Richard Schiff

Personal context

Summary

Richard Schiff is an American actor best known as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing and Dr. Aaron Glassman on The Good Doctor, with film work including The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Clemency. His roles span political drama and character-focused television, often portraying serious, principled figures. Schiff has campaigned for Democratic candidates, attended Democratic National Conventions, and protested the Vietnam War as a teenager. He has described civil rights and antiwar movements as forces for change and publicly discussed the histories of women’s liberation and gay, lesbian, and transgender rights; no sustained DEI or identity-focused advocacy role is on record.