Roy Scheider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 November 1932 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- 10 February 2008
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 98
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story as Self
- 2020Jaws Toy Movie as Martin Brody (voice)
- 2009Iron Cross as Joseph
- 2009The Shark Is Still Working as Narrator / Self
- 2008Dark Honeymoon as Sam
- 2008Chicago 10 as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
- 2007The Poet as Rabbi
- 2007If I Didn't Care as Linus
- 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' as Self
- 2005Dracula III: Legacy as Cardinal Siqueros
- 2004Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures as Self
- 2004The Best of So Graham Norton as Self (archive footage)
- 2004The Punisher as Frank Castle, Sr.
- 2003Love Thy Neighbor as Fred
- 2003Citizen Verdict as Bull Tyler
- 2003Dracula II: Ascension as Cardinal Siqueros
- 2003A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2002Red Serpent as Hassan
- 2002King of Texas as Henry Westover
- 2002Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines as Narrator
- 2002Angels Don't Sleep Here as Mayor Harry S. Porter
- 2002Texas '46 as Colonel Gartner
- 2001Time Lapse as Agent La Nova
- 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self
- 2001Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' as Self
- 2001The Making of Jaws 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Daybreak as Stan Marshall
- 2000Hitler's Lost Sub as Narrator
- 2000The Doorway as Professor Lamont
- 2000Chain of Command as President Jack Cahill
- 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self
- 2000Falling Through as Earl
- 1999RKO 281 as George Schaefer
- 1999Silver Wolf as John Rockwell
- 1999Jaws 5 as Martin Brody (archive footage)
- 1999Family Guy as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
- 1998The White Raven as Tom Heath
- 1998Better Living as Larry
- 1998Money Play$ as Johnny Tobin
- 1998Evasive Action as Enzo Marcelli
- 1998World's Deadliest Sea Creatures as Narrator
- 1997The Rainmaker as Wilfred Keeley
- 1997The Myth of Fingerprints as Hal
- 1997The Peacekeeper as President Robert Baker
- 1997The Rage
- 1997Executive Target as President Carlson
- 1997The Definite Maybe as Eddie Jacobson
- 1997Plato's Run as Senarkian
- 1995The Making of 'Jaws' as Self
- 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self - Host
- 1994Wild Justice as Peter Stride
- 1993Romeo Is Bleeding as Don Falcone
- 1993SeaQuest DSV as Captain Nathan Bridger
- 1992When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1991Naked Lunch as Dr. Benway
- 1991When It Was a Game as (voice)
- 1990The Russia House as Russell
- 1990Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture as Paul Marish
- 1990Bob Fosse: Steam Heat as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
- 1990The Fourth War as Col. Jack Knowles
- 1989Night Game as Seaver
- 1989Listen to Me as Charlie Nichols
- 1989Cohen and Tate as Cohen
- 1987Jaws: The Revenge as Martin Brody (archive footage)
- 198652 Pick-Up as Harry Mitchell
- 1986The Men's Club as Cavanaugh
- 1986Follies: In Concert as Narrator
- 19842010 as Dr. Heywood Floyd
- 1984Tiger Town as Billy Young
- 19842010 : The Odyssey Continues as Himself
- 1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number as Jacobo Timerman
- 1983Blue Thunder as Murphy
- 1983Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
- 1982Still of the Night as Doctor Sam Rice
- 1979All That Jazz as Joe Gideon
- 1979Last Embrace as Harry Hannan
- 1978Jaws 2 as Police Chief Martin Brody
- 1977Sorcerer as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
- 1976Marathon Man as Henry 'Doc' Levy
- 1975Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York as Sam Stoneman
- 1975Jaws as Brody
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host · 1 episode
- 1974New England Our Way as Self
- 1973The Seven-Ups as Buddy - Seven-Up
- 1972The Outside Man as Lenny
- 1972The Assassination as Michael Howard
- 1972Assignment: Munich as Jack Webster
- 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- 1971The French Connection as Buddy Russo
- 1971Klute as Frank Ligourin
- 1970Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Mark
- 1970Loving as Skip
- 1969Stiletto as Bennett
- 1968Paper Lion as Man (uncredited)
- 1964The Curse of the Living Corpse as Philip Sinclair
- 1964Smiles
- 1955A Wind from the South as Dancer (uncredited)