Roy Scheider
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Family Guy
Roy Scheider
1999
Series
Family Guy
Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
1999
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady
2001
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Series
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko
1999
Film
Jaws
Brody
1975
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Cannon
1971
Film
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
2004
Series
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975
Film '72
Self
1971
The Secret Storm
1954
Series
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator
2000
Love of Life
1951
Film
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
1984
Film
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
1978
Film
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
1997
Series
So Graham Norton
Self
1998
Film
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
1971
Film
Sorcerer
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
1977
Film
Blue Thunder
Murphy
1983
Film
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
1991
Film
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
1976
Series
The Howard Stern Show
Self
1990
Film
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
1979
Film
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
1993
Film
Klute
Frank Ligourin
1971
Film
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025
Film
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
1986
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
1973
Film
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Russia House
Russell
1990
Film
Still of the Night
Doctor Sam Rice
1982
Film
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
1972
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini
1951
Film
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
2003
Film
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Film
RKO 281
George Schaefer
1999
Film
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
2009
Film
Last Embrace
Harry Hannan
1979
Film
The Assassination
Michael Howard
1972
Film
Money Play$
Johnny Tobin
1998
Series
The Seventh Scroll
Grant Schiller
1999
Film
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self - Host
1994
Film
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
2005
Film
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
1989
Film
The Poet
Rabbi
2007
Film
Dark Honeymoon
Sam
2008
Film
Night Game
Seaver
1989
Film
The Fourth War
Col. Jack Knowles
1990
Film
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
1997
Film
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
2000
Film
Evasive Action
Enzo Marcelli
1998
Film
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
1955
Film
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002
Film
The Outside Man
Lenny
1972
Series
The Diamond Hunters
Jacobus Van der Byl
2001
Film
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
1970
Film
Silver Wolf
John Rockwell
1999
Film
Chain of Command
President Jack Cahill
2000
Film
Iron Cross
Joseph
2009
Film
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
1989
Film
Executive Target
President Carlson
1997
Film
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
1995
Film
The Men's Club
Cavanaugh
1986
Film
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
1997
Film
New England Our Way
Self
1974
Film
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
2004
Film
King of Texas
Henry Westover
2002
Film
Plato's Run
Senarkian
1997
Film
The Rage
1997
Film
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
1993
Film
Chicago 10
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008
Film
Smiles
1964
Film
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
2000
Film
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
2003
Film
Stiletto
Bennett
1969
Film
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
1983
Film
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)
1999
Film
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
1997
Film
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
2001
Film
When It Was a Game
(voice)
1991
Film
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001
Film
Red Serpent
Hassan
2002
Film
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
1990
Film
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
2000
Series
Warship
Narrator
2001
Film
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Tiger Town
Billy Young
1984
Film
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
1968
Film
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
2000
Film
Falling Through
Earl
2000
Film
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984
Film
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Film
The White Raven
Tom Heath
1998
Film
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
1964
Film
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1990
Film
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
1975
Film
Loving
Skip
1970
Film
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
1986
Film
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
1994
Film
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
2001
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self
2006
Film
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Better Living
Larry
1998
Film
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
2002
Film
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
1998
Film
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
2002
Film
Love Thy Neighbor
Fred
2003
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Film
If I Didn't Care
Linus
2007