Birthday
1932/11/10
Day of death
2008/02/10 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Roy R. Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its sequel Jaws 2 (1978); NYPD De...Read more
(1971) Klute
as Frank Ligourin
(1971) The French Connection
as Buddy Russo
(1975) Jaws
as Brody
(1978) Jaws 2
as Police Chief Martin Brody
(1993) Romeo Is Bleeding
as Don Falcone
(1990) The Russia House
as Russell
(1976) Marathon Man
as Doc
(2003) Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
(2005) Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
(1991) Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway
(1984) 2010
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
(1964) The Curse of the Living Corpse
as Philip Sinclair
(1983) Blue Thunder
as Murphy
(2004) The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
(1997) The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley
(1982) Still of the Night
as Doctor Sam Rice
(1989) Cohen and Tate
as Cohen
(1973) The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up
(1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker
(2008) Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
(2000) Daybreak
as Stan Marshall
(1998) Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli
(1979) Last Embrace
as Harry Hannan
(2008) Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
(1979) All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon
(1977) Sorcerer
as Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez'
(2002) King of Texas
as Henry Westover
(2007) The Poet
as Rabbi
(2002) Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
(1972) The Outside Man
as Lenny
(1986) 52 Pick-Up
as Harry Mitchell
(2000) RKO 281
as George Schaefer
(2003) Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
(2002) Red Serpent
as Hassan
(1990) The Fourth War
as Col. Jack Knowles
(2007) If I Didn't Care
as Linus
(1998) Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin
(1989) Night Game
as Seaver
(1997) Plato's Run
as Senarkian
(1970) Puzzle of a Downfall Child
as Mark
(1986) The Men's Club
as Cavanaugh
(2000) Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill
(2004) Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Self
(1999) Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell
(1984) Tiger Town
as Billy Young
(1997) The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal
(2009) The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
as Narrator / Self
(2001) Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
(1972) The Assassination
as Michael Howard
(1994) Wild Justice
as Peter Stride
(1997) Executive Target
as President Carlson
(2023) Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) The Doorway
as Professor Lamont
(2009) Iron Cross
as Joseph
(1975) Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
as Sam Stoneman
(2002) Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
(2005) Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred
(1995) The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self
(1997) The Definite Maybe
as Eddie Jacobson
(1998) The White Raven
as Tom Heath
(1998) Better Living
as Larry
(1968) Paper Lion
as Man (uncredited)
(1989) Listen to Me
as Charlie Nichols
(1970) Loving
as Skip
(2001) Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
(2006) Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
(1990) Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
as Paul Marish
(2000) Hitler's Lost Sub
as Narrator
(2024) Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
as Archive Footage
(2003) A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(1983) Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
as Jacobo Timerman
(1997) The Rage
as ---
(1972) Assignment: Munich
as Jack Webster
(1990) Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
(2001) Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
(1974) New England Our Way
as Self
(2002) Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
as Narrator
(2000) Falling Through
as Earl
(2001) The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as ---
(1986) Follies: In Concert
as Narrator
(1969) Stiletto
as Bennett
(1998) World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
as Narrator
(1964) Smiles
as ---
(2000) The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
(1955) A Wind from the South
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1994) Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self - Host
(1999) Third Watch
as Fyodor Chevchenko
(1999) Family Guy
as Roy Scheider
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1951) Love of Life
as ---
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Ford Brady
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1954) The Secret Storm
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Francesco Barberini
(1998) So Graham Norton
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1974) NOVA
as Narrator
(1999) Family Guy
as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
(2000) Secrets of the Dead
as Narrator
(1990) The Howard Stern Show
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) The Diamond Hunters
as Jacobus Van der Byl
(1993) seaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger
(1999) The Seventh Scroll
as Grant Schiller