Roy Scheider
Actor

Roy Scheider

1 Movies
1 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 1
Birthday November 10, 1932 (93 years old)
Place of Birth Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As Roy R. Scheider, Roy Richard Scheider
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Biography

Roy Richard Scheider (/ΛˆΚƒaΙͺdΙ™r/; 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.

Filmography (115)

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 2025
Jaws Toy Movie 2020
The Shark Is Still Working 2009
Iron Cross 2009
Chicago 10 2008
Dark Honeymoon 2008
The Poet 2007
If I Didn't Care 2007
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' 2006
Dracula III: Legacy 2005
The Punisher 2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures 2004
Dracula II: Ascension 2003
Citizen Verdict 2003
Love Thy Neighbor 2003
A Decade Under the Influence 2003
King of Texas 2002
Texas '46 2002
Red Serpent 2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here 2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines 2002
Time Lapse 2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection 2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' 2001
The Making of Jaws 2 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001
The Diamond Hunters 2001
Warship 2001
Daybreak 2000
Chain of Command 2000
The Doorway 2000
Hitler's Lost Sub 2000
Falling Through 2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' 2000
Secrets of the Dead 2000
RKO 281 1999
Silver Wolf 1999
Jaws 5 1999
Third Watch 1999
Family Guy 1999
The Seventh Scroll 1999
Evasive Action 1998
Money Play$ 1998
The White Raven 1998
Better Living 1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures 1998
So Graham Norton 1998
The Rainmaker 1997
The Peacekeeper 1997
Plato's Run 1997
The Myth of Fingerprints 1997
Executive Target 1997
The Definite Maybe 1997
The Rage 1997
E! True Hollywood Story 1996
The Making of 'Jaws' 1995
Wild Justice 1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects 1994
Romeo Is Bleeding 1993
SeaQuest DSV 1993
seaQuest DSV 1993
When It Was a Game 2 1992
Naked Lunch 1991
When It Was a Game 1991
The Russia House 1990
The Fourth War 1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture 1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat 1990
The Howard Stern Show 1990
Cohen and Tate 1989
Night Game 1989
Listen to Me 1989
American Experience 1988
Jaws: The Revenge 1987
52 Pick-Up 1986
The Men's Club 1986
Follies: In Concert 1986
2010 1984
Tiger Town 1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues 1984
Blue Thunder 1983
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number 1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder 1983
Still of the Night 1982
Last Embrace 1979
All That Jazz 1979
Jaws 2 1978
Sorcerer 1977
Marathon Man 1976
Jaws 1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York 1975
Saturday Night Live 1975
People's Choice Awards 1975
New England Our Way 1974
NOVA 1974
The Seven-Ups 1973
The Outside Man 1972
The Assassination 1972
Assignment: Munich 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972
Klute 1971
The French Connection 1971
Cannon 1971
Film '72 1971
Puzzle of a Downfall Child 1970
Loving 1970
Stiletto 1969
Paper Lion 1968
The Curse of the Living Corpse 1964
Smiles 1964
A Wind from the South 1955
The Secret Storm 1954
The Oscars 1953
Love of Life 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951