Roy Richard Scheider (/ΛΚaΙͺdΙr/; November 10, 1932 β 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 1993β1996.
Filmography (115)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025
Jaws Toy Movie2020
The Shark Is Still Working2009
Iron Cross2009
Chicago 102008
Dark Honeymoon2008
The Poet2007
If I Didn't Care2007
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'2006
Dracula III: Legacy2005
The Punisher2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures2004
Dracula II: Ascension2003
Citizen Verdict2003
Love Thy Neighbor2003
A Decade Under the Influence2003
King of Texas2002
Texas '462002
Red Serpent2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines2002
Time Lapse2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'2001
The Making of Jaws 22001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001
The Diamond Hunters2001
Warship2001
Daybreak2000
Chain of Command2000
The Doorway2000
Hitler's Lost Sub2000
Falling Through2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'2000
Secrets of the Dead2000
RKO 2811999
Silver Wolf1999
Jaws 51999
Third Watch1999
Family Guy1999
The Seventh Scroll1999
Evasive Action1998
Money Play$1998
The White Raven1998
Better Living1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures1998
So Graham Norton1998
The Rainmaker1997
The Peacekeeper1997
Plato's Run1997
The Myth of Fingerprints1997
Executive Target1997
The Definite Maybe1997
The Rage1997
E! True Hollywood Story1996
The Making of 'Jaws'1995
Wild Justice1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994
Romeo Is Bleeding1993
SeaQuest DSV1993
seaQuest DSV1993
When It Was a Game 21992
Naked Lunch1991
When It Was a Game1991
The Russia House1990
The Fourth War1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat1990
The Howard Stern Show1990
Cohen and Tate1989
Night Game1989
Listen to Me1989
American Experience1988
Jaws: The Revenge1987
52 Pick-Up1986
The Men's Club1986
Follies: In Concert1986
20101984
Tiger Town1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues1984
Blue Thunder1983
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number1983
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