Acting
Pablo Schreiber
Born 1978-04-26
Ymir, British Columbia, Canada
Department: Acting
Biography
Pablo Tell Schreiber is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on The Wire (2003, 2008), William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on the Starz series American Gods (2017–2020), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2017), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He stars as Master Chief in the Paramount+ live-action series Halo (2022–2024) which is based on the franchise of the same name.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Pablo Schreiber
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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First Man
2018
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Skyscraper
2018
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
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Law & Order
1990
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Den of Thieves
2018
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Halo
2022
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Orange Is the New Black
2013
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The Wire
2002
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (79 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Motor City | Lieutenant Savick | Movie | 2026 |
 | Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall | Azrael / Jean-Paul Valley (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
 | HIS & HERS | Richard Jones | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Terminal List: Dark Wolf | Hank 'Dash' Dashnaw | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Candy | Allan Gore | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Halo | Master Chief, Spartan-117 / John-117 | TV Series | 2022 |
| Halo | Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The King's Daughter | Dr. Labarthe | Movie | 2022 |
 | Traces | Damien Shea | Movie | 2021 |
 | Lorelei | Wayland | Movie | 2020 |
| Lorelei | Executive Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Defending Jacob | Neal Logiudice | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Devil Has a Name | Ezekiel | Movie | 2019 |
 | First Man | Jim Lovell | Movie | 2018 |
 | Skyscraper | Ben | Movie | 2018 |
 | Beast of Burden | Bloom | Movie | 2018 |
 | Den of Thieves | Ray Merrimen | Movie | 2018 |
 | Big Bear | Dude | Movie | 2017 |
 | Steve | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | American Gods | Mad Sweeney | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Thumper | Wyatt Rivers | Movie | 2017 |
 | All Summers End | Conrad Stevens | Movie | 2017 |
 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Kris 'Tanto' Paronto | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Brink | Zeke Tilson | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Dramatics: A Comedy | Bryan Macy | Movie | 2015 |
 | Periods. | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
 | Fort Bliss | Staff Sergeant Donovan | Movie | 2014 |
 | Preservation | Sean Neary | Movie | 2014 |
 | After | Christian Valentino | Movie | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Covert Becker | Movie | 2013 |
 | Ironside | Virgil | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Orange Is the New Black | George 'Pornstache' Mendez | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Allegiance | Lieutenant Alec Chambers | Movie | 2012 |
 | Made in Jersey | Luke Aaronson | TV Series | 2012 |
 | A Gifted Man | Anton Little Creek | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Person of Interest | Tommy Clay | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Charlie | Movie | 2011 |
 | Lights Out | Johnny Leary | TV Series | 2011 |
 | A Very Sunny Christmas | Ricky Falcone | Movie | 2009 |
 | White Collar | JB Bellmiere | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Three Rivers | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Good Wife | Gregory Mars | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Tell-Tale | Cochius | Movie | 2009 |
 | Breaking Upwards | Turner | Movie | 2009 |
 | Life on Mars | Kim Trent | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Favorite Son | David | Movie | 2008 |
| Favorite Son | Co-Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Nights in Rodanthe | Charlie Torrelson | Movie | 2008 |
 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Ben | Movie | 2008 |
 | Eater | Mattingley | Movie | 2008 |
 | Quid Pro Quo | Brooster | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fear Itself | Mattingley | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Tapping the Wire | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Army Wives | Tim | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Dirt | Jason Konkey | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Into the Fire | Sandy Manetti | Movie | 2005 |
 | Weeds | Demetri Ravitch | TV Series | 2005 |
 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Ricky Falcone | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Lords of Dogtown | Stecyk | Movie | 2005 |
 | Invitation to a Suicide | Kaz Malek | Movie | 2005 |
 | Numb3rs | Tal Feigenbaum | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Medium | Jeremy Kiernan | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The Manchurian Candidate | PFC Eddie Ingram | Movie | 2004 |
 | A Painted House | Hank Spruill | Movie | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Mudge Boy | Brent | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Wire | Nick Sobotka | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ed Lang | TV Series | 2001 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | TJ Hawkins | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Bubble Boy | Todd | Movie | 2001 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Don Kozlowski | TV Series | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | William Lewis | TV Series | 1999 |
 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Law & Order | Sean Hauser | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Kevin Boatman | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Hank Spruill | TV Series | 1951 |
| Raven | Fay Darrow | Movie | — | |
 | The Savant | Jason | TV Series | — |