Roy Scheider
1932-2008
Known for Jaws, Jaws 2, 2010.
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.
Movie Credits
Iron Cross (2009)
The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
Texas '46 (2002)
Chain Of Command (2000)
Daybreak (2000)
The Doorway (2000)
Money Play$ (1998)
The Fourth War (1990)
Night Game (1989)
Cohen and Tate (1988)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
2010 (1984)
Blue Thunder (1983)
Tiger Town (1983)
Still of the Night (1982)
All That Jazz (1979)
Last Embrace (1979)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Sorcerer (1977)
Jaws (1975)
The Seven-Ups (1973)
The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
If I Didn't Care (2007)
Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)
Silver Wolf (1999)
Executive Target (1997)
The Peacekeeper (1997)
The French Connection (1971)
Citizen Verdict (2003)
The Russia House (1990)
Listen to Me (1989)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Outside Man (1972)
Dark Honeymoon (2007)
The Punisher (2004)
King of Texas (2002)
The Rage (1997)
Klute (1971)
Chicago 10 (2007)
The Poet (2007)
Love Thy Neighbor (2005)
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Naked Lunch (1991)
The Men's Club (1986)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
The Making of Jaws (1995)
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Stiletto (1969)
RKO 281 (1999)
The Assassination (1972)
Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (2001)
Loving (1970)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
