Roy Scheider
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-11-10
- Died:
- 2008-02-10
- Place of birth:
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Iron Cross
The Shark Is Still Working
Dark Honeymoon
Chicago 10
The Poet
If I Didn't Care
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Dracula III: Legacy
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
The Best of So Graham Norton
The Punisher
Love Thy Neighbor
Citizen Verdict
Dracula II: Ascension
A Decade Under the Influence
Red Serpent
King of Texas
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Texas '46
Time Lapse
Warship
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
The Making of Jaws 2
The Diamond Hunters
Daybreak
Hitler's Lost Sub
The Doorway
Chain of Command
Secrets of the Dead
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Falling Through
RKO 281
Third Watch
The Seventh Scroll
Family Guy
Silver Wolf
Jaws 5
The White Raven
Better Living
Money Play$
So Graham Norton
Evasive Action
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
The Rainmaker
The Myth of Fingerprints
The Peacekeeper
The Rage
Executive Target
The Definite Maybe
Plato's Run
E! True Hollywood Story
The Making of 'Jaws'
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Wild Justice
Romeo Is Bleeding
SeaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV
When It Was a Game 2
Naked Lunch
When It Was a Game
The Russia House
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
The Howard Stern Show
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
The Fourth War
Night Game
Listen to Me
Cohen and Tate
American Experience
Jaws: The Revenge
52 Pick-Up
The Men's Club
Follies: In Concert
2010
Tiger Town
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Blue Thunder
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Still of the Night
All That Jazz
Last Embrace
Jaws 2
Sorcerer
Marathon Man
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Saturday Night Live
Jaws
People's Choice Awards
New England Our Way
NOVA
The Seven-Ups
The Outside Man
The Assassination
Assignment: Munich
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Film '72
The French Connection
Cannon
Klute
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Loving
Stiletto
Paper Lion
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Smiles
A Wind from the South
The Secret Storm
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame