Roy Scheider
Born: 1932-11-10 in Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2008-02-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2009
- The Shark Is Still Working as Narrator / Self
- Iron Cross as Joseph
2008
- Chicago 10 as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
- Dark Honeymoon as Sam
2007
- The Poet as Rabbi
- If I Didn't Care as Linus
2006
2005
- Dracula III: Legacy as Cardinal Siqueros
2004
- The Punisher as Frank Castle, Sr.
- Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures as Self
2003
- Dracula II: Ascension as Cardinal Siqueros
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- Love Thy Neighbor as Fred
- Citizen Verdict as Bull Tyler
2002
- King of Texas as Henry Westover
- Angels Don't Sleep Here as Mayor Harry S. Porter
- Texas '46 as Colonel Gartner
- Red Serpent as Hassan
- Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines as Narrator
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mark Ford Brady
- The Diamond Hunters as Jacobus Van der Byl
- Time Lapse as Agent La Nova
- Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self
- Warship as Narrator
- The Making of Jaws 2 as Self (archive footage)
- Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' as Self
2000
- Secrets of the Dead as Narrator
- The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self
- Daybreak as Stan Marshall
- The Doorway as Professor Lamont
- Chain of Command as President Jack Cahill
- Falling Through as Earl
- Hitler's Lost Sub as Narrator
1999
- Family Guy as Roy Scheider
- Third Watch as Fyodor Chevchenko
- The Seventh Scroll as Grant Schiller
- RKO 281 as George Schaefer
- Silver Wolf as John Rockwell
- Jaws 5 as Martin Brody (archive footage)
1998
- So Graham Norton as Self
- Evasive Action as Enzo Marcelli
- The White Raven as Tom Heath
- Money Play$ as Johnny Tobin
- Better Living as Larry
- World's Deadliest Sea Creatures as Narrator
1997
- The Rainmaker as Wilfred Keeley
- Executive Target as President Carlson
- The Rage
- The Peacekeeper as President Robert Baker
- The Myth of Fingerprints as Hal
- Plato's Run as Senarkian
- The Definite Maybe as Eddie Jacobson
1995
- The Making of 'Jaws' as Self
1994
- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self - Host
- Wild Justice as Peter Stride
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Captain Nathan Bridger
- Romeo Is Bleeding as Don Falcone
- SeaQuest DSV as Captain Nathan Bridger
1992
- When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice)
1991
- Naked Lunch as Dr. Benway
- When It Was a Game as (voice)
1990
- The Howard Stern Show as Self
- The Russia House as Russell
- The Fourth War as Col. Jack Knowles
- Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture as Paul Marish
- Bob Fosse: Steam Heat as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1989
- Listen to Me as Charlie Nichols
- Night Game as Seaver
- Cohen and Tate as Cohen
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
1987
- Jaws: The Revenge as Martin Brody (archive footage)
1986
- 52 Pick-Up as Harry Mitchell
- The Men's Club as Cavanaugh
- Follies: In Concert as Narrator
1984
- 2010 as Dr. Heywood Floyd
- Tiger Town as Billy Young
- 2010 : The Odyssey Continues as Himself
1983
- Blue Thunder as Murphy
- Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number as Jacobo Timerman
- Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1982
- Still of the Night as Doctor Sam Rice
1979
- All That Jazz as Joe Gideon
- Last Embrace as Harry Hannan
1978
- Jaws 2 as Police Chief Martin Brody
1977
- Sorcerer as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
1976
- Marathon Man as Henry 'Doc' Levy
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Jaws as Brody
- People's Choice Awards as Self
- Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York as Sam Stoneman
1974
- NOVA as Narrator
- New England Our Way as Self
1973
- The Seven-Ups as Buddy - Seven-Up
1972
- The Outside Man as Lenny
- The Assassination as Michael Howard
- Assignment: Munich as Jack Webster
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1971
- Cannon
- The French Connection as Buddy Russo
- Klute as Frank Ligourin
1970
- Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Mark
- Loving as Skip
1969
- Stiletto as Bennett
1968
- Paper Lion as Man (uncredited)
1964
- The Curse of the Living Corpse as Philip Sinclair
- Smiles
1955
- A Wind from the South as Dancer (uncredited)
1954
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Love of Life
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Francesco Barberini