Roy Scheider
Acting
1932-11-10 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
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
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Movie
Iron Cross
2009 · Movie
The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Movie
Dark Honeymoon
2008 · Movie
Chicago 10
2008 · Movie
The Poet
2007 · Movie
If I Didn't Care
2007 · Movie
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Movie
Dracula III: Legacy
2005 · Movie
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004 · Movie
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Movie
The Punisher
2004 · Movie
Love Thy Neighbor
2003 · Movie
Citizen Verdict
2003 · Movie
Dracula II: Ascension
2003 · Movie
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Movie
Red Serpent
2002 · Movie
King of Texas
2002 · Movie
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002 · Movie
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002 · Movie
Texas '46
2002 · Movie
Time Lapse
2001 · Movie
Warship
2001 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001 · Movie
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001 · Movie
The Making of Jaws 2
2001 · Movie
The Diamond Hunters
2001 · Series
Daybreak
2000 · Movie
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000 · Movie
The Doorway
2000 · Movie
Chain of Command
2000 · Movie
Secrets of the Dead
2000 · Series
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000 · Movie
Falling Through
2000 · Movie
RKO 281
1999 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
The Seventh Scroll
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Silver Wolf
1999 · Movie
Jaws 5
1999 · Movie
The White Raven
1998 · Movie
Better Living
1998 · Movie
Money Play$
1998 · Movie
So Graham Norton
1998 · Series
Evasive Action
1998 · Movie
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998 · Movie
The Rainmaker
1997 · Movie
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997 · Movie
The Peacekeeper
1997 · Movie
The Rage
1997 · Movie
Executive Target
1997 · Movie
The Definite Maybe
1997 · Movie
Plato's Run
1997 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995 · Movie
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Movie
Wild Justice
1994 · Movie
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993 · Movie
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Series
SeaQuest DSV
1993 · Movie
When It Was a Game 2
1992 · Movie
Naked Lunch
1991 · Movie
When It Was a Game
1991 · Movie
The Russia House
1990 · Movie
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990 · Movie
The Howard Stern Show
1990 · Series
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990 · Movie
The Fourth War
1990 · Movie
Night Game
1989 · Movie
Listen to Me
1989 · Movie
Cohen and Tate
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · Movie
52 Pick-Up
1986 · Movie
The Men's Club
1986 · Movie
Follies: In Concert
1986 · Movie
2010
1984 · Movie
Tiger Town
1984 · Movie
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Movie
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983 · Movie
Blue Thunder
1983 · Movie
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983 · Movie
Still of the Night
1982 · Movie
All That Jazz
1979 · Movie
Last Embrace
1979 · Movie
Jaws 2
1978 · Movie
Sorcerer
1977 · Movie
Marathon Man
1976 · Movie
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Jaws
1975 · Movie
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
New England Our Way
1974 · Movie
NOVA
1974 · Series
The Seven-Ups
1973 · Movie
The Outside Man
1972 · Movie
The Assassination
1972 · Movie
Assignment: Munich
1972 · Movie
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
The French Connection
1971 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
Klute
1971 · Movie
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970 · Movie
Loving
1970 · Movie
Stiletto
1969 · Movie
Paper Lion
1968 · Movie
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964 · Movie
Smiles
1964 · Movie
A Wind from the South
1955 · Movie
The Secret Storm
1954 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series