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