Roy Scheider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1932
- Died
- February 10, 2008 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie · as Self
The Shark Is Still Working
Movie · as Narrator / Self
Iron Cross
Movie · as Joseph
Chicago 10
Movie · as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Dark Honeymoon
Movie · as Sam
The Poet
Movie · as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
Movie · as Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Movie · as Self
Dracula III: Legacy
Movie · as Cardinal Siqueros
The Punisher
Movie · as Frank Castle, Sr.
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Movie · as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dracula II: Ascension
Movie · as Cardinal Siqueros
Citizen Verdict
Movie · as Bull Tyler
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie · as Fred
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie · as Self
King of Texas
Movie · as Henry Westover
Texas '46
Movie · as Colonel Gartner
Red Serpent
Movie · as Hassan
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Movie · as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Movie · as Narrator
Time Lapse
Movie · as Agent La Nova
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Movie · as Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Movie · as Self
The Making of Jaws 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Mark Ford Brady · 1 ep
The Diamond Hunters
TV · as Jacobus Van der Byl · 2 eps
Warship
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Daybreak
Movie · as Stan Marshall
Chain of Command
Movie · as President Jack Cahill
The Doorway
Movie · as Professor Lamont
Hitler's Lost Sub
Movie · as Narrator
Falling Through
Movie · as Earl
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Movie · as Self
Secrets of the Dead
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
RKO 281
Movie · as George Schaefer
Silver Wolf
Movie · as John Rockwell
Jaws 5
Movie · as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Third Watch
TV · as Fyodor Chevchenko · 6 eps
Family Guy
TV · as Roy Scheider, Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Seventh Scroll
TV · as Grant Schiller · 2 eps
Evasive Action
Movie · as Enzo Marcelli
Money Play$
Movie · as Johnny Tobin
The White Raven
Movie · as Tom Heath
Better Living
Movie · as Larry
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Movie · as Narrator
So Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rainmaker
Movie · as Wilfred Keeley
The Peacekeeper
Movie · as President Robert Baker
Plato's Run
Movie · as Senarkian
The Myth of Fingerprints
Movie · as Hal
Executive Target
Movie · as President Carlson
The Definite Maybe
Movie · as Eddie Jacobson
The Rage
Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Making of 'Jaws'
Movie · as Self
Wild Justice
Movie · as Peter Stride
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie · as Self - Host
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie · as Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV
Movie · as Captain Nathan Bridger
seaQuest DSV
TV · as Captain Nathan Bridger · 48 eps
When It Was a Game 2
Movie · as Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch
Movie · as Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game
Movie · as (voice)
The Russia House
Movie · as Russell
The Fourth War
Movie · as Col. Jack Knowles
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Movie · as Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Movie · as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Howard Stern Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cohen and Tate
Movie · as Cohen
Night Game
Movie · as Seaver
Listen to Me
Movie · as Charlie Nichols
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Jaws: The Revenge
Movie · as Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up
Movie · as Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club
Movie · as Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert
Movie · as Narrator
2010
Movie · as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town
Movie · as Billy Young
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Movie · as Himself
Blue Thunder
Movie · as Murphy
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Movie · as Jacobo Timerman
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Movie
Still of the Night
Movie · as Doctor Sam Rice
Last Embrace
Movie · as Harry Hannan
All That Jazz
Movie · as Joe Gideon
Jaws 2
Movie · as Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer
Movie · as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Marathon Man
Movie · as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Jaws
Movie · as Brody
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Movie · as Sam Stoneman
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
New England Our Way
Movie · as Self
NOVA
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Seven-Ups
Movie · as Buddy - Seven-Up
The Outside Man
Movie · as Lenny
The Assassination
Movie · as Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich
Movie · as Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
Klute
Movie · as Frank Ligourin
The French Connection
Movie · as Buddy Russo
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Movie · as Mark
Loving
Movie · as Skip
Stiletto
Movie · as Bennett
Paper Lion
Movie · as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Movie · as Philip Sinclair
Smiles
Movie
A Wind from the South
Movie · as Dancer (uncredited)
The Secret Storm
TV · 319 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Francesco Barberini · 1 ep