Roy Scheider
Age: N/A | From: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Roy R. Scheider
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 78
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
Biography
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its sequel Jaws 2 (1978); NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); Jackie Scanlon / Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993–1996).(1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); Jackie Scanlon / Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993–1996). Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Scheider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
NOVA
(1974) Narrator
American Experience
(1988) Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Mark Ford Brady
Third Watch
(1999) Fyodor Chevchenko
Secrets of the Dead
(2000) Narrator
seaQuest DSV
(1993) Captain Nathan Bridger
Jaws
(1975) Police Chief Martin Brody
The Oscars
(1953) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Archive Footage | |
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Joseph | |
| Narrator / Self | ||
| 2008 | Sam | |
| Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Rabbi | |
| Linus | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2005 | Cardinal Siqueros | |
| Fred | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Frank Castle, Sr. | ||
| 2003 | Bull Tyler | |
| Cardinal Siqueros | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Hassan | |
| Henry Westover | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Mayor Harry S. Porter | ||
| Colonel Gartner | ||
| 2001 | Agent La Nova | |
| Mark Ford Brady | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Jacobus Van der Byl | ||
| 2000 | Stan Marshall | |
| Narrator | ||
| Professor Lamont | ||
| President Jack Cahill | ||
| Narrator | ||
| George Schaefer | ||
| Self | ||
| Earl | ||
| 1999 | Fyodor Chevchenko | |
| Grant Schiller | ||
| Roy Scheider | ||
| Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) | ||
| John Rockwell | ||
| 1998 | Tom Heath | |
| Larry | ||
| Johnny Tobin | ||
| Self | ||
| Enzo Marcelli | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1997 | Wilfred Keeley | |
| Hal | ||
| President Robert Baker | ||
| N/A | ||
| President Carlson | ||
| Eddie Jacobson | ||
| Senarkian | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Self | |
| 1994 | Peter Stride | |
| 1993 | Don Falcone | |
| Captain Nathan Bridger | ||
| 1991 | Dr. Benway | |
| 1990 | Russell | |
| Self | ||
| Col. Jack Knowles | ||
| Joe Gideon (archive footage) | ||
| Paul Marish | ||
| 1989 | Seaver | |
| Charlie Nichols | ||
| Cohen | ||
| 1988 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1986 | Harry Mitchell | |
| Cavanaugh | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1985 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | Dr. Heywood Floyd | |
| Billy Young | ||
| 1983 | Jacobo Timerman | |
| Murphy | ||
| 1982 | Doctor Sam Rice | |
| 1979 | Joe Gideon | |
| Harry Hannan | ||
| 1978 | Police Chief Martin Brody | |
| 1977 | Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez' | |
| 1976 | Doc | |
| 1975 | Sam Stoneman | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Police Chief Martin Brody | ||
| 1974 | Himself | |
| Narrator | ||
| 1973 | Buddy - Seven-Up | |
| 1972 | Lenny | |
| Michael Howard | ||
| Jack Webster | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Buddy Russo | |
| N/A | ||
| Frank Ligourin | ||
| 1970 | Mark | |
| Skip | ||
| 1969 | Bennett | |
| 1968 | Man (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | Philip Sinclair | |
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Dancer (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Francesco Barberini | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Presenter | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
