People
Roy Scheider
- Name: Roy Scheider
- Birthday: 1932-11-10
- Also known as: Roy R. Scheider,روی شیدر
- Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Popularity: 1.4884
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage) | 2025-11-21 |
| Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story as Self | 2025-06-20 |
| Iron Cross as Joseph | 2009-12-15 |
| The Shark Is Still Working as Narrator / Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Dark Honeymoon as Sam | 2008-07-22 |
| Chicago 10 as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | 2008-02-29 |
| The Poet as Rabbi | 2007-08-07 |
| If I Didn't Care as Linus | 2007-08-03 |
| Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' as Self | 2006-04-04 |
| Dracula III: Legacy as Cardinal Siqueros | 2005-07-12 |
| Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures as Self | 2004-10-30 |
| The Punisher as Frank Castle, Sr. | 2004-04-15 |
| Love Thy Neighbor as Fred | 2003-10-07 |
| Citizen Verdict as Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| Dracula II: Ascension as Cardinal Siqueros | 2003-06-07 |
| A Decade Under the Influence as Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Red Serpent as Hassan | 2002-10-05 |
| King of Texas as Henry Westover | 2002-06-02 |
| Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines as Narrator | 2002-04-21 |
| Angels Don't Sleep Here as Mayor Harry S. Porter | 2002-04-02 |
| Texas '46 as Colonel Gartner | 2002-01-11 |
| Time Lapse as Agent La Nova | 2001-11-27 |
| Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self | 2001-09-25 |
| Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' as Self | 2001-08-28 |
| The Making of Jaws 2 as Self (archive footage) | 2001-05-22 |
| Daybreak as Stan Marshall | 2000-12-19 |
| Hitler's Lost Sub as Narrator | 2000-11-14 |
| The Doorway as Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| Chain of Command as President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Falling Through as Earl | 2000-01-01 |
| RKO 281 as George Schaefer | 1999-11-20 |
| Silver Wolf as John Rockwell | 1999-01-10 |
| Jaws 5 as Martin Brody (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| The White Raven as Tom Heath | 1998-12-18 |
| Better Living as Larry | 1998-11-02 |
| Money Play$ as Johnny Tobin | 1998-08-21 |
| World's Deadliest Sea Creatures as Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
| Evasive Action as Enzo Marcelli | 1998-01-01 |
| The Rainmaker as Wilfred Keeley | 1997-11-18 |
| The Myth of Fingerprints as Hal | 1997-09-17 |
| The Peacekeeper as President Robert Baker | 1997-08-22 |
| The Rage | 1997-08-15 |
| Executive Target as President Carlson | 1997-07-11 |
| The Definite Maybe as Eddie Jacobson | 1997-07-04 |
| Plato's Run as Senarkian | 1997-05-27 |
| The Making of 'Jaws' as Self | 1995-11-28 |
| Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self - Host | 1994-05-22 |
| Wild Justice as Peter Stride | 1994-05-13 |
| Romeo Is Bleeding as Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice) | 1992-07-13 |
| Naked Lunch as Dr. Benway | 1991-12-27 |
| When It Was a Game as (voice) | 1991-07-08 |
| The Russia House as Russell | 1990-12-21 |
| Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture as Paul Marish | 1990-09-09 |
| Bob Fosse: Steam Heat as Joe Gideon (archive footage) | 1990-02-23 |
| The Fourth War as Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-01-12 |
| Night Game as Seaver | 1989-09-15 |
| Listen to Me as Charlie Nichols | 1989-05-05 |
| Cohen and Tate as Cohen | 1989-01-27 |
| Jaws: The Revenge as Martin Brody (archive footage) | 1987-07-17 |
| 52 Pick-Up as Harry Mitchell | 1986-11-07 |
| The Men's Club as Cavanaugh | 1986-09-19 |
| Follies: In Concert as Narrator | 1986-03-14 |
| 2010 as Dr. Heywood Floyd | 1984-12-06 |
| Tiger Town as Billy Young | 1984-06-08 |
| 2010 : The Odyssey Continues as Himself | 1984-01-01 |
| Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number as Jacobo Timerman | 1983-05-22 |
| Blue Thunder as Murphy | 1983-02-05 |
| Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder | 1983-01-01 |
| Still of the Night as Doctor Sam Rice | 1982-11-19 |
| All That Jazz as Joe Gideon | 1979-12-16 |
| Last Embrace as Harry Hannan | 1979-05-04 |
| Jaws 2 as Police Chief Martin Brody | 1978-06-16 |
| Sorcerer as Scanlon / "Dominguez" | 1977-06-24 |
| Marathon Man as Henry 'Doc' Levy | 1976-10-08 |
| Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York as Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| Jaws as Brody | 1975-06-20 |
| New England Our Way as Self | 1974-12-09 |
| The Seven-Ups as Buddy - Seven-Up | 1973-12-14 |
| The Outside Man as Lenny | 1972-12-21 |
| The Assassination as Michael Howard | 1972-10-04 |
| Assignment: Munich as Jack Webster | 1972-04-30 |
| To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 1972-01-20 |
| The French Connection as Buddy Russo | 1971-10-09 |
| Klute as Frank Ligourin | 1971-06-23 |
| Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Mark | 1970-12-16 |
| Loving as Skip | 1970-03-04 |
| Stiletto as Bennett | 1969-07-30 |
| Paper Lion as Man (uncredited) | 1968-10-14 |
| The Curse of the Living Corpse as Philip Sinclair | 1964-05-01 |
| Smiles | 1964-01-01 |
| A Wind from the South as Dancer (uncredited) | 1955-09-14 |
