Roy Scheider
Acting
Born: 1932-11-10 in Orange, New Jersey, USA
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 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.
Known For
Family Guy
Roy Scheider
Family Guy
Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Ford Brady
NOVA
Narrator
Third Watch
Fyodor Chevchenko
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
seaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
Jaws
Brody
Cannon
People's Choice Awards
Self
The Secret Storm
The Punisher
Frank Castle, Sr.
The Oscars
Self
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
The Rainmaker
Wilfred Keeley
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
Sorcerer
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
The French Connection
Buddy Russo
Blue Thunder
Murphy
Naked Lunch
Dr. Benway
So Graham Norton
Self
Marathon Man
Henry 'Doc' Levy
Jaws: The Revenge
Martin Brody (archive footage)
Klute
Frank Ligourin
Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Falcone
The Howard Stern Show
Self
The Russia House
Russell
All That Jazz
Joe Gideon
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
RKO 281
George Schaefer
The Peacekeeper
President Robert Baker
52 Pick-Up
Harry Mitchell
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini