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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1932
Died
February 10, 2008
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Roy R. Scheider
- روی شیدر
Roy Scheider
2.1 Popularity
Biography
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 Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); Jackie Scanlon / Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993–1996)
Known For
0.0
Self - (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
7.6
Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
5.8
Joseph
Iron Cross
2009
7.2
Narrator / Self
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
3.2
Sam
Dark Honeymoon
2008
5.8
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Chicago 10
2008
5.4
Rabbi
The Poet
2007
5.8
Linus
If I Didn't Care
2007
🎬
0.0
Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
4.9
Cardinal Siqueros
Dracula III: Legacy
2005
Credits
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
0.0
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
7.6
Iron Cross
as Joseph
2009
5.8
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
2009
7.2
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
2008
3.2
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008
5.8
The Poet
as Rabbi
2007
5.4
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
2007
5.8
🎬
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
2006
0.0
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
2005
4.9
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Self
2004
7.0
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
2004
6.4
Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred
2003
1.0
Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
2003
3.4
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
2003
5.7
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
7.9
Red Serpent
as Hassan
2002
2.7
King of Texas
as Henry Westover
2002
5.1
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
as Narrator
2002
6.0
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002
2.1
Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
2002
4.3
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
2001
4.1
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Ford Brady
2001
7.6
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
2001
7.0
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
2001
6.5
The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.5
The Diamond Hunters
as Jacobus Van der Byl
2001
3.2
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall
2000
4.8
Hitler's Lost Sub
as Narrator
2000
0.0
The Doorway
as Professor Lamont
2000
2.6
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill
2000
5.0
Secrets of the Dead
as Narrator
2000
6.3
RKO 281
as George Schaefer
2000
6.4
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
2000
8.3
Falling Through
as Earl
2000
3.0
Third Watch
as Fyodor Chevchenko
1999
7.9
The Seventh Scroll
as Grant Schiller
1999
5.6
Family Guy
as Roy Scheider
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
1999
7.4
Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell
1999
6.2
Jaws 5
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
1999
0.0
The White Raven
as Tom Heath
1998
3.2
Better Living
as Larry
1998
1.7
Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin
1998
4.4
So Graham Norton
as Self
1998
6.3
Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli
1998
6.5
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
as Narrator
1998
0.0
The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley
1997
7.0
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal
1997
5.0
The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker
1997
4.7
The Rage
1997
3.3
Executive Target
as President Carlson
1997
4.6
The Definite Maybe
as Eddie Jacobson
1997
2.0
Plato's Run
as Senarkian
1997
6.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self
1995
6.7
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self - Host
1994
0.0
Wild Justice
as Peter Stride
1994
5.0
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Don Falcone
1993
6.3
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger
1993
7.0
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
9.0
Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway
1991
7.0
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
1991
0.0
The Russia House
as Russell
1990
6.1
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
as Paul Marish
1990
6.8
The Howard Stern Show
as Self
1990
6.0
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1990
0.0
The Fourth War
as Col. Jack Knowles
1990
5.2
Night Game
as Seaver
1989
4.4
Listen to Me
as Charlie Nichols
1989
5.3
Cohen and Tate
as Cohen
1989
6.5
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
Jaws: The Revenge
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
1987
4.1
52 Pick-Up
as Harry Mitchell
1986
6.0
The Men's Club
as Cavanaugh
1986
3.8
Follies: In Concert
as Narrator
1986
7.0
2010
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
1984
6.6
Tiger Town
as Billy Young
1984
6.6
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
1984
0.0
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
as Jacobo Timerman
1983
0.0
Blue Thunder
as Murphy
1983
6.2
Still of the Night
as Doctor Sam Rice
1982
5.7
All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon
1979
7.5
Last Embrace
as Harry Hannan
1979
5.4
Jaws 2
as Police Chief Martin Brody
1978
6.0
Sorcerer
as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
1977
7.4
Marathon Man
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
1976
7.2
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
as Sam Stoneman
1975
5.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Jaws
as Brody
1975
7.7
New England Our Way
as Self
1974
0.0
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
7.0
The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up
1973
6.4
The Outside Man
as Lenny
1972
6.2
The Assassination
as Michael Howard
1972
6.7
Assignment: Munich
as Jack Webster
1972
0.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
5.0
The French Connection
as Buddy Russo
1971
7.5
Cannon
1971
6.6
Klute
as Frank Ligourin
1971
6.7
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
as Mark
1970
6.4
Loving
as Skip
1970
5.8
Stiletto
as Bennett
1969
5.0
Paper Lion
as Man (uncredited)
1968
6.8
The Curse of the Living Corpse
as Philip Sinclair
1964
5.7
Smiles
1964
0.0
A Wind from the South
as Dancer (uncredited)
1955
5.7
🎬
The Secret Storm
1954
3.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Francesco Barberini
1951
8.6
🎬
Love of Life
1951
5.0