Roy Scheider
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Jaws
1975
as Brody
2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
The Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Jaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
The Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Sorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
The French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
Naked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
Klute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
The Russia House
1990
as Russell
Marathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
All That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
Blue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
Listen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
The Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
The Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard