Roy Scheider
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 10, 1932 (93 years old)
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
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf | |
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | The Shark Is Still WorkingNarrator / Self | |
| 2009 | Iron CrossJoseph | |
| 2008 | Chicago 10Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | |
| 2008 | Dark HoneymoonSam | |
| 2007 | The PoetRabbi | |
| 2007 | If I Didn't CareLinus | |
| 2006 | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'Self | |
| 2005 | Dracula III: LegacyCardinal Siqueros | |
| 2004 | The PunisherFrank Castle, Sr. | |
| 2004 | Hollywood's Creepiest CreaturesSelf | |
| 2003 | Dracula II: AscensionCardinal Siqueros | |
| 2003 | Citizen VerdictBull Tyler | |
| 2003 | Love Thy NeighborFred | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf | |
| 2002 | King of TexasHenry Westover | |
| 2002 | Texas '46Colonel Gartner | |
| 2002 | Red SerpentHassan | |
| 2002 | Angels Don't Sleep HereMayor Harry S. Porter | |
| 2002 | Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile SubmarinesNarrator | |
| 2001 | Time LapseAgent La Nova | |
| 2001 | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French ConnectionSelf | |
| 2001 | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'Self | |
| 2001 | The Making of Jaws 2Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentMark Ford Brady | |
| 2001 | The Diamond HuntersJacobus Van der Byl | |
| 2001 | WarshipNarrator | |
| 2000 | DaybreakStan Marshall | |
| 2000 | Chain of CommandPresident Jack Cahill | |
| 2000 | The DoorwayProfessor Lamont | |
| 2000 | Hitler's Lost SubNarrator | |
| 2000 | Falling ThroughEarl | |
| 2000 | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'Self | |
| 2000 | Secrets of the DeadNarrator | |
| 1999 | RKO 281George Schaefer | |
| 1999 | Silver WolfJohn Rockwell | |
| 1999 | Jaws 5Martin Brody (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Third WatchFyodor Chevchenko | |
| 1999 | Family GuyRoy Scheider | |
| 1999 | Family GuyRoy Scheider / Narrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | The Seventh ScrollGrant Schiller | |
| 1998 | Evasive ActionEnzo Marcelli | |
| 1998 | Money Play$Johnny Tobin | |
| 1998 | The White RavenTom Heath | |
| 1998 | Better LivingLarry | |
| 1998 | World's Deadliest Sea CreaturesNarrator | |
| 1998 | So Graham NortonSelf | |
| 1997 | The RainmakerWilfred Keeley | |
| 1997 | The PeacekeeperPresident Robert Baker | |
| 1997 | Plato's RunSenarkian | |
| 1997 | The Myth of FingerprintsHal | |
| 1997 | Executive TargetPresident Carlson | |
| 1997 | The Definite MaybeEddie Jacobson | |
| 1997 | The Rage | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jaws'Self | |
| 1994 | Wild JusticePeter Stride | |
| 1994 | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf - Host | |
| 1993 | Romeo Is BleedingDon Falcone | |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSVCaptain Nathan Bridger | |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSVCaptain Nathan Bridger | |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | Naked LunchDr. Benway | |
| 1991 | When It Was a Game(voice) | |
| 1990 | The Russia HouseRussell | |
| 1990 | The Fourth WarCol. Jack Knowles | |
| 1990 | Somebody Has to Shoot the PicturePaul Marish | |
| 1990 | Bob Fosse: Steam HeatJoe Gideon (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | The Howard Stern ShowSelf | |
| 1989 | Cohen and TateCohen | |
| 1989 | Night GameSeaver | |
| 1989 | Listen to MeCharlie Nichols | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | Jaws: The RevengeMartin Brody (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | 52 Pick-UpHarry Mitchell | |
| 1986 | The Men's ClubCavanaugh | |
| 1986 | Follies: In ConcertNarrator | |
| 1984 | 2010Dr. Heywood Floyd | |
| 1984 | Tiger TownBilly Young | |
| 1984 | 2010 : The Odyssey ContinuesHimself | |
| 1983 | Blue ThunderMurphy | |
| 1983 | Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a NumberJacobo Timerman | |
| 1983 | Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder | |
| 1982 | Still of the NightDoctor Sam Rice | |
| 1979 | Last EmbraceHarry Hannan | |
| 1979 | All That JazzJoe Gideon | |
| 1978 | Jaws 2Police Chief Martin Brody | |
| 1977 | SorcererScanlon / "Dominguez" | |
| 1976 | Marathon ManHenry 'Doc' Levy | |
| 1975 | JawsBrody | |
| 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New YorkSam Stoneman | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | People's Choice AwardsSelf | |
| 1974 | New England Our WaySelf | |
| 1974 | NOVANarrator | |
| 1973 | The Seven-UpsBuddy - Seven-Up | |
| 1972 | The Outside ManLenny | |
| 1972 | The AssassinationMichael Howard | |
| 1972 | Assignment: MunichJack Webster | |
| 1972 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | |
| 1971 | KluteFrank Ligourin | |
| 1971 | The French ConnectionBuddy Russo | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall ChildMark | |
| 1970 | LovingSkip | |
| 1969 | StilettoBennett | |
| 1968 | Paper LionMan (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | The Curse of the Living CorpsePhilip Sinclair | |
| 1964 | Smiles | |
| 1955 | A Wind from the SouthDancer (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | Love of Life | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameFrancesco Barberini |
| 2001 | WarshipPresenter |