Roy Scheider
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection and his role as Captain Nathan Bridger in science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final performance is to be released posthumously in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross. Described by Allmovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award over the course of his career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Scheider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 10, 1932 In Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 100
- First Appeared:
- In the series Love of Life 1951-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2023-10-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self (archive footage) | 2023-10-05 |
| Movie | The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" | Narrator / Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Movie | Iron Cross | Joseph | 2009-12-15 |
| Movie | Chicago 10 | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | 2008-02-29 |
| Movie | Dark Honeymoon | Sam | 2008-07-22 |
| Movie | If I Didn't Care | Linus | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | The Poet | Rabbi | 2007-08-07 |
| Movie | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' | Self | 2006-04-04 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Fred | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | Dracula III: Legacy | Cardinal Siqueros | 2005-07-12 |
| Movie | The Punisher | Frank Castle, Sr. | 2004-04-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Self | 2004-10-30 |
| Movie | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | 2003-06-07 |
| Movie | Texas '46 | Colonel Gartner | 2002-01-11 |
| Movie | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry S. Porter | 2002-04-02 |
| Movie | King of Texas | Henry Westover | 2002-06-02 |
| Movie | Red Serpent | Hassan | 2002-10-05 |
| Movie | The Making of Jaws 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-05-22 |
| Movie | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self | 2001-08-28 |
| Series | The Diamond Hunters | Jacobus Van der Byl | 2001-04-23 |
| Movie | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' | Self | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Agent La Nova | 2001-11-27 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Series | Secrets of the Dead | narrator | 2000-05-15 |
| Movie | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| Movie | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | 2000-12-19 |
| Movie | Silver Wolf | John Rockwell | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | The Seventh Scroll | Grant Schiller | 1999-06-15 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | Evasive Action | Enzo Marcelli | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | The White Raven | Tom Heath | 1998-12-18 |
| Movie | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | 1998-08-21 |
| Movie | Better Living | Larry | 1998-11-02 |
| Movie | Executive Target | President Carlson | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Plato's Run | Senarkian | 1997-05-27 |
| Movie | The Definite Maybe | Eddie Jacobson | 1997-07-04 |
| Movie | The Rage | 1997-08-15 | |
| Movie | The Peacekeeper | President Robert Baker | 1997-08-22 |
| Movie | The Rainmaker | Wilfred Keeley | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | The Myth of Fingerprints | Hal | 1997-09-17 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | 1995-11-28 |
| Movie | Wild Justice | Peter Stride | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self - Host | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | seaQuest DSV | Unknown | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | Naked Lunch | Dr. Benway | 1991-12-27 |
| Movie | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Bob Fosse: Steam Heat | Joe Gideon (archive footage) | 1990-02-23 |
| Movie | The Russia House | Russell | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-03-08 |
| Movie | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | 1989-01-27 |
| Movie | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | 1989-05-05 |
| Movie | Night Game | Seaver | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Jaws: The Revenge | Police Chief Martin Brody (archival footage) | 1987-07-17 |
| Movie | Follies: In Concert | Narrator | 1986-03-14 |
| Movie | 52 Pick-Up | Harry Mitchell | 1986-11-07 |
| Movie | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Narrator (voice) | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Tiger Town | Billy Young | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | 2010 | Dr. Heywood Floyd | 1984-12-06 |
| Movie | Blue Thunder | Murphy | 1983-02-05 |
| Movie | Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number | Jacobo Timerman | 1983-05-22 |
| Movie | Still of the Night | Doctor Sam Rice | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | Last Embrace | Harry Hannan | 1979-05-04 |
| Movie | All That Jazz | Joe Gideon | 1979-12-16 |
| Movie | Jaws 2 | Police Chief Martin Brody | 1978-06-16 |
| Movie | Sorcerer | Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez' | 1977-06-24 |
| Movie | Marathon Man | Doc | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| Movie | Jaws | Brody | 1975-06-20 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Movie | New England Our Way | Self | 1974-12-09 |
| Movie | The Seven-Ups | Buddy - Seven-Up | 1973-12-14 |
| Movie | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 1972-01-20 | |
| Movie | The Outside Man | Lenny | 1972-12-21 |
| Movie | Assignment: Munich | Jack Webster | 1972-04-30 |
| Movie | The Assassination | Michael Howard | 1972-10-04 |
| Movie | Klute | Frank Ligourin | 1971-06-23 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Buddy Russo | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | Loving | Skip | 1970-03-04 |
| Movie | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Mark | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Stiletto | Bennett | 1969-07-30 |
| Movie | Star! | Unknown | 1968-07-18 |
| Movie | Paper Lion | Man (uncredited) | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | The Curse of the Living Corpse | Philip Sinclair | 1964-05-01 |
| Movie | A Wind from the South | Dancer (uncredited) | 1955-09-14 |
| Series | The Secret Storm | 1954-02-01 | |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Love of Life | 1951-09-24 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |