Roy Scheider
Known for Acting · 115 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
Third Watch
1999
as Fyodor Chevchenko
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Cannon
1971
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
The Oscars
1953
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Secret Storm
1954
Love of Life
1951
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self
Secrets of the Dead
2000
as Narrator
The Howard Stern Show
1990
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Francesco Barberini
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Grant Schiller
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Diamond Hunters
2001
as Jacobus Van der Byl
Warship
2001
as Narrator
Movies (94)
Jaws
1975
as Brody
The Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Sorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
The Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
Jaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Blue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
The French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Marathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
Naked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
All That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
Cohen and Tate
1989
as Cohen
Klute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
Loving
1970
as Skip
52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
The Russia House
1990
as Russell
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
Chicago 10
2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Listen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Still of the Night
1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
The Outside Man
1972
as Lenny
Dracula II: Ascension
2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
The Peacekeeper
1997
as President Robert Baker
The Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
Dracula III: Legacy
2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
Evasive Action
1998
as Enzo Marcelli
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self - Host
Last Embrace
1979
as Harry Hannan
Night Game
1989
as Seaver
RKO 281
1999
as George Schaefer
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Hal
Silver Wolf
1999
as John Rockwell
The Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard
The Men's Club
1986
as Cavanaugh
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
The Poet
2007
as Rabbi
The Definite Maybe
1997
as Eddie Jacobson
Daybreak
2000
as Stan Marshall
The White Raven
1998
as Tom Heath
King of Texas
2002
as Henry Westover
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
as Jacobo Timerman
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
as Himself
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Narrator / Self
Money Play$
1998
as Johnny Tobin
Tiger Town
1984
as Billy Young
Executive Target
1997
as President Carlson
Love Thy Neighbor
2003
as Fred
Paper Lion
1968
as Man (uncredited)
Chain of Command
2000
as President Jack Cahill
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Mark
Red Serpent
2002
as Hassan
The Rage
1997
Stiletto
1969
as Bennett
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
as Sam Stoneman
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
Falling Through
2000
as Earl
Dark Honeymoon
2008
as Sam
Plato's Run
1997
as Senarkian
SeaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995
as Self
Assignment: Munich
1972
as Jack Webster
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Time Lapse
2001
as Agent La Nova
The Doorway
2000
as Professor Lamont
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
Wild Justice
1994
as Peter Stride
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
as Paul Marish
Smiles
1964
Citizen Verdict
2003
as Bull Tyler
A Wind from the South
1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
Better Living
1998
as Larry
Iron Cross
2009
as Joseph
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Follies: In Concert
1986
as Narrator
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
The Making of Jaws 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
Texas '46
2002
as Colonel Gartner
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
as Philip Sinclair
Jaws 5
1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
If I Didn't Care
2007
as Linus
Jaws Toy Movie
2020
as Martin Brody (voice)
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000
as Narrator
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
as Narrator
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
as Narrator
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
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 115 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Roy Scheider has appeared in 94 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Roy Scheider Movies
- Jaws (1975) — as Brody
- The Punisher (2004) — as Frank Castle, Sr.
- Sorcerer (1977) — as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
- The Rainmaker (1997) — as Wilfred Keeley
- Jaws 2 (1978) — as Police Chief Martin Brody
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