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Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

ActingBorn November 10, 1932Died February 10, 2008 (age 75)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.

Filmography

2009
Iron Cross

as Joseph

Movie
2009
The Shark Is Still Working

as Narrator / Self

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Chicago 10

as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

Movie
2007
The Poet

as Rabbi

Movie
2007Movie
2005
Dracula III: Legacy

as Cardinal Siqueros

Movie
2004
The Punisher

as Frank Castle, Sr.

Movie
2003Movie
2003
Citizen Verdict

as Bull Tyler

Movie
2003
Dracula II: Ascension

as Cardinal Siqueros

Movie
2002
Red Serpent

as Hassan

Movie
2002
King of Texas

as Henry Westover

Movie
2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here

as Mayor Harry S. Porter

Movie
2002
Texas '46

as Colonel Gartner

Movie
2001
Time Lapse

as Agent La Nova

Movie
2001
Warship

as Narrator

TV
2001TV
2001
The Making of Jaws 2

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
The Diamond Hunters

as Jacobus Van der Byl

TV
2000
Daybreak

as Stan Marshall

Movie
2000Movie
2000
The Doorway

as Professor Lamont

Movie
2000
Chain of Command

as President Jack Cahill

Movie
2000TV
2000Movie
1999
RKO 281

as George Schaefer

Movie
1999
Third Watch

as Fyodor Chevchenko

TV
1999
The Seventh Scroll

as Grant Schiller

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Roy Scheider

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)

TV
1999
Silver Wolf

as John Rockwell

Movie
1999
Jaws 5

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

Movie
1998
The White Raven

as Tom Heath

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Money Play$

as Johnny Tobin

Movie
1998TV
1998
Evasive Action

as Enzo Marcelli

Movie
1997
The Rainmaker

as Wilfred Keeley

Movie
1997
The Peacekeeper

as President Robert Baker

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Executive Target

as President Carlson

Movie
1997
The Definite Maybe

as Eddie Jacobson

Movie
1997
Plato's Run

as Senarkian

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Wild Justice

as Peter Stride

Movie
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding

as Don Falcone

Movie
1993
SeaQuest DSV

as Captain Nathan Bridger

Movie
1993
seaQuest DSV

as Captain Nathan Bridger

TV
1992
When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

Movie
1991
Naked Lunch

as Dr. Benway

Movie
1991Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

as Joe Gideon (archive footage)

Movie
1990
The Fourth War

as Col. Jack Knowles

Movie
1989
Night Game

as Seaver

Movie
1989
Listen to Me

as Charlie Nichols

Movie
1989Movie
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1987
Jaws: The Revenge

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

Movie
1986
52 Pick-Up

as Harry Mitchell

Movie
1986
The Men's Club

as Cavanaugh

Movie
1986Movie
1984
2010

as Dr. Heywood Floyd

Movie
1984
Tiger Town

as Billy Young

Movie
1984Movie
1983
Blue Thunder

as Murphy

Movie
1982
Still of the Night

as Doctor Sam Rice

Movie
1979
All That Jazz

as Joe Gideon

Movie
1979
Last Embrace

as Harry Hannan

Movie
1978
Jaws 2

as Police Chief Martin Brody

Movie
1977
Sorcerer

as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'

Movie
1976
Marathon Man

as Henry 'Doc' Levy

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Jaws

as Brody

Movie
1974Movie
1974
NOVA

as Narrator

TV
1973
The Seven-Ups

as Buddy - Seven-Up

Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Assassination

as Michael Howard

Movie
1972
Assignment: Munich

as Jack Webster

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
The French Connection

as Buddy Russo

Movie
1971TV
1971
Klute

as Frank Ligourin

Movie
1970
Loving

as Skip

Movie
1969
Stiletto

as Bennett

Movie
1968
Paper Lion

as Man (uncredited)

Movie
1964Movie
1964Movie
1955
A Wind from the South

as Dancer (uncredited)

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Francesco Barberini

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 10, 1932
Day of DeathFebruary 10, 2008
Place of BirthOrange, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.8