Acting
Roy Scheider
EN, FR cinema · 94 credits
Born
10 November 1932
Died
10 February 2008 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Roy R. Scheider · Roy Richard 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 / 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
Filmography
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
Iron Cross
as Joseph
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Poet
as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
King of Texas
as Henry Westover
Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
Red Serpent
as Hassan
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill
The Doorway
as Professor Lamont
Hitler's Lost Sub
as Narrator
Falling Through
as Earl
RKO 281
as George Schaefer
Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell
Jaws 5
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli
Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin
The White Raven
as Tom Heath
Better Living
as Larry
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
as Narrator
The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley
The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker
Plato's Run
as Senarkian
Executive Target
as President Carlson
The Definite Maybe
as Eddie Jacobson
The Rage
Actor
Wild Justice
as Peter Stride
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
The Russia House
as Russell
The Fourth War
as Col. Jack Knowles
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
as Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
Cohen and Tate
as Cohen
Night Game
as Seaver
Listen to Me
as Charlie Nichols
Jaws: The Revenge
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up
as Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club
as Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert
as Narrator
2010
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town
as Billy Young
Blue Thunder
as Murphy
Still of the Night
as Doctor Sam Rice
Last Embrace
as Harry Hannan
All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon
Jaws 2
as Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Marathon Man
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Jaws
as Brody
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
as Sam Stoneman
The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up
The Outside Man
as Lenny
The Assassination
as Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich
as Jack Webster
Klute
as Frank Ligourin
The French Connection
as Buddy Russo
Loving
as Skip
Stiletto
as Bennett
Paper Lion
as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse
as Philip Sinclair
A Wind from the South
as Dancer (uncredited)