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:
- 92
- First Appeared:
- In the series Love of Life 1951-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird 2024-03-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird | Archive Footage | 2024-03-01 |
| 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 | 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 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| 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 | 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 | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | 2000-04-07 |
| Series | Secrets of the Dead | narrator | 2000-05-15 |
| Movie | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | 2000-12-19 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| Movie | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | 1998-08-21 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | Better Living | Larry | 1998-11-02 |
| Movie | The White Raven | Tom Heath | 1998-12-18 |
| Movie | The Definite Maybe | Eddie Jacobson | 1997-07-04 |
| Movie | Plato's Run | Senarkian | 1997-05-27 |
| Movie | Executive Target | President Carlson | 1997-07-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Rage | 1997-08-15 | |
| 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 |
| Series | seaQuest DSV | Unknown | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Naked Lunch | Dr. Benway | 1991-12-27 |
| Movie | Bob Fosse: Steam Heat | Joe Gideon (archive footage) | 1990-02-23 |
| Movie | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-03-08 |
| Movie | The Russia House | Russell | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | 1989-01-27 |
| Movie | Night Game | Seaver | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | 1989-05-05 |
| Movie | Jaws: The Revenge | Police Chief Martin Brody (archival footage) (uncredited) | 1987-07-17 |
| Movie | Follies: In Concert | Narrator | 1986-03-14 |
| Movie | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | 52 Pick-Up | Harry Mitchell | 1986-11-07 |
| 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 | Still of the Night | Doctor Sam Rice | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | All That Jazz | Joe Gideon | 1979-12-16 |
| Movie | Last Embrace | Harry Hannan | 1979-05-04 |
| 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 | Jaws | Brody | 1975-06-20 |
| Movie | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Movie | The Seven-Ups | Buddy - Seven-Up | 1973-12-14 |
| Movie | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 1972-01-20 | |
| Movie | The Assassination | Michael Howard | 1972-10-04 |
| Movie | The Outside Man | Lenny | 1972-12-21 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | Klute | Frank Ligourin | 1971-06-23 |
| 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! | 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 |