Roy Scheider
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday10 November 1932
Died10 February 2008 (age 75)
Place of birthOrange, New Jersey, USA
Known credits114
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 Th…
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Self
Iron Cross
2009 · Joseph
The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Narrator / Self
Dark Honeymoon
2008 · Sam
Chicago 10
2008 · Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Poet
2007 · Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
2007 · Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Self
Dracula III: Legacy
2005 · Cardinal Siqueros
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004 · Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Punisher
2004 · Frank Castle, Sr.
Love Thy Neighbor
2003 · Fred
Citizen Verdict
2003 · Bull Tyler
Dracula II: Ascension
2003 · Cardinal Siqueros
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
Red Serpent
2002 · Hassan
King of Texas
2002 · Henry Westover
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002 · Narrator
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002 · Mayor Harry S. Porter
Texas '46
2002 · Colonel Gartner
Time Lapse
2001 · Agent La Nova
Warship
2001 · Narrator
Warship
2001 · Presenter
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Mark Ford Brady
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001 · Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001 · Self
The Making of Jaws 2
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Diamond Hunters
2001 · Jacobus Van der Byl
Daybreak
2000 · Stan Marshall
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000 · Narrator
The Doorway
2000 · Professor Lamont
Chain of Command
2000 · President Jack Cahill
Secrets of the Dead
2000 · Narrator (voice)
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000 · Self
Falling Through
2000 · Earl
RKO 281
1999 · George Schaefer
Third Watch
1999 · Fyodor Chevchenko
The Seventh Scroll
1999 · Grant Schiller
Family Guy
1999 · Roy Scheider
Family Guy
1999 · Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
Silver Wolf
1999 · John Rockwell
Jaws 5
1999 · Martin Brody (archive footage)
The White Raven
1998 · Tom Heath
Better Living
1998 · Larry
Money Play$
1998 · Johnny Tobin
So Graham Norton
1998 · Self
Evasive Action
1998 · Enzo Marcelli
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