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