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Roy Scheider

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1932-11-10

Day of Death

2008-02-10

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Roy Scheider

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 (93)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025
⭐ 5.8 Role: Joseph

Iron Cross

2009
⭐ 7.3 Role: Narrator / Self

The Shark Is Still Working

2009
⭐ 3.2 Role: Sam

Dark Honeymoon

2008
⭐ 5.8 Role: Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

Chicago 10

2008
⭐ 5.4 Role: Rabbi

The Poet

2007
⭐ 6.5 Role: Linus

If I Didn't Care

2007
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

2006
⭐ 4.9 Role: Cardinal Siqueros

Dracula III: Legacy

2005
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004
⭐ 6.4 Role: Frank Castle, Sr.

The Punisher

2004
⭐ 3.0 Role: Fred

Love Thy Neighbor

2003
⭐ 3.9 Role: Bull Tyler

Citizen Verdict

2003
⭐ 5.7 Role: Cardinal Siqueros

Dracula II: Ascension

2003
⭐ 7.9 Role: Self

A Decade Under the Influence

2003