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Roy Scheider


Roy Scheider

Birthday:

11/10/1932

Place of birth:

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.


Credits

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self
Iron Cross (2009)
as Joseph
The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
as Narrator / Self
Dark Honeymoon (2008)
as Sam
Chicago 10 (2008)
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Poet (2007)
as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care (2007)
as Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006)
as Self
Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
as Cardinal Siqueros
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures (2004)
as Self
The Punisher (2004)
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Love Thy Neighbor (2003)
as Fred
Citizen Verdict (2003)
as Bull Tyler
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
as Cardinal Siqueros
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Red Serpent (2002)
as Hassan
King of Texas (2002)
as Henry Westover
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines (2002)
as Narrator
Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Texas '46 (2002)
as Colonel Gartner
Time Lapse (2001)
as Agent La Nova
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection (2001)
as Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001)
as Self
The Making of Jaws 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Daybreak (2000)
as Stan Marshall
Hitler's Lost Sub (2000)
as Narrator
The Doorway (2000)
as Professor Lamont
Chain of Command (2000)
as President Jack Cahill
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)
as Self
Falling Through (2000)
as Earl
RKO 281 (1999)
as George Schaefer
Silver Wolf (1999)
as John Rockwell
Jaws 5 (1999)
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
The White Raven (1998)
as Tom Heath
Better Living (1998)
as Larry
Money Play$ (1998)
as Johnny Tobin
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures (1998)
as Narrator
Evasive Action (1998)
as Enzo Marcelli
The Rainmaker (1997)
as Wilfred Keeley
The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
as Hal
The Peacekeeper (1997)
as President Robert Baker
The Rage (1997)
as
Executive Target (1997)
as President Carlson
The Definite Maybe (1997)
as Eddie Jacobson
Plato's Run (1997)
as Senarkian
The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
as Self - Host
Wild Justice (1994)
as Peter Stride
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV (1993)
as Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch (1991)
as Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game (1991)
as (voice)
The Russia House (1990)
as Russell
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
as Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990)
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Fourth War (1990)
as Col. Jack Knowles
Night Game (1989)
as Seaver
Listen to Me (1989)
as Charlie Nichols
Cohen and Tate (1989)
as Cohen
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
as Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club (1986)
as Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert (1986)
as Narrator
2010 (1984)
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town (1984)
as Billy Young
2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984)
as Himself
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983)
as Jacobo Timerman
Blue Thunder (1983)
as Murphy
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder (1983)
as
Still of the Night (1982)
as Doctor Sam Rice
All That Jazz (1979)
as Joe Gideon
Last Embrace (1979)
as Harry Hannan
Jaws 2 (1978)
as Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer (1977)
as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
Marathon Man (1976)
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)
as Sam Stoneman
Jaws (1975)
as Brody
New England Our Way (1974)
as Self
The Seven-Ups (1973)
as Buddy - Seven-Up
Un homme est mort (1972)
as Lenny
L'Attentat (1972)
as Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich (1972)
as Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
as
The French Connection (1971)
as Buddy Russo
Klute (1971)
as Frank Ligourin
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
as Mark
Loving (1970)
as Skip
Stiletto (1969)
as Bennett
Paper Lion (1968)
as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
as Philip Sinclair
Smiles (1964)
as
A Wind from the South (1955)
as Dancer (uncredited)