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