Roy Scheider
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
Acting
Place of birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Birthday
10 November 1932
Klute
6.8
The French Connection
7.501
Jaws
7.679
Jaws 2
6.036
Romeo Is Bleeding
6.3
The Russia House
6.1
Marathon Man
7.2
Dracula II: Ascension
5.7
Dracula III: Legacy
4.9
Naked Lunch
7
2010
6.6
The Curse of the Living Corpse
5.7
Blue Thunder
6.2
The Punisher
6.4
The Rainmaker
7
Still of the Night
5.7
Cohen and Tate
6.5
The Seven-Ups
6.3
The Peacekeeper
4.7
Chicago 10
5.8
Daybreak
4.7
Evasive Action
6.3
Last Embrace
5.4
Dark Honeymoon
3.2
All That Jazz
7.5
Sorcerer
7.4
King of Texas
5.1
The Poet
5.4
Texas '46
4.3
The Outside Man
6.2
52 Pick-Up
6
RKO 281
6.4
Citizen Verdict
3.4
Red Serpent
2.7
The Fourth War
5.2
If I Didn't Care
5.8
Money Play$
4.4
Night Game
4.4
Plato's Run
6
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
6.4
The Men's Club
3.8
Chain of Command
5
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
7
Silver Wolf
6.2
Tiger Town
6.6
The Myth of Fingerprints
5
The Shark Is Still Working
7.2
Time Lapse
4.1
The Assassination
6.7
Wild Justice
5
Executive Target
4.7
The Doorway
2.6
Iron Cross
5.8
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
5.4
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2.1
Love Thy Neighbor
1
The Making of 'Jaws'
6.7
The Definite Maybe
2
The White Raven
3.2
Better Living
1.7
Paper Lion
6.8
Listen to Me
5.3
Loving
5.8
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
7
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
0
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
6.8
Hitler's Lost Sub
0
A Decade Under the Influence
7.9
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
0
The Rage
3.3
Assignment: Munich
0
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
0
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
6.5
New England Our Way
0
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
6
Falling Through
3
The Making of Jaws 2
7.5
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5
Follies: In Concert
7
Stiletto
5
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
0
Smiles
0
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
8.3
A Wind from the South
5.7
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
0
Jaws: The Revenge
4.078
Jaws 5
0
When It Was a Game
0
When It Was a Game 2
9
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
0
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
7.4
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
0
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
0