Roy Scheider
Acting
Born: 1932-11-10 in Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
Jaws
Brody
Family Guy
Roy Scheider
Family Guy
Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Sorcerer
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
Blue Thunder
Murphy
Klute
Frank Ligourin
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady
The Russia House
Russell
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
NOVA
Narrator
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
RKO 281
George Schaefer
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
The Oscars
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
The Outside Man
Lenny
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The Assassination
Michael Howard
A Decade Under the Influence
Self