Roy Scheider

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Roy Scheider

Acting 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 celebrat…

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Jaws

Jaws

7.7 1975 Movie
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4 1999 TV Show
The Punisher

The Punisher

6.4 2004 Movie
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The French Connection

The French Connection

7.5 1971 Movie
Jaws 2

Jaws 2

6.0 1978 Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

7.0 1997 Movie
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

7.2 1976 Movie
Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

7.0 1991 Movie
Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge

4.1 1987 Movie
2010

2010

6.7 1984 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Movie Self

  2. 2009
    Iron Cross

    Movie Joseph

  3. 2009
    The Shark Is Still Working

    Movie Narrator / Self

  4. 2008
    Dark Honeymoon

    Movie Sam

  5. 2008
    Chicago 10

    Movie Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

  6. 2007
    The Poet

    Movie Rabbi

  7. 2007
    If I Didn't Care

    Movie Linus

  8. 2006
    Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

    Movie Self

  9. 2005
    Dracula III: Legacy

    Movie Cardinal Siqueros

  10. 2004
    Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

    Movie Self

  11. 2004
    The Best of So Graham Norton

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2004
    The Punisher

    Movie Frank Castle, Sr.

  13. 2003
    Love Thy Neighbor

    Movie Fred

  14. 2003
    Citizen Verdict

    Movie Bull Tyler

  15. 2003
    Dracula II: Ascension

    Movie Cardinal Siqueros

  16. 2003
    A Decade Under the Influence

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2002
    Red Serpent

    Movie Hassan

  2. 2002
    King of Texas

    Movie Henry Westover

  3. 2002
    Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

    Movie Narrator

  4. 2002
    Angels Don't Sleep Here

    Movie Mayor Harry S. Porter

  5. 2002
    Texas '46

    Movie Colonel Gartner

  6. 2001
    Time Lapse

    Movie Agent La Nova

  7. 2001
    Warship

    TV show Narrator

  8. 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    TV show Mark Ford Brady

  9. 2001
    Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

    Movie Self

  10. 2001
    Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    The Making of Jaws 2

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2001
    The Diamond Hunters

    TV show Jacobus Van der Byl

  13. 2000
    Daybreak

    Movie Stan Marshall

  14. 2000
    Hitler's Lost Sub

    Movie Narrator

  15. 2000
    The Doorway

    Movie Professor Lamont

  16. 2000
    Chain of Command

    Movie President Jack Cahill

  17. 2000
    Secrets of the Dead

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  18. 2000
    The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

    Movie Self

  19. 2000
    Falling Through

    Movie Earl

  20. 1999
    RKO 281

    Movie George Schaefer

  21. 1999
    Third Watch

    TV show Fyodor Chevchenko

  22. 1999
    The Seventh Scroll

    TV show Grant Schiller

  23. 1999
    Family Guy

    TV show Roy Scheider

  24. 1999
    Silver Wolf

    Movie John Rockwell