Roy Scheider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1932
- Died
- February 10, 2008
- Birthplace
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 2025
as Self
Iron Cross 2009
as Joseph
The Shark Is Still Working 2009
as Narrator / Self
Dark Honeymoon 2008
as Sam
Chicago 10 2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
The Poet 2007
as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care 2007
as Linus
- Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' 2006
as Self
Dracula III: Legacy 2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures 2004
as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton 2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Punisher 2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Love Thy Neighbor 2003
as Fred
Citizen Verdict 2003
as Bull Tyler
Dracula II: Ascension 2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
A Decade Under the Influence 2003
as Self
Red Serpent 2002
as Hassan
King of Texas 2002
as Henry Westover
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines 2002
as Narrator
Angels Don't Sleep Here 2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Texas '46 2002
as Colonel Gartner
Time Lapse 2001
as Agent La Nova
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection 2001
as Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' 2001
as Self
The Making of Jaws 2 2001
as Self (archive footage)
Daybreak 2000
as Stan Marshall
Hitler's Lost Sub 2000
as Narrator
The Doorway 2000
as Professor Lamont
Chain of Command 2000
as President Jack Cahill
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' 2000
as Self
Falling Through 2000
as Earl
RKO 281 1999
as George Schaefer
Silver Wolf 1999
as John Rockwell
Jaws 5 1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
The White Raven 1998
as Tom Heath
Better Living 1998
as Larry
Money Play$ 1998
as Johnny Tobin
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures 1998
as Narrator
Evasive Action 1998
as Enzo Marcelli
The Rainmaker 1997
as Wilfred Keeley
The Myth of Fingerprints 1997
as Hal
The Peacekeeper 1997
as President Robert Baker
The Rage 1997
Actor
Executive Target 1997
as President Carlson
The Definite Maybe 1997
as Eddie Jacobson
Plato's Run 1997
as Senarkian
The Making of 'Jaws' 1995
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects 1994
as Self - Host
Wild Justice 1994
as Peter Stride
Romeo Is Bleeding 1993
as Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV 1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game 2 1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch 1991
as Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game 1991
as (voice)
The Russia House 1990
as Russell
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture 1990
as Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat 1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Fourth War 1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
Night Game 1989
as Seaver
Listen to Me 1989
as Charlie Nichols
Cohen and Tate 1989
as Cohen
Jaws: The Revenge 1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up 1986
as Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club 1986
as Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert 1986
as Narrator
2010 1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town 1984
as Billy Young
2010 : The Odyssey Continues 1984
as Himself
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number 1983
as Jacobo Timerman
Blue Thunder 1983
as Murphy
- Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder 1983
Actor
Still of the Night 1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
All That Jazz 1979
as Joe Gideon
Last Embrace 1979
as Harry Hannan
Jaws 2 1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer 1977
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Marathon Man 1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York 1975
as Sam Stoneman
Jaws 1975
as Brody
New England Our Way 1974
as Self
The Seven-Ups 1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
The Outside Man 1972
as Lenny
The Assassination 1972
as Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich 1972
as Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972
Actor
The French Connection 1971
as Buddy Russo
Klute 1971
as Frank Ligourin
Puzzle of a Downfall Child 1970
as Mark
Loving 1970
as Skip
Stiletto 1969
as Bennett
Paper Lion 1968
as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse 1964
as Philip Sinclair
Smiles 1964
Actor
A Wind from the South 1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.