Roy Scheider
Acting
Born: November 10, 1932 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: February 10, 2008 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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
Jaws
1975
Family Guy
1999
The Punisher
2004
The French Connection
1971
Jaws 2
1978
The Rainmaker
1997
Marathon Man
1976
Naked Lunch
1991
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
2010
1984
Sorcerer
1977
All That Jazz
1979
Photos (12)
Movies (79)
Jaws
Brody
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
Sorcerer
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
Blue Thunder
Murphy
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Klute
Frank Ligourin
The Russia House
Russell
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
RKO 281
George Schaefer
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
Dark Honeymoon
Sam
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
The Assassination
Michael Howard
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
The Poet
Rabbi
Money Play$
Johnny Tobin
Evasive Action
Enzo Marcelli
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
Chicago 10
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Silver Wolf
John Rockwell
The Men's Club
Cavanaugh
Smiles
1964
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
Executive Target
President Carlson
Stiletto
Bennett
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
The Outside Man
Lenny
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
King of Texas
Henry Westover
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
Chain of Command
President Jack Cahill
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
When It Was a Game
(voice)
Falling Through
Earl
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Mayor Harry S. Porter
Night Game
Seaver
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
Plato's Run
Senarkian
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
The White Raven
Tom Heath
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
The Rage
1997
Red Serpent
Hassan
Tiger Town
Billy Young
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
Better Living
Larry
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)
Love Thy Neighbor
Fred
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
If I Didn't Care
Linus
Iron Cross
Joseph
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
Loving
Skip
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
TV Shows (14)
Family Guy
Roy Scheider · 1 eps
Family Guy
Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady · 1 eps
NOVA
Narrator · 3 eps
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko · 6 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger · 48 eps
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
The Seventh Scroll
Grant Schiller · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini · 1 eps
The Diamond Hunters
Jacobus Van der Byl · 2 eps
Warship
Narrator · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps
So Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Howard Stern Show
Self · 1 eps
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self - Host
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
New England Our Way
Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self