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Roy Scheider

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2009Iron Cross1h 34mJoseph
  2. 2009The Shark Is Still Working1h 43mNarrator / Self
  3. 2008Dark HoneymoonSam
  4. 2008Chicago 101h 50mJudge Julius Hoffman (voice)
  5. 2007If I Didn't Care1h 15mLinus
  6. 2007The Poet1h 36mRabbi
  7. 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'45mSelf
  8. 2005Dracula III: Legacy1h 26mCardinal Siqueros
  9. 2004The Punisher2h 4mFrank Castle, Sr.
  10. 2004Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures1h 27mSelf
  11. 2003Citizen Verdict1h 37mBull Tyler
  12. 2003Love Thy Neighbor1h 30mFred
  13. 2003A Decade Under the Influence1h 50mSelf
  14. 2003Dracula II: Ascension1h 24mCardinal Siqueros
  15. 2002Texas '461h 36mColonel Gartner
  16. 2002Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines48mNarrator
  17. 2002Red Serpent1h 30mHassan
  18. 2002Angels Don't Sleep Here1h 28mMayor Harry S. Porter
  19. 2002King of Texas1h 35mHenry Westover
  20. 2001Warship1 seasonNarrator
  21. 2001The Diamond Hunters1 seasonJacobus Van der Byl
  22. 2001Time Lapse1h 28mAgent La Nova
  23. 2001The Making of Jaws 246mSelf (archive footage)
  24. 2001Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'29mSelf
  25. 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection56mSelf
  26. 2000Daybreak1h 34mStan Marshall
  27. 2000Hitler's Lost Sub2hNarrator
  28. 2000Chain of Command1h 36mPresident Jack Cahill
  29. 2000The Doorway1h 31mProfessor Lamont
  30. 2000Falling Through1h 31mEarl
  31. 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'54mSelf
  32. 1999Silver Wolf1h 38mJohn Rockwell
  33. 1999Jaws 58mMartin Brody (archive footage)
  34. 1999The Seventh Scroll1 seasonGrant Schiller
  35. 1999RKO 2811h 24mGeorge Schaefer
  36. 1998Better Living1h 35mLarry
  37. 1998World's Deadliest Sea Creatures1hNarrator
  38. 1998Money Play$1h 32mJohnny Tobin
  39. 1998Evasive Action1h 31mEnzo Marcelli
  40. 1998The White Raven1h 32mTom Heath
  41. 1997The Peacekeeper1h 38mPresident Robert Baker
  42. 1997Executive Target1h 40mPresident Carlson
  43. 1997Plato's Run1h 36mSenarkian
  44. 1997The Rage1h 33m
  45. 1997The Definite Maybe1h 42mEddie Jacobson
  46. 1997The Rainmaker2h 15mWilfred Keeley
  47. 1997The Myth of Fingerprints1h 33mHal
  48. 1995The Making of 'Jaws'2h 5mSelf
  49. 1994Wild Justice2h 52mPeter Stride
  50. 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects48mSelf - Host
  51. 1993SeaQuest DSV1h 30mCaptain Nathan Bridger
  52. 1993Romeo Is Bleeding1h 50mDon Falcone
  53. 1992When It Was a Game 259mPassage Narrator (voice)
  54. 1991When It Was a Game57m(voice)
  55. 1991Naked Lunch1h 55mDr. Benway
  56. 1990Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture1h 44mPaul Marish
  57. 1990The Fourth War1h 31mCol. Jack Knowles
  58. 1990The Russia House1h 58mRussell
  59. 1990Bob Fosse: Steam Heat1hJoe Gideon (archive footage)
  60. 1989Night Game1h 35mSeaver
  61. 1989Cohen and Tate1h 26mCohen
  62. 1989Listen to Me1h 47mCharlie Nichols
  63. 198652 Pick-Up1h 50mHarry Mitchell
  64. 1986The Men's Club1h 41mCavanaugh
  65. 198420101h 56mDr. Heywood Floyd
  66. 1984Tiger Town1h 16mBilly Young
  67. 19842010 : The Odyssey Continues9mHimself
  68. 1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number1h 40mJacobo Timerman
  69. 1983Blue Thunder1h 50mMurphy
  70. 1983Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder8m
  71. 1982Still of the Night1h 31mDoctor Sam Rice
  72. 1979All That Jazz2h 3mJoe Gideon
  73. 1979Last Embrace1h 42mHarry Hannan
  74. 1978Jaws 21h 57mPolice Chief Martin Brody
  75. 1977Sorcerer2h 2mScanlon / 'Dominguez'
  76. 1976Marathon Man2h 6mHenry 'Doc' Levy
  77. 1975Jaws2h 4mBrody
  78. 1975Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York1h 53mSam Stoneman
  79. 1974New England Our Way51mSelf
  80. 1973The Seven-Ups1h 43mBuddy - Seven-Up
  81. 1972Assignment: Munich1h 40mJack Webster
  82. 1972The Outside Man1h 51mLenny
  83. 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black1h 25m
  84. 1972The Assassination2h 3mMichael Howard
  85. 1971The French Connection1h 44mBuddy Russo
  86. 1971Klute1h 54mFrank Ligourin
  87. 1970Puzzle of a Downfall Child1h 45mMark
  88. 1969Stiletto1h 38mBennett
  89. 1964The Curse of the Living Corpse1h 24mPhilip Sinclair
  90. 1964Smiles10m
  91. 1955A Wind from the South50mDancer (uncredited)
  92. 1954The Secret Storm20 seasons