Roy Scheider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 10, 1932
- Died
- Feb 10, 2008 (aged 75)
- Place of birth
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 114
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
Jaws
1975Movie
Brody
Family Guy
1999TV
Roy Scheider, Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
The Punisher
2004Movie
Frank Castle, Sr.
The French Connection
1971Movie
Buddy Russo
Jaws 2
1978Movie
Police Chief Martin Brody
The Rainmaker
1997Movie
Wilfred Keeley
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025Movie
Self
Iron Cross
2009Movie
Joseph
The Shark Is Still Working
2009Movie
Narrator / Self
Dark Honeymoon
2008Movie
Sam
Chicago 10
2008Movie
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Poet
2007Movie
Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
2007Movie
Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006Movie
Self
Dracula III: Legacy
2005Movie
Cardinal Siqueros
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004Movie
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Punisher
2004Movie
Frank Castle, Sr.
Love Thy Neighbor
2003Movie
Fred
Citizen Verdict
2003Movie
Bull Tyler
Dracula II: Ascension
2003Movie
Cardinal Siqueros
A Decade Under the Influence
2003Movie
Self
Red Serpent
2002Movie
Hassan
King of Texas
2002Movie
Henry Westover
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002Movie
Narrator
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002Movie
Mayor Harry S. Porter
Texas '46
2002Movie
Colonel Gartner
Time Lapse
2001Movie
Agent La Nova
Warship
2001TV
Narrator
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001TV
Mark Ford Brady
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001Movie
Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001Movie
Self
The Making of Jaws 2
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Diamond Hunters
2001TV
Jacobus Van der Byl
Daybreak
2000Movie
Stan Marshall
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000Movie
Narrator
The Doorway
2000Movie
Professor Lamont
Chain of Command
2000Movie
President Jack Cahill
Secrets of the Dead
2000TV
Narrator (voice)
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000Movie
Self
Falling Through
2000Movie
Earl
RKO 281
1999Movie
George Schaefer
Third Watch
1999TV
Fyodor Chevchenko
The Seventh Scroll
1999TV
Grant Schiller
Family Guy
1999TV
Roy Scheider, Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
Silver Wolf
1999Movie
John Rockwell
Jaws 5
1999Movie
Martin Brody (archive footage)
The White Raven
1998Movie
Tom Heath
Better Living
1998Movie
Larry
Money Play$
1998Movie
Johnny Tobin
So Graham Norton
1998TV
Self
Evasive Action
1998Movie
Enzo Marcelli
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998Movie
Narrator
The Rainmaker
1997Movie
Wilfred Keeley
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997Movie
Hal
The Peacekeeper
1997Movie
President Robert Baker
The Rage
1997Movie
Executive Target
1997Movie
President Carlson
The Definite Maybe
1997Movie
Eddie Jacobson
Plato's Run
1997Movie
Senarkian
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995Movie
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994Movie
Self - Host
Wild Justice
1994Movie
Peter Stride
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993Movie
Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV
1993Movie
Captain Nathan Bridger
seaQuest DSV
1993TV
Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game 2
1992Movie
Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch
1991Movie
Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game
1991Movie
(voice)
The Russia House
1990Movie
Russell
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990Movie
Paul Marish
The Howard Stern Show
1990TV
Self
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990Movie
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Fourth War
1990Movie
Col. Jack Knowles
Night Game
1989Movie
Seaver
Listen to Me
1989Movie
Charlie Nichols
Cohen and Tate
1989Movie
Cohen
American Experience
1988TV
Narrator (voice)
Jaws: The Revenge
1987Movie
Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up
1986Movie
Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club
1986Movie
Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert
1986Movie
Narrator
2010
1984Movie
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town
1984Movie
Billy Young
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984Movie
Himself
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983Movie
Jacobo Timerman
Blue Thunder
1983Movie
Murphy
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983Movie
Still of the Night
1982Movie
Doctor Sam Rice
All That Jazz
1979Movie
Joe Gideon
Last Embrace
1979Movie
Harry Hannan
Jaws 2
1978Movie
Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer
1977Movie
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Marathon Man
1976Movie
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975Movie
Sam Stoneman
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Jaws
1975Movie
Brody
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self
New England Our Way
1974Movie
Self
NOVA
1974TV
Narrator
The Seven-Ups
1973Movie
Buddy - Seven-Up
The Outside Man
1972Movie
Lenny
The Assassination
1972Movie
Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich
1972Movie
Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972Movie
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The French Connection
1971Movie
Buddy Russo
Cannon
1971TV
Klute
1971Movie
Frank Ligourin
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970Movie
Mark
Loving
1970Movie
Skip
Stiletto
1969Movie
Bennett
Paper Lion
1968Movie
Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964Movie
Philip Sinclair
Smiles
1964Movie
A Wind from the South
1955Movie
Dancer (uncredited)
The Secret Storm
1954TV
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Francesco Barberini