Roy Scheider
ActingRoy 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
Jaws
Brody
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
Sorcerer
Scanlon / "Dominguez"
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
The Russia House
Russell
Filmography — Acting
Jaws
Brody
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
Sorcerer
Scanlon / "Dominguez"
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
The Russia House
Russell
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Klute
Frank Ligourin
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
Blue Thunder
Murphy
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Chicago 10
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Outside Man
Lenny
RKO 281
George Schaefer
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
Silver Wolf
John Rockwell
Night Game
Seaver
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
Loving
Skip
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
The Poet
Rabbi
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
King of Texas
Henry Westover
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
Stiletto
Bennett
The Rage
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self - Host
Dark Honeymoon
Sam
Tiger Town
Billy Young
The Men's Club
Cavanaugh
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
New England Our Way
Self
The Assassination
Michael Howard
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Mayor Harry S. Porter
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
Red Serpent
Hassan
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
Chain of Command
President Jack Cahill
Executive Target
President Carlson
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
Money Play$
Johnny Tobin
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
Evasive Action
Enzo Marcelli
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
Plato's Run
Senarkian
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
The White Raven
Tom Heath
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
Love Thy Neighbor
Fred
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
Smiles
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
Falling Through
Earl
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
Iron Cross
Joseph
When It Was a Game
(voice)
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self
If I Didn't Care
Linus
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
Better Living
Larry
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)