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.
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Movies (42)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
Iron Cross
as Joseph
2009
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
2009
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
2008
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008
The Poet
as Rabbi
2007
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
2007
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
2006
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
2005
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Self
2004
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
2004
Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred
2003
Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
2003
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
Red Serpent
as Hassan
2002
King of Texas
as Henry Westover
2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
as Narrator
2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002
Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
2002
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
2001
The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall
2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
as Narrator
2000
The Doorway
as Professor Lamont
2000
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill
2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
2000
Falling Through
as Earl
2000
RKO 281
as George Schaefer
1999
Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell
1999
Jaws 5
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
1999
The White Raven
as Tom Heath
1998
Better Living
as Larry
1998
Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin
1998
Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli
1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
as Narrator
1998
The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal
1997
The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker
1997
TV Shows (8)
Warship
as Narrator
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Ford Brady
2001
The Diamond Hunters
as Jacobus Van der Byl
2001
Secrets of the Dead
as Narrator
2000
Third Watch
as Fyodor Chevchenko
1999
The Seventh Scroll
as Grant Schiller
1999
Family Guy
as Roy Scheider
1999
So Graham Norton
as Self
1998