Roy Scheider
Acting
Born November 10, 1932 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Films (93)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
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 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
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