Roy Scheider

ActorCrew Nov 10 (died age 75) Orange, New Jersey, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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 (…

Known For

Film

Jaws

Brody

Film

The French Connection

Buddy Russo

Film

The Punisher

Frank Castle, Sr.

Film

Marathon Man

Henry 'Doc' Levy

Film

The Rainmaker

Wilfred Keeley

Film

Naked Lunch

Dr. Benway

Film

Sorcerer

Scanlon / "Dominguez"

Film

All That Jazz

Joe Gideon

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (93)

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

as Self

7.4

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

The Shark Is Still Working

as Narrator / Self

Iron Cross

as Joseph

Dark Honeymoon

as Sam

Chicago 10

as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

The Poet

as Rabbi

If I Didn't Care

as Linus

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

2006

as Self

Dracula III: Legacy

as Cardinal Siqueros

The Punisher

as Frank Castle, Sr.

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004

as Self

7.0

Dracula II: Ascension

as Cardinal Siqueros

Citizen Verdict

as Bull Tyler

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

Love Thy Neighbor

as Fred

Angels Don't Sleep Here

2002

as Mayor Harry S. Porter

King of Texas

as Henry Westover

Red Serpent

as Hassan

Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

as Narrator

Texas '46

as Colonel Gartner

Time Lapse

as Agent La Nova

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001

as Self

7.0

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001

as Self

6.5

The Making of Jaws 2

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Daybreak

as Stan Marshall

The Doorway

as Professor Lamont

Hitler's Lost Sub

as Narrator

Chain of Command

2000

as President Jack Cahill

5.0

Falling Through

2000

as Earl

3.0

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000

as Self

8.3

Jaws 5

1999

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

RKO 281

as George Schaefer

Silver Wolf

as John Rockwell

Money Play$

as Johnny Tobin

Evasive Action

as Enzo Marcelli

The White Raven

as Tom Heath

World's Deadliest Sea Creatures

1998

as Narrator

Better Living

as Larry

The Definite Maybe

as Eddie Jacobson

Executive Target

as President Carlson

The Rainmaker

as Wilfred Keeley

The Rage

The Myth of Fingerprints

as Hal

Plato's Run

as Senarkian

The Peacekeeper

as President Robert Baker

The Making of 'Jaws'

as Self

Wild Justice

as Peter Stride

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

as Self - Host

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993

as Don Falcone

6.3

When It Was a Game 2

1992

as Passage Narrator (voice)

Naked Lunch

as Dr. Benway

When It Was a Game

as (voice)

The Fourth War

as Col. Jack Knowles

The Russia House

as Russell

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

1990

as Joe Gideon (archive footage)

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

as Paul Marish

Night Game

as Seaver

Listen to Me

as Charlie Nichols

Cohen and Tate

as Cohen

Jaws: The Revenge

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

Follies: In Concert

as Narrator

The Men's Club

as Cavanaugh

52 Pick-Up

as Harry Mitchell

2010

as Dr. Heywood Floyd

Tiger Town

as Billy Young

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984

as Himself

Blue Thunder

1983

as Murphy

6.2

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983

as Jacobo Timerman

Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder

Still of the Night

as Doctor Sam Rice

All That Jazz

as Joe Gideon

Last Embrace

as Harry Hannan

Jaws 2

as Police Chief Martin Brody

6.0

Sorcerer

1977

as Scanlon / "Dominguez"

Marathon Man

as Henry 'Doc' Levy

Jaws

as Brody

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

1975

as Sam Stoneman

5.4

New England Our Way

1974

as Self

The Seven-Ups

as Buddy - Seven-Up

The Assassination

as Michael Howard

The Outside Man

as Lenny

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972

5.0

Assignment: Munich

1972

as Jack Webster

The French Connection

as Buddy Russo

Klute

as Frank Ligourin

Loving

as Skip

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

as Mark

Stiletto

as Bennett

Paper Lion

as Man (uncredited)

Smiles

The Curse of the Living Corpse

1964

as Philip Sinclair

5.7

A Wind from the South

1955

as Dancer (uncredited)

5.7

Television (21)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Mark Ford Brady

Warship

as Narrator

The Diamond Hunters

as Jacobus Van der Byl

Secrets of the Dead

as Narrator

Family Guy

as Roy Scheider

Third Watch

as Fyodor Chevchenko

The Seventh Scroll

as Grant Schiller

So Graham Norton

as Self

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

seaQuest DSV

1993

as Captain Nathan Bridger

7.1

seaQuest DSV

1993

as Captain Nathan Bridger

7.1

The Howard Stern Show

as Self

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

People's Choice Awards

as Self

NOVA

as Narrator

Cannon

The Secret Storm

The Oscars

as Self

Love of Life

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Francesco Barberini

8.6

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Warship

2001

Presenter

6.0