was cast as Eddie Carr in the Steven Spielberg`s film “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”.
Ever since then, Schiff’s career has gone only upward, and so has his net worth; the roles succeeded one another, starting with Dr. Gene “Geno” Reiss in the film “Dr. Dolittle” in 1998, then appearing as Joe in the film “Forces Of Nature” (1999), alongside stars such as Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock, and in 2001, he starred in the role of Mr. Turner alongside Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer in “I Am Sam”.
Furthermore, Schiff appeared in films “What`s The Worst That Could Happen” (2001), “Martian Child” (2007), “Imagine That” (2009), “Solitary Man” (2009), which increased his net worth by a large margin. In recent years, he was cast in films such as “Another Harvest Moon” (2010), “Before I Disappear” (2014), “Man of Steel” (2013), “Knife Fight” (2012), and “Entourage” (2015), which have also added to his net worth.
Apart from his successful career on big screens, Schiff is also known for his TV roles; in the beginning he earned a few part time roles in series like “ER”, “NYPD Blue”, and “Relativity”. However in 1999, Schiff was cast in a lead role in the TV series “The West Wing”, which was aired for seven full seasons, significantly increasing Richard`s net worth. In 2010, Richard was selected to play Dr. Malachi Talmadge in the TV series “Past Life”.
Furthermore, in 2012 he was a part of the TV series “House OF Lies”, and “Chasing the Hill” in 2013. More recently, Schiff was one of the lead actors in the series “Murder in the First” (2014), “Manhattan” (2014-2015), and “Rogue” (2015-2016).
Overall, Schiff is one of the better actors of Hollywood, having appeared in over 130 film and TV titles, and winning numerous prestigious awards, such as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work in “The West Wing”.
Regarding his personal life, Richard Schiff married to Sheila Kelley in 1996, and they have two children. In his free time, he is an active supporter of the Democratic Party and Barack Obama.
