9.0
9.0
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Roy Scheider
Also known as: Roy Richard Scheider, Roy R. Scheider
Nationality:United States
Height:5'9" (175 cm)
Education:Rutgers University, Franklin & Marshall College, Columbia High School
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Roy Richard Scheider (; 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 (86 movies)
8.3
8.3
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
8.0
8.0
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
7.7
7.7
Jaws
1975
as Brody
7.5
7.5
The French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
7.5
7.5
All That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
7.5
7.5
The Making of Jaws 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Sorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
7.2
7.2
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Narrator / Self
7.2
7.2
Marathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
7.0
7.0
The Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
7.0
7.0
Naked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
7.0
7.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
7.0
7.0
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
6.8
6.8
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
as Paul Marish
6.7
6.7
Klute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
6.7
6.7
The Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard
6.7
6.7
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995
as Self
6.6
6.6
Tiger Town
1984
as Billy Young
6.6
6.6
2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
6.5
6.5
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
6.5
6.5
Cohen and Tate
1989
as Cohen
6.4
6.4
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Mark
6.4
6.4
Evasive Action
1998
as Enzo Marcelli
6.4
6.4
RKO 281
2000
as George Schaefer
6.4
6.4
The Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
6.3
6.3
The Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
6.3
6.3
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
6.2
6.2
Blue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
6.2
6.2
The Outside Man
1972
as Lenny
6.1
6.1
Silver Wolf
1999
as John Rockwell
6.1
6.1
The Russia House
1990
as Russell
6.0
6.0
Jaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
6.0
6.0
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Plato's Run
1997
as Senarkian
5.9
5.9
52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
5.8
5.8
If I Didn't Care
2007
as Linus
5.8
5.8
Iron Cross
2009
as Joseph
5.8
5.8
Chicago 10
2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
5.7
5.7
A Wind from the South
1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Still of the Night
1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
5.7
5.7
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
as Philip Sinclair
5.6
5.6
Dracula II: Ascension
2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
5.4
5.4
The Poet
2007
as Rabbi
5.4
5.4
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
as Sam Stoneman
5.4
5.4
Last Embrace
1979
as Harry Hannan
5.3
5.3
Listen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
5.2
5.2
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
5.1
5.1
King of Texas
2002
as Henry Westover
5.0
5.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
5.0
5.0
Stiletto
1969
as Bennett
5.0
5.0
Wild Justice
1994
as Peter Stride
5.0
5.0
Chain of Command
2000
as President Jack Cahill
4.9
4.9
Dracula III: Legacy
2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
4.8
4.8
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Hal
4.8
4.8
Daybreak
2000
as Stan Marshall
4.7
4.7
The Peacekeeper
1997
as President Robert Baker
4.6
4.6
Executive Target
1997
as President Carlson
4.4
4.4
Money Play$
1998
as Johnny Tobin
4.3
4.3
Texas '46
2002
as Colonel Gartner
4.3
4.3
Night Game
1989
as Seaver
4.1
4.1
Time Lapse
2001
as Agent La Nova
3.8
3.8
The Men's Club
1986
as Cavanaugh
3.4
3.4
Citizen Verdict
2003
as Bull Tyler
3.3
3.3
The Rage
1997
3.2
3.2
The White Raven
1998
as Tom Heath
3.2
3.2
Dark Honeymoon
2008
as Sam
3.0
3.0
Falling Through
2000
as Earl
2.7
2.7
Red Serpent
2002
as Hassan
2.6
2.6
The Doorway
2000
as Professor Lamont
2.1
2.1
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
2.0
2.0
The Definite Maybe
1997
as Eddie Jacobson
1.7
1.7
Better Living
1998
as Larry
1.0
1.0
Love Thy Neighbor
2003
as Fred
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
as Narrator
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000
as Narrator
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self - Host
Jaws 5
1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
as Himself
Smiles
1964
Assignment: Munich
1972
as Jack Webster
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
as Jacobo Timerman
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