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