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Acting
Roy Scheider
Also known as: Roy R. Scheider, Roy Richard Scheider
Biography
Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA. Scheider's best-known roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its 1978 sequel, "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976), Scanlon / Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977), Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979), Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983), and Dr. Heywood Floyd in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). Subsequent credits included Naked Lunch (1991), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), and The Punisher (2004). He portrayed Captain Nathan Bridger on NBC's seaQuest DSV from 1993–1996.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1932
Day of Death
February 10, 2008
Age at Death
75 years old
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Popularity Score
2.4
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025Movie
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
2009Movie
Iron Cross
Joseph
2009Movie
Chicago 10
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008Movie
Dark Honeymoon
Sam
2008Movie
The Poet
Rabbi
2007Movie
If I Didn't Care
Linus
2007Movie
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self
2006Movie
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
2005Movie
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
2004Movie
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
2004Movie
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004Movie
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
2003Movie
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
2003Movie
Love Thy Neighbor
Fred
2003Movie
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003Movie
King of Texas
Henry Westover
2002Movie
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
2002Movie
Red Serpent
Hassan
2002Movie
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002Movie
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
2002Movie
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
2001Movie
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
2001Movie
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001Movie
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
2001Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady
2001TV
The Diamond Hunters
Jacobus Van der Byl
2001TV
Warship
Narrator
2001TV
Warship
Presenter
2001TV
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
2000Movie
Chain of Command
President Jack Cahill
2000Movie
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
2000Movie
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
2000Movie
Falling Through
Earl
2000Movie
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
2000Movie
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
2000TV
RKO 281
George Schaefer
1999Movie
Silver Wolf
John Rockwell
1999Movie
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1999Movie
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko
1999TV
Family Guy
Roy Scheider
1999TV
The Seventh Scroll
Grant Schiller
1999TV
Evasive Action
Enzo Marcelli
1998Movie
Money Play$
Johnny Tobin
1998Movie
The White Raven
Tom Heath
1998Movie
Better Living
Larry
1998Movie
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
1998Movie
So Graham Norton
Self
1998TV
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
1997Movie
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
1997Movie
Plato's Run
Senarkian
1997Movie
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
1997Movie
Executive Target
President Carlson
1997Movie
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
1997Movie
The Rage
1997Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
1995Movie
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
1994Movie
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self - Host
1994Movie
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
1993Movie
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993Movie
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993TV
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
1992Movie
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
1991Movie
When It Was a Game
(voice)
1991Movie
The Russia House
Russell
1990Movie
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
1990Movie
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
1990Movie
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1990Movie
The Howard Stern Show
Self
1990TV
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
1989Movie
Night Game
Seaver
1989Movie
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
1989Movie
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988TV
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1987Movie
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
1986Movie
The Men's Club
Cavanaugh
1986Movie
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
1986Movie
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
1984Movie
Tiger Town
Billy Young
1984Movie
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984Movie
Blue Thunder
Murphy
1983Movie
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
1983Movie
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983Movie
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
1982Movie
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
1979Movie
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
1979Movie
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
1978Movie
Sorcerer
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
1977Movie
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
1976Movie
Jaws
Brody
1975Movie
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
1975Movie
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975TV
New England Our Way
Self
1974Movie
NOVA
Narrator
1974TV
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
1973Movie
The Outside Man
Lenny
1972Movie
The Assassination
Michael Howard
1972Movie
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
1972Movie
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972Movie
Klute
Frank Ligourin
1971Movie
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
1971Movie
Cannon
1971TV
Film '72
Self
1971TV
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
1970Movie
Loving
Skip
1970Movie
Stiletto
Bennett
1969Movie
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
1968Movie
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
1964Movie
Smiles
1964Movie
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
1955Movie
The Secret Storm
1954TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini
1951TV