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Richard Schiff is perhaps best known for his role as Toby Ziegler, the White House Director of Communications, on the award-winning NBC television series The West Wing, for which he won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor and received two subsequent nominations.

Schiff is an accomplished veteran of more than 40 feature film roles. He has acted in such films as Spike Lee's Malcom X, David Fincher's Seven, Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Hoffa, City Hall, Deep Impact, Dr. Doolittle, Living Out Loud, Forces of Nature, Heaven, People I Know and I Am Sam.

Additionally has worked in television, giving memorable performances on the critically acclaimed series Relativity, as well as guest-starring on the series Ally McBeal, The Practice, Chicago Hope and ER.

Schiff began his career at the Manhattan Repertory Theater, directing both on and off-Broadway productions. After moving to Los Angeles to join Tim Robbins' Actors' Gang, Schiff won a Dramalogue award for the starring roll as Goose in David Rabe's Goose and Tom Tom and an Ovation Award for his roll in Urban Folktales.

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