Roy Scheider
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Narrator / Self
Iron Cross
2009
as Joseph
Chicago 10
2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Dark Honeymoon
2008
as Sam
The Poet
2007
as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
2007
as Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
Dracula III: Legacy
2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
The Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula II: Ascension
2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
Citizen Verdict
2003
as Bull Tyler
Love Thy Neighbor
2003
as Fred
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
King of Texas
2002
as Henry Westover
Texas '46
2002
as Colonel Gartner
Red Serpent
2002
as Hassan
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
as Narrator
Time Lapse
2001
as Agent La Nova
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
The Making of Jaws 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Mark Ford Brady
The Diamond Hunters
2001
as Jacobus Van der Byl
Warship
2001
as Narrator
Daybreak
2000
as Stan Marshall
Chain of Command
2000
as President Jack Cahill
The Doorway
2000
as Professor Lamont
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000
as Narrator
Falling Through
2000
as Earl
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
Secrets of the Dead
2000
as Narrator (voice)
RKO 281
1999
as George Schaefer
Silver Wolf
1999
as John Rockwell
Jaws 5
1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Third Watch
1999
as Fyodor Chevchenko
Family Guy
1999
as Roy Scheider
Family Guy
1999
as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Grant Schiller
Evasive Action
1998
as Enzo Marcelli
Money Play$
1998
as Johnny Tobin
The White Raven
1998
as Tom Heath
Better Living
1998
as Larry
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
as Narrator
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self
The Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
The Peacekeeper
1997
as President Robert Baker
Plato's Run
1997
as Senarkian
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Hal
Executive Target
1997
as President Carlson
The Definite Maybe
1997
as Eddie Jacobson
The Rage
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995
as Self
Wild Justice
1994
as Peter Stride
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self - Host
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
SeaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
The Russia House
1990
as Russell
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
as Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
The Howard Stern Show
1990
as Self
Cohen and Tate
1989
as Cohen
Night Game
1989
as Seaver
Listen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
The Men's Club
1986
as Cavanaugh
Follies: In Concert
1986
as Narrator
2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Tiger Town
1984
as Billy Young
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
as Himself
Blue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
as Jacobo Timerman
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Still of the Night
1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
Last Embrace
1979
as Harry Hannan
All That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
Jaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Marathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
Jaws
1975
as Brody
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
as Sam Stoneman
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
The Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
The Outside Man
1972
as Lenny
The Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard
Assignment: Munich
1972
as Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Klute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
The French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
Cannon
1971
Film '72
1971
as Self
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Mark
Loving
1970
as Skip
Stiletto
1969
as Bennett
Paper Lion
1968
as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
as Philip Sinclair
Smiles
1964
A Wind from the South
1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
The Secret Storm
1954
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Francesco Barberini