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Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider’s screen credits include Brody in Jaws and Frank Castle, Sr. in The Punisher.
Born November 10, 1932† February 10, 2008 Orange, New Jersey, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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 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.
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- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf
- 2009Iron CrossJoseph
- 2009The Shark Is Still WorkingNarrator / Self
- 2008Dark HoneymoonSam
- 2008Chicago 10Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
- 2007The PoetRabbi
- 2007If I Didn't CareLinus
- 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'Self
- 2005Dracula III: LegacyCardinal Siqueros
- 2004Hollywood's Creepiest CreaturesSelf
- 2004The Best of So Graham NortonSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Love Thy NeighborFred
- 2003Citizen VerdictBull Tyler
- 2003Dracula II: AscensionCardinal Siqueros
- 2003A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf
- 2002Red SerpentHassan
- 2002King of TexasHenry Westover
- 2002Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile SubmarinesNarrator
- 2002Angels Don't Sleep HereMayor Harry S. Porter
- 2002Texas '46Colonel Gartner
- 2001Time LapseAgent La Nova
- 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French ConnectionSelf
- 2001Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'Self
- 2001The Making of Jaws 2Self (archive footage)
- 2000DaybreakStan Marshall
- 2000Hitler's Lost SubNarrator
- 2000The DoorwayProfessor Lamont
- 2000Chain of CommandPresident Jack Cahill
- 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'Self
- 2000Falling ThroughEarl
- 1999RKO 281George Schaefer
- 1999Silver WolfJohn Rockwell
- 1999Jaws 5Martin Brody (archive footage)
- 1998The White RavenTom Heath
- 1998Better LivingLarry
- 1998Money Play$Johnny Tobin
- 1998Evasive ActionEnzo Marcelli
- 1998World's Deadliest Sea CreaturesNarrator
- 1997The RainmakerWilfred Keeley
- 1997The Myth of FingerprintsHal
- 1997The PeacekeeperPresident Robert Baker
- 1997The RageActor
- 1997Executive TargetPresident Carlson
- 1997The Definite MaybeEddie Jacobson
- 1997Plato's RunSenarkian
- 1995The Making of 'Jaws'Self
- 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf - Host
- 1994Wild JusticePeter Stride
- 1993Romeo Is BleedingDon Falcone
- 1993SeaQuest DSVCaptain Nathan Bridger
- 1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1991Naked LunchDr. Benway
- 1991When It Was a Game(voice)
- 1990The Russia HouseRussell
- 1990Somebody Has to Shoot the PicturePaul Marish
- 1990Bob Fosse: Steam HeatJoe Gideon (archive footage)
- 1990The Fourth WarCol. Jack Knowles
- 1989Night GameSeaver
- 1989Listen to MeCharlie Nichols
- 1989Cohen and TateCohen
- 1987Jaws: The RevengeMartin Brody (archive footage)
- 198652 Pick-UpHarry Mitchell
- 1986The Men's ClubCavanaugh
- 1986Follies: In ConcertNarrator
- 19842010Dr. Heywood Floyd
- 1984Tiger TownBilly Young
- 19842010 : The Odyssey ContinuesHimself
- 1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a NumberJacobo Timerman
- 1983Blue ThunderMurphy
- 1983Behind-the-Scenes: Blue ThunderActor
- 1982Still of the NightDoctor Sam Rice
- 1979All That JazzJoe Gideon
- 1979Last EmbraceHarry Hannan
- 1978Jaws 2Police Chief Martin Brody
- 1977SorcererScanlon / 'Dominguez'
- 1976Marathon ManHenry 'Doc' Levy
- 1975Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New YorkSam Stoneman
- 1974New England Our WaySelf
- 1973The Seven-UpsBuddy - Seven-Up
- 1972The Outside ManLenny
- 1972The AssassinationMichael Howard
- 1972Assignment: MunichJack Webster
- 1972To Be Young, Gifted and BlackActor
- 1971The French ConnectionBuddy Russo
- 1971KluteFrank Ligourin
- 1970Puzzle of a Downfall ChildMark
- 1970LovingSkip
- 1969StilettoBennett
- 1968Paper LionMan (uncredited)
- 1964The Curse of the Living CorpsePhilip Sinclair
- 1964SmilesActor
- 1955A Wind from the SouthDancer (uncredited)
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