Richard B. Schiff

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.

Family

• Parents: Charlotte, a television and publishing executive, and Edward Schiff, a real estate lawyer.
• middle of 3 brothers. One is film producer Paul Schiff.
• Spouse: actress Sheila Kelley ​(m. 1996)​
• 2 Children, Gus and Ruby

Schiff and his family are Jewish. His grandfather had alleged connections to the Jewish Mafia of New York.[5][6]

References

• Wikipedia, iMDB
• 2018 Official Richard Schiff Schiff was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the second of three sons of Charlotte, a television and publishing executive, and Edward Schiff, a real estate lawyer. His parents divorced when he was 12. His father was a second generation Austrian and his mother was French.
• 5. “ACTOR Richard Schiff's dramatic family background may have contributed to his decision to become an actor.“ JewishTelegraph,com (2010) link His maternal grandfather escaped from the Austro-Hungarian army, while his paternal one was a gangster associated with the New York mob of Meyer Lanksy and Bugsy Siegel.
• The Good Doctor’ Star Richard Schiff Released From Hospital After COVID-19 Treatment: “I Realize How Lucky I Am” – Update By Nellie Andreeva. 20 November 2020. Link