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Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Actor · Born 1932-11-10 · Orange, New Jersey, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Jaws (1975) — Brody
  2. Family Guy (1999) — Roy Scheider
  3. The Punisher (2004) — Frank Castle, Sr.
  4. The French Connection (1971) — Buddy Russo
  5. Jaws 2 (1978) — Police Chief Martin Brody
  6. The Rainmaker (1997) — Wilfred Keeley
  7. Marathon Man (1976) — Henry 'Doc' Levy
  8. Naked Lunch (1991) — Dr. Benway
  9. Jaws: The Revenge (1987) — Martin Brody (archive footage)
  10. 2010 (1984) — Dr. Heywood Floyd
  11. Sorcerer (1977) — Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
  12. All That Jazz (1979) — Joe Gideon
  13. Blue Thunder (1983) — Murphy
  14. Klute (1971) — Frank Ligourin
  15. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  16. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Mark Ford Brady
  17. The Russia House (1990) — Russell
  18. Third Watch (1999) — Fyodor Chevchenko
  19. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) — Don Falcone
  20. Dracula II: Ascension (2003) — Cardinal Siqueros
  21. Still of the Night (1982) — Doctor Sam Rice
  22. seaQuest DSV (1993) — Captain Nathan Bridger
  23. 52 Pick-Up (1986) — Harry Mitchell
  24. NOVA (1974) — Narrator
  25. Dracula III: Legacy (2005) — Cardinal Siqueros
  26. The Seven-Ups (1973) — Buddy - Seven-Up
  27. RKO 281 (1999) — George Schaefer
  28. Last Embrace (1979) — Harry Hannan
  29. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  30. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  31. Cohen and Tate (1989) — Cohen
  32. The Outside Man (1972) — Lenny
  33. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) — Self
  34. The Peacekeeper (1997) — President Robert Baker
  35. American Experience (1988) — Narrator (voice)
  36. The Fourth War (1990) — Col. Jack Knowles
  37. The Assassination (1972) — Michael Howard
  38. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — Self
  39. Night Game (1989) — Seaver
  40. Cannon (1971)