Cast
Roy Scheider
Acting
Cast
Roy Scheider
Known for
Acting
Born
1932-11-10
From
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died
2008-02-10
Also known as Roy R. Scheider, Roy Richard Scheider
Biography
Roy Richard Scheider (/ΛΚaΙͺdΙr/; November 10, 1932 β 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 1993β1996.
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7.7
MOVIE1975
Jaws
as Brody
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4.1
MOVIE1987
Jaws: The Revenge
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
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6.4
MOVIE2004
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
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6.0
MOVIE1978
Jaws 2
as Police Chief Martin Brody
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7.5
MOVIE1971
The French Connection
as Buddy Russo
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6.7
MOVIE1984
2010
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
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7.0
MOVIE1997
The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley
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7.5
MOVIE1977
Sorcerer
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
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6.2
MOVIE1983
Blue Thunder
as Murphy
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7.5
MOVIE2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
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7.2
MOVIE1976
Marathon Man
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
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7.0
MOVIE1991
Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway
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6.8
MOVIE1971
Klute
as Frank Ligourin
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6.1
MOVIE1990
The Russia House
as Russell
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7.5
MOVIE1979
All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon
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5.7
MOVIE2003
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
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8.0
MOVIE1972
Assignment: Munich
as Jack Webster
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6.4
MOVIE1973
The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up
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6.3
MOVIE1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Don Falcone
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4.8
MOVIE1998
Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin
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5.7
MOVIE1982
Still of the Night
as Doctor Sam Rice
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6.6
MOVIE1972
The Assassination
as Michael Howard
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5.9
MOVIE1955
A Wind from the South
as Dancer (uncredited)
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5.1
MOVIE1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal
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5.4
MOVIE1989
Listen to Me
as Charlie Nichols
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7.3
MOVIE2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
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4.8
MOVIE1997
Executive Target
as President Carlson
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6.6
MOVIE1998
Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli
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3.2
MOVIE2008
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
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6.1
MOVIE1986
52 Pick-Up
as Harry Mitchell
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6.5
MOVIE1999
RKO 281
as George Schaefer
MOVIE1993
SeaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger
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10.0
MOVIE1991
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
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3.2
MOVIE2000
The Doorway
as Professor Lamont
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7.3
MOVIE2009
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
MOVIE1999
Jaws 5
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
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9.0
MOVIE1992
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
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7.9
MOVIE2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
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4.0
MOVIE1986
The Men's Club
as Cavanaugh
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4.9
MOVIE2005
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
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5.3
MOVIE1990
The Fourth War
as Col. Jack Knowles
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5.4
MOVIE1979
Last Embrace
as Harry Hannan
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10.0
MOVIE1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
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4.7
MOVIE1989
Night Game
as Seaver
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5.4
MOVIE2000
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill
MOVIE1974
New England Our Way
as Self
MOVIE1964
Smiles
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6.4
MOVIE1999
Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell
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5.3
MOVIE2002
King of Texas
as Henry Westover
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2.8
MOVIE2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
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4.8
MOVIE1997
The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker
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3.0
MOVIE2003
Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred
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6.8
MOVIE1995
The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self
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4.5
MOVIE1997
The Definite Maybe
as Eddie Jacobson
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6.2
MOVIE1972
The Outside Man
as Lenny
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4.5
MOVIE2001
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
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5.3
MOVIE1969
Stiletto
as Bennett
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6.5
MOVIE1989
Cohen and Tate
as Cohen
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4.3
MOVIE2000
Falling Through
as Earl
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4.0
MOVIE1998
The White Raven
as Tom Heath
MOVIE1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
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9.0
MOVIE1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self - Host
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5.4
MOVIE2007
The Poet
as Rabbi
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5.7
MOVIE1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
as Sam Stoneman
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5.8
MOVIE2008
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
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7.0
MOVIE1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
as Paul Marish
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6.4
MOVIE1970
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
as Mark
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7.0
MOVIE2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Self
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6.2
MOVIE1997
Plato's Run
as Senarkian
MOVIE2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
as Narrator
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10.0
MOVIE1983
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
as Jacobo Timerman
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4.9
MOVIE2000
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall
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3.7
MOVIE1997
The Rage
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5.8
MOVIE2009
Iron Cross
as Joseph
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5.5
MOVIE1994
Wild Justice
as Peter Stride
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6.8
MOVIE1968
Paper Lion
as Man (uncredited)
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3.9
MOVIE2003
Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
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3.8
MOVIE1998
Better Living
as Larry
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7.8
MOVIE2001
The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
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6.8
MOVIE1984
Tiger Town
as Billy Young
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3.0
MOVIE2002
Red Serpent
as Hassan
MOVIE1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
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6.0
MOVIE1970
Loving
as Skip
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6.5
MOVIE2007
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
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7.0
MOVIE2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
as Narrator
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7.0
MOVIE1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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5.0
MOVIE2002
Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
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7.0
MOVIE1986
Follies: In Concert
as Narrator
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5.8
MOVIE1964
The Curse of the Living Corpse
as Philip Sinclair
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8.1
MOVIE2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
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7.0
MOVIE2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
MOVIE2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
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9.0
MOVIE1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
as Narrator