Roy Scheider
Acting • Born 1932-11-10 – Died 2008-02-10
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
114 credits
Klute
Movie • 1971
Frank Ligourin
The French Connection
Movie • 1971
Buddy Russo
Jaws
Movie • 1975
Brody
Jaws 2
Movie • 1978
Police Chief Martin Brody
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie • 1993
Don Falcone
The Russia House
Movie • 1990
Russell
Marathon Man
Movie • 1976
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Dracula II: Ascension
Movie • 2003
Cardinal Siqueros
Dracula III: Legacy
Movie • 2005
Cardinal Siqueros
Naked Lunch
Movie • 1991
Dr. Benway
2010
Movie • 1984
Dr. Heywood Floyd
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Movie • 1964
Philip Sinclair
Blue Thunder
Movie • 1983
Murphy
The Punisher
Movie • 2004
Frank Castle, Sr.
The Rainmaker
Movie • 1997
Wilfred Keeley
Still of the Night
Movie • 1982
Doctor Sam Rice
Cohen and Tate
Movie • 1989
Cohen
The Seven-Ups
Movie • 1973
Buddy - Seven-Up
The Peacekeeper
Movie • 1997
President Robert Baker
Chicago 10
Movie • 2008
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Daybreak
Movie • 2000
Stan Marshall
Evasive Action
Movie • 1998
Enzo Marcelli
Last Embrace
Movie • 1979
Harry Hannan
Dark Honeymoon
Movie • 2008
Sam
All That Jazz
Movie • 1979
Joe Gideon
Sorcerer
Movie • 1977
Scanlon / "Dominguez"
King of Texas
Movie • 2002
Henry Westover
The Poet
Movie • 2007
Rabbi
Texas '46
Movie • 2002
Colonel Gartner
The Outside Man
Movie • 1972
Lenny
52 Pick-Up
Movie • 1986
Harry Mitchell
RKO 281
Movie • 1999
George Schaefer
Citizen Verdict
Movie • 2003
Bull Tyler
Red Serpent
Movie • 2002
Hassan
The Fourth War
Movie • 1990
Col. Jack Knowles
If I Didn't Care
Movie • 2007
Linus
Money Play$
Movie • 1998
Johnny Tobin
Night Game
Movie • 1989
Seaver
Plato's Run
Movie • 1997
Senarkian
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Movie • 1970
Mark
The Men's Club
Movie • 1986
Cavanaugh
Chain of Command
Movie • 2000
President Jack Cahill
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Movie • 2004
Self
Silver Wolf
Movie • 1999
John Rockwell
Tiger Town
Movie • 1984
Billy Young
The Myth of Fingerprints
Movie • 1997
Hal
The Shark Is Still Working
Movie • 2009
Narrator / Self
Time Lapse
Movie • 2001
Agent La Nova
The Assassination
Movie • 1972
Michael Howard
Wild Justice
Movie • 1994
Peter Stride
Executive Target
Movie • 1997
President Carlson
The Doorway
Movie • 2000
Professor Lamont
Iron Cross
Movie • 2009
Joseph
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Movie • 1975
Sam Stoneman
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Movie • 2002
Mayor Harry S. Porter
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 2003
Fred
The Making of 'Jaws'
Movie • 1995
Self
The Definite Maybe
Movie • 1997
Eddie Jacobson
The White Raven
Movie • 1998
Tom Heath
Better Living
Movie • 1998
Larry
Paper Lion
Movie • 1968
Man (uncredited)
Listen to Me
Movie • 1989
Charlie Nichols
Loving
Movie • 1970
Skip
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Movie • 2001
Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Movie • 2006
Self
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Movie • 1990
Paul Marish
Hitler's Lost Sub
Movie • 2000
Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie • 2003
Self
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Movie • 1983
Jacobo Timerman
The Rage
Movie • 1997
Assignment: Munich
Movie • 1972
Jack Webster
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Movie • 1990
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Movie • 2001
Self
New England Our Way
Movie • 1974
Self
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Falling Through
Movie • 2000
Earl
The Making of Jaws 2
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie • 1972
Follies: In Concert
Movie • 1986
Narrator
Stiletto
Movie • 1969
Bennett
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Smiles
Movie • 1964
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Movie • 2000
Self
A Wind from the South
Movie • 1955
Dancer (uncredited)
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self - Host
Jaws: The Revenge
Movie • 1987
Martin Brody (archive footage)
Jaws 5
Movie • 1999
Martin Brody (archive footage)
When It Was a Game
Movie • 1991
(voice)
When It Was a Game 2
Movie • 1992
Passage Narrator (voice)
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Movie • 1984
Himself
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie • 2025
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Movie • 1983
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Fyodor Chevchenko
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Roy Scheider
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Love of Life
TV • 1951
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Mark Ford Brady
Cannon
TV • 1971
The Secret Storm
TV • 1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Francesco Barberini
So Graham Norton
TV • 1998
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead
TV • 2000
Narrator
The Howard Stern Show
TV • 1990
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Diamond Hunters
TV • 2001
Jacobus Van der Byl
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Captain Nathan Bridger
The Seventh Scroll
TV • 1999
Grant Schiller
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self
Warship
TV • 2001
Narrator