Roy Scheider
Acting
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.
TV Shows(20)
Warship
Narrator
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady
2001
The Diamond Hunters
Jacobus Van der Byl
2001
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator
2000
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko
1999
The Seventh Scroll
Grant Schiller
1999
Family Guy
Roy Scheider
1999
So Graham Norton
Self
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993
The Howard Stern Show
Self
1990
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Cannon
1971
The Secret Storm
1954
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini
1951
Love of Life
1951
Movies(93)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025
Iron Cross
Joseph
2009
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
2009
Dark Honeymoon
Sam
2008
Chicago 10
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008
The Poet
Rabbi
2007
If I Didn't Care
Linus
2007
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self
2006
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
2005
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
2004
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
2004
Love Thy Neighbor
Fred
2003
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
2003
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Red Serpent
Hassan
2002
King of Texas
Henry Westover
2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
2002
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
2000
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
2000
Chain of Command
President Jack Cahill
2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
2000
Falling Through
Earl
2000
RKO 281
George Schaefer
1999
Silver Wolf
John Rockwell
1999
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1999
The White Raven
Tom Heath
1998
Better Living
Larry
1998
Money Play$
Johnny Tobin
1998
Evasive Action
Enzo Marcelli
1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
1998
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
1997
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
1997
The Rage
1997
Executive Target
President Carlson
1997
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
1997
Plato's Run
Senarkian
1997
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
1995
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self - Host
1994
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
1994
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
1993
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
1991
When It Was a Game
(voice)
1991
The Russia House
Russell
1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1990
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
1990
Night Game
Seaver
1989
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
1989
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
1989
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1987
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
1986
The Men's Club
Cavanaugh
1986
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
1986
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
1984
Tiger Town
Billy Young
1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
1983
Blue Thunder
Murphy
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
1982
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
1979
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
1979
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
1978
Sorcerer
Scanlon / "Dominguez"
1977
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
1976
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
1975
Jaws
Brody
1975
New England Our Way
Self
1974
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
1973
The Outside Man
Lenny
1972
The Assassination
Michael Howard
1972
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
1971
Klute
Frank Ligourin
1971
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
1970
Loving
Skip
1970
Stiletto
Bennett
1969
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
1968
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
1964
Smiles
1964
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
1955