Roy Scheider
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1932-11-10
- Died
- 2008-02-10
- Place of birth
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Roy R. Scheider · Roy Richard Scheider
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
TV Shows (21)
Family Guy
1999
as Roy Scheider / Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Mark Ford Brady
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Third Watch
1999
as Fyodor Chevchenko
Cannon
1971
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
The Secret Storm
1954
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self
Love of Life
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Francesco Barberini
Secrets of the Dead
2000
as Narrator
The Howard Stern Show
1990
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Grant Schiller
Warship
2001
as Narrator
The Diamond Hunters
2001
as Jacobus Van der Byl
Movies (93)
Jaws
1975
as Brody
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
The Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Jaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
The French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
The Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
Sorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Blue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
Marathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Naked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
Klute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
The Russia House
1990
as Russell
All That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
Dracula II: Ascension
2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
Assignment: Munich
1972
as Jack Webster
The Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
Money Play$
1998
as Johnny Tobin
Still of the Night
1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
The Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard
A Wind from the South
1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Hal
Listen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
Executive Target
1997
as President Carlson
Evasive Action
1998
as Enzo Marcelli
Dark Honeymoon
2008
as Sam
52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
RKO 281
1999
as George Schaefer
SeaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
The Doorway
2000
as Professor Lamont
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Narrator / Self
Jaws 5
1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
The Men's Club
1986
as Cavanaugh
Dracula III: Legacy
2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
Last Embrace
1979
as Harry Hannan
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
as Himself
Night Game
1989
as Seaver
Chain of Command
2000
as President Jack Cahill
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
Smiles
1964
Silver Wolf
1999
as John Rockwell
King of Texas
2002
as Henry Westover
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
The Peacekeeper
1997
as President Robert Baker
Love Thy Neighbor
2003
as Fred
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995
as Self
The Definite Maybe
1997
as Eddie Jacobson
The Outside Man
1972
as Lenny
Time Lapse
2001
as Agent La Nova
Stiletto
1969
as Bennett
Cohen and Tate
1989
as Cohen
Falling Through
2000
as Earl
The White Raven
1998
as Tom Heath
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self - Host
The Poet
2007
as Rabbi
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
as Sam Stoneman
Chicago 10
2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
as Paul Marish
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Mark
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
Plato's Run
1997
as Senarkian
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000
as Narrator
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
as Jacobo Timerman
Daybreak
2000
as Stan Marshall
The Rage
1997
Iron Cross
2009
as Joseph
Wild Justice
1994
as Peter Stride
Paper Lion
1968
as Man (uncredited)
Citizen Verdict
2003
as Bull Tyler
Better Living
1998
as Larry
The Making of Jaws 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Tiger Town
1984
as Billy Young
Red Serpent
2002
as Hassan
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Loving
1970
as Skip
If I Didn't Care
2007
as Linus
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
as Narrator
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Texas '46
2002
as Colonel Gartner
Follies: In Concert
1986
as Narrator
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
as Philip Sinclair
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
as Narrator
About Roy Scheider
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 /… With 114 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Roy Scheider has appeared in 93 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Roy Scheider Movies
- Jaws (1975) — as Brody
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987) — as Martin Brody (archive footage)
- The Punisher (2004) — as Frank Castle, Sr.
- Jaws 2 (1978) — as Police Chief Martin Brody
- The French Connection (1971) — as Buddy Russo
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