Steven Bauer Interview On 'Ray Donovan,' 'Scarface,' Liev Schreiber

Steven Bauer stars alongside Liev Schreiber in the Showtime hit Ray Donovan. Bauer portrays Avi, the right-hand man to Ray, who's a fixer for Hollywood's most rich and powerful. Though originally born in Cuba, Bauer’s character on Ray Donovan is Israeli. “I hate to admit that it’s really easy, because I also have a Jewish grandmother, and I have spent a lot of time in Israel,” Bauer told Uinterview exclusively.

Bauer originally rose to fame as Manny Ribera in the mob film classic Scarface. Having lived in Miami, Bauer admits that life in the city was not far from the lawless jungle depicted in the film. “I was living in L.A. and I was afraid for my family that was left behind in Miami," Bauer told Uinterview. "You know we’re religious, humble working people in Miami and my dad, my mom, my brother, all these people were living in that chaos in that time of that crime wave, so I was able to bring some of that first-hand knowledge to my representation of those guys in Scarface."