Roy Scheider

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
• Iron Cross (2009)
• The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
• Dark Honeymoon (2008)
• Chicago 10 (2008)
• The Poet (2007)
• If I Didn't Care (2007)
• Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006)
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
• Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures (2004)
• The Best of So Graham Norton (2004)
• The Punisher (2004)
• Love Thy Neighbor (2003)
• Citizen Verdict (2003)
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
• A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
• Red Serpent (2002)
• King of Texas (2002)
• Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines (2002)
• Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)
• Texas '46 (2002)
• Time Lapse (2001)
• Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection (2001)
• Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001)
• The Making of Jaws 2 (2001)
• Daybreak (2000)
• Hitler's Lost Sub (2000)
• The Doorway (2000)
• Chain of Command (2000)
• The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)
• Falling Through (2000)
• RKO 281 (1999)
• Silver Wolf (1999)
• Jaws 5 (1999)
• The White Raven (1998)
• Better Living (1998)
• Money Play$ (1998)
• Evasive Action (1998)
• World's Deadliest Sea Creatures (1998)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
• The Peacekeeper (1997)
• The Rage (1997)
• Executive Target (1997)
• The Definite Maybe (1997)
• Plato's Run (1997)
• The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
• Wild Justice (1994)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• SeaQuest DSV (1993)
• When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• When It Was a Game (1991)
• The Russia House (1990)
• Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
• Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990)
• The Fourth War (1990)
• Night Game (1989)
• Listen to Me (1989)
• Cohen and Tate (1989)
• Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
• 52 Pick-Up (1986)
• The Men's Club (1986)
• Follies: In Concert (1986)
• 2010 (1984)
• Tiger Town (1984)
• 2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984)
• Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder (1983)
• Still of the Night (1982)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• Jaws 2 (1978)
• Sorcerer (1977)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)
• Jaws (1975)
• New England Our Way (1974)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• The Outside Man (1972)
• The Assassination (1972)
• Assignment: Munich (1972)
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
• The French Connection (1971)
• Klute (1971)
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
• Loving (1970)
• Stiletto (1969)
• Paper Lion (1968)
• The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
• Smiles (1964)
• A Wind from the South (1955)