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:
- 101
- First Appeared:
- In the series Love of Life 1951-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025-11-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2025-11-21 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird | (archive footage) | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | The Shark Is Still Working | 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 | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | 2003-06-07 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Fred | 2003-10-07 |
| Movie | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| Movie | Texas '46 | Colonel Gartner | 2002-01-11 |
| Movie | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry S. Porter | 2002-04-02 |
| Movie | Red Serpent | Hassan | 2002-10-05 |
| Movie | King of Texas | Henry Westover | 2002-06-02 |
| 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 | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | 1999-11-20 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | 1998-08-21 |
| Movie | Evasive Action | Enzo Marcelli | 1998-01-01 |
| 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 | The Rage | 1997-08-15 | |
| Movie | Executive Target | President Carlson | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | The Rainmaker | Wilfred Keeley | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | The Myth of Fingerprints | Hal | 1997-09-17 |
| Movie | The Peacekeeper | President Robert Baker | 1997-08-22 |
| 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 |
| Series | seaQuest DSV | Captain Nathan Bridger | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) | 1992-07-13 |
| Movie | When It Was a Game | (voice) | 1991-07-08 |
| Movie | Naked Lunch | Dr. Benway | 1991-12-27 |
| Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | Bob Fosse: Steam Heat | Joe Gideon (archive footage) | 1990-02-23 |
| Movie | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | 1990-09-09 |
| 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 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Jaws: The Revenge | Martin Brody (archive footage) | 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 | 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 | 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 | Scanlon / "Dominguez" | 1977-06-24 |
| Movie | Marathon Man | Henry 'Doc' Levy | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | Jaws | Brody | 1975-06-20 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| 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 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! | 1968-07-18 | |
| Movie | Paper Lion | Man (uncredited) | 1968-10-14 |
| 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 |