Roy Scheider

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

Family Guy

Family Guy

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Saturday Night Live

NOVA

Third Watch

American Experience

Jaws

All Movies (94)

• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · as Self
• Jaws Toy Movie2020 · as Martin Brody (voice)
• Iron Cross2009 · as Joseph
• The Shark Is Still Working2009 · as Narrator / Self
• Dark Honeymoon2008 · as Sam
• Chicago 102008 · as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
• The Poet2007 · as Rabbi
• If I Didn't Care2007 · as Linus
• Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'2006 · as Self
• Dracula III: Legacy2005 · as Cardinal Siqueros
• Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures2004 · as Self
• The Punisher2004 · as Frank Castle, Sr.
• Love Thy Neighbor2003 · as Fred
• Citizen Verdict2003 · as Bull Tyler
• Dracula II: Ascension2003 · as Cardinal Siqueros
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• Red Serpent2002 · as Hassan
• King of Texas2002 · as Henry Westover
• Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines2002 · as Narrator
• Angels Don't Sleep Here2002 · as Mayor Harry S. Porter
• Texas '462002 · as Colonel Gartner
• Time Lapse2001 · as Agent La Nova
• Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection2001 · as Self
• Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'2001 · as Self
• The Making of Jaws 22001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Daybreak2000 · as Stan Marshall
• Hitler's Lost Sub2000 · as Narrator
• The Doorway2000 · as Professor Lamont
• Chain of Command2000 · as President Jack Cahill
• The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'2000 · as Self
• Falling Through2000 · as Earl
• RKO 2811999 · as George Schaefer
• Silver Wolf1999 · as John Rockwell
• Jaws 51999 · as Martin Brody (archive footage)
• The White Raven1998 · as Tom Heath
• Better Living1998 · as Larry
• Money Play$1998 · as Johnny Tobin
• Evasive Action1998 · as Enzo Marcelli
• World's Deadliest Sea Creatures1998 · as Narrator
• The Rainmaker1997 · as Wilfred Keeley
• The Myth of Fingerprints1997 · as Hal
• The Peacekeeper1997 · as President Robert Baker
• The Rage1997
• Executive Target1997 · as President Carlson
• The Definite Maybe1997 · as Eddie Jacobson
• Plato's Run1997 · as Senarkian
• The Making of 'Jaws'1995 · as Self
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994 · as Self - Host
• Wild Justice1994 · as Peter Stride
• Romeo Is Bleeding1993 · as Don Falcone
• SeaQuest DSV1993 · as Captain Nathan Bridger
• When It Was a Game 21992 · as Passage Narrator (voice)
• Naked Lunch1991 · as Dr. Benway
• When It Was a Game1991 · as (voice)
• The Russia House1990 · as Russell
• Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture1990 · as Paul Marish
• Bob Fosse: Steam Heat1990 · as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
• The Fourth War1990 · as Col. Jack Knowles
• Night Game1989 · as Seaver
• Listen to Me1989 · as Charlie Nichols
• Cohen and Tate1989 · as Cohen
• Jaws: The Revenge1987 · as Martin Brody (archive footage)
• 52 Pick-Up1986 · as Harry Mitchell
• The Men's Club1986 · as Cavanaugh
• Follies: In Concert1986 · as Narrator
• 20101984 · as Dr. Heywood Floyd
• Tiger Town1984 · as Billy Young
• 2010 : The Odyssey Continues1984 · as Himself
• Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number1983 · as Jacobo Timerman
• Blue Thunder1983 · as Murphy
• Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder1983
• Still of the Night1982 · as Doctor Sam Rice
• All That Jazz1979 · as Joe Gideon
• Last Embrace1979 · as Harry Hannan
• Jaws 21978 · as Police Chief Martin Brody
• Sorcerer1977 · as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
• Marathon Man1976 · as Henry 'Doc' Levy
• Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York1975 · as Sam Stoneman
• Jaws1975 · as Brody
• New England Our Way1974 · as Self
• The Seven-Ups1973 · as Buddy - Seven-Up
• The Outside Man1972 · as Lenny
• The Assassination1972 · as Michael Howard
• Assignment: Munich1972 · as Jack Webster
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black1972
• The French Connection1971 · as Buddy Russo
• Klute1971 · as Frank Ligourin
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child1970 · as Mark
• Loving1970 · as Skip
• Stiletto1969 · as Bennett
• Paper Lion1968 · as Man (uncredited)
• The Curse of the Living Corpse1964 · as Philip Sinclair
• Smiles1964
• A Wind from the South1955 · as Dancer (uncredited)

All TV Shows (22)

• Warship2001 · as Narrator
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Mark Ford Brady
• The Diamond Hunters2001 · as Jacobus Van der Byl
• Secrets of the Dead2000 · as Narrator
• Third Watch1999 · as Fyodor Chevchenko
• The Seventh Scroll1999 · as Grant Schiller
• Family Guy1999 · as Roy Scheider
• Family Guy1999 · as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
• So Graham Norton1998 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• seaQuest DSV1993 · as Captain Nathan Bridger
• The Howard Stern Show1990 · as Self
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self
• NOVA1974 · as Narrator
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Cannon1971
• The Secret Storm1954
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Francesco Barberini
• Love of Life1951