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Known ForActing

GenderMale

Born / DiedNov 10, 1932 (Died at 76)

Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio

Place of BirthOrange, New Jersey, USA

Career Span1951 – 2008

Known Credits110 Titles

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ActingPopularity Score 2.4

Roy Scheider

Also known as:Roy R. ScheiderRoy Richard Scheider

Total Works

110

92 movies • 18 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

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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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Roy Scheider's career

7.7

Jaws

1975•movie

as Brody

7.4

Family Guy

1999•series

as Roy Scheider

6.4

The Punisher

2004•movie

as Frank Castle, Sr.

7.5

The French Connection

1971•movie

as Buddy Russo

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 110 titles featuring Roy Scheider

7.7

Jaws

1975•movie

as Brody

7.4

1 eps

Family Guy

1999•series

as Roy Scheider

6.4

The Punisher

2004•movie

as Frank Castle, Sr.

7.5

The French Connection

1971•movie

as Buddy Russo

6.0

Jaws 2

1978•movie

as Police Chief Martin Brody

7.0

The Rainmaker

1997•movie

as Wilfred Keeley

7.2

Marathon Man

1976•movie

as Henry 'Doc' Levy

7.0

Naked Lunch

1991•movie

as Dr. Benway

4.1

Jaws: The Revenge

1987•movie

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

6.7

2010

1984•movie

as Dr. Heywood Floyd

7.5

Sorcerer

1977•movie

as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'

7.5

All That Jazz

1979•movie

as Joe Gideon

6.3

Blue Thunder

1983•movie

as Murphy

6.8

Klute

1971•movie

as Frank Ligourin

6.9

1 eps

Saturday Night Live

1975•series

as Self - Host

7.6

1 eps

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001•series

as Mark Ford Brady

6.1

The Russia House

1990•movie

as Russell

8.0

6 eps

Third Watch

1999•series

as Fyodor Chevchenko

6.2

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993•movie

as Don Falcone

5.6

Dracula II: Ascension

2003•movie

as Cardinal Siqueros

5.7

Still of the Night

1982•movie

as Doctor Sam Rice

7.1

48 eps

seaQuest DSV

1993•series

as Captain Nathan Bridger

6.1

52 Pick-Up

1986•movie

as Harry Mitchell

7.1

3 eps

NOVA

1974•series

as Narrator

6.4

The Seven-Ups

1973•movie

as Buddy - Seven-Up

4.9

Dracula III: Legacy

2005•movie

as Cardinal Siqueros

6.5

RKO 281

1999•movie

as George Schaefer

5.5

Last Embrace

1979•movie

as Harry Hannan

7.1

1 eps

The Oscars

1953•series

as Self

8.1

1 eps

E! True Hollywood Story

1996•series

6.5

Cohen and Tate

1989•movie

as Cohen

7.5

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025•movie

as Self

6.1

The Outside Man

1972•movie

as Lenny

4.8

The Peacekeeper

1997•movie

as President Robert Baker

5.3

The Fourth War

1990•movie

as Col. Jack Knowles

6.5

1 eps

American Experience

1988•series

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

The Assassination

1972•movie

as Michael Howard

7.9

A Decade Under the Influence

2003•movie

as Self

4.6

Night Game

1989•movie

as Seaver

6.7

1 eps

Cannon

1971•series

5.1

The Myth of Fingerprints

1997•movie

as Hal

5.4

The Poet

2007•movie

as Rabbi

6.4

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970•movie

as Mark

6.8

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995•movie

as Self

5.7

The Curse of the Living Corpse

1964•movie

as Philip Sinclair

4.8

Executive Target

1997•movie

as President Carlson

7.3

The Shark Is Still Working

2009•movie

as Narrator / Self

5.4

Listen to Me

1989•movie

as Charlie Nichols

6.4

5 eps

Secrets of the Dead

2000•series

as Narrator (voice)

5.2

King of Texas

2002•movie

as Henry Westover

6.4

Silver Wolf

1999•movie

as John Rockwell

6.0

Loving

1970•movie

as Skip

5.8

Chicago 10

2008•movie

as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

4.0

The Men's Club

1986•movie

as Cavanaugh

5.6

2 eps

The Seventh Scroll

1999•series

as Grant Schiller

3.7

The Rage

1997•movie

6.2

Plato's Run

1997•movie

as Senarkian

6.8

Paper Lion

1968•movie

as Man (uncredited)

6.3

Evasive Action

1998•movie

as Enzo Marcelli

3.0

Red Serpent

2002•movie

as Hassan

4.4

Time Lapse

2001•movie

as Agent La Nova

3.2

Dark Honeymoon

2008•movie

as Sam

5.4

Chain of Command

2000•movie

as President Jack Cahill

6.9

Tiger Town

1984•movie

as Billy Young

4.9

Daybreak

2000•movie

as Stan Marshall

2.8

Angels Don't Sleep Here

2002•movie

as Mayor Harry S. Porter

5.9

A Wind from the South

1955•movie

as Dancer (uncredited)

3.2

The Doorway

2000•movie

as Professor Lamont

5.7

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

1975•movie

as Sam Stoneman

3.9

Citizen Verdict

2003•movie

as Bull Tyler

8.8

1 eps

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951•series

as Francesco Barberini

8.3

1 eps

People's Choice Awards

1975•series

as Self

5.3

Stiletto

1969•movie

as Bennett

7.4

1 eps

So Graham Norton

1998•series

as Self

4.8

Money Play$

1998•movie

as Johnny Tobin

4.0

The White Raven

1998•movie

as Tom Heath

7.9

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000•movie

as Self

4.0

2 eps

The Diamond Hunters

2001•series

as Jacobus Van der Byl

5.0

Texas '46

2002•movie

as Colonel Gartner

7.0

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

1990•movie

as Paul Marish

7.8

The Making of Jaws 2

2001•movie

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

Wild Justice

1994•movie

as Peter Stride

3.5

Love Thy Neighbor

2003•movie

as Fred

3.8

Better Living

1998•movie

as Larry

7.0

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001•movie

as Self

4.0

Falling Through

2000•movie

as Earl

6.5

If I Didn't Care

2007•movie

as Linus

7.0

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004•movie

as Self

5.8

Iron Cross

2009•movie

as Joseph

4.0

The Definite Maybe

1997•movie

as Eddie Jacobson

7.3

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001•movie

as Self

7.0

Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

2002•movie

as Narrator

7.0

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972•movie

9.0

When It Was a Game 2

1992•movie

as Passage Narrator (voice)

7.0

1 eps

The Howard Stern Show

1990•series

as Self

8.0

4 eps

Warship

2001•series

as Narrator

10.0

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983•movie

as Jacobo Timerman

8.0

Assignment: Munich

1972•movie

as Jack Webster

7.0

Follies: In Concert

1986•movie

as Narrator

9.0

World's Deadliest Sea Creatures

1998•movie

as Narrator

9.0

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994•movie

as Self - Host

10.0

When It Was a Game

1991•movie

as (voice)

10.0

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984•movie

as Himself

Hitler's Lost Sub

2000•movie

as Narrator

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

1990•movie

as Joe Gideon (archive footage)

New England Our Way

1974•movie

as Self

Smiles

1964•movie

Jaws 5

1999•movie

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

SeaQuest DSV

1993•movie

as Captain Nathan Bridger

The Best of So Graham Norton

2004•movie

as Self (archive footage)