Pablo Schreiber

Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor, known for his dramatic stage work and for his portrayal of Nick Sobotka on The Wire, William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mad Sweeney on the TV adaptation of American Gods, and for his role of George “Pornstache” Mendez on Orange Is the New Black, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He also narrated the audiobook version of Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, and is one of the leads in Den of Thieves. In April 2019, he was cast as Master Chief in the Halo live-action series.

Schreiber was born in a hippie commune in Ymir, British Columbia, before moving to the unincorporated rural community of Winlaw, British Columbia, when he was six months old.[2] His American father, Tell Carroll Schreiber, was an actor; Schreiber’s half-brother Liev Schreiber is also an actor and is the son of their father’s first wife, who had divorced Tell Carroll five years before Pablo was born. Pablo’s mother, Lorraine Reaveley, is a Canadian body-based[a] psychotherapist.