Roy Scheider
Born November 10, 1932 (Age: 93)
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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.
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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Filmography
Chicago 10
2008
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as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
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Age: 75
No Image
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
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as Self
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Age: 73
The Punisher
2004
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as Frank Castle, Sr.
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Age: 71
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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as Self
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Age: 70
Red Serpent
2002
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as Hassan
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Age: 69
King of Texas
2002
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as Henry Westover
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Age: 69
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002
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as Mayor Harry S. Porter
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Age: 69
Texas '46
2002
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as Colonel Gartner
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Age: 69
Daybreak
2000
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as Stan Marshall
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Age: 68
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 68
The Doorway
2000
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as Professor Lamont
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Age: 67
Chain of Command
2000
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as President Jack Cahill
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Age: 67
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 67
Falling Through
2000
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as Earl
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Age: 67
Jaws 5
1999
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as Martin Brody (archive footage)
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Age: 66
The White Raven
1998
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as Tom Heath
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Age: 66
Better Living
1998
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as Larry
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Age: 65
Money Play$
1998
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as Johnny Tobin
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Age: 65
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
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as Narrator
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Age: 65
Evasive Action
1998
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as Enzo Marcelli
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Age: 65
The Rainmaker
1997
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as Wilfred Keeley
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Age: 65
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
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as Hal
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Age: 64
The Peacekeeper
1997
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as President Robert Baker
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Age: 64
The Rage
1997
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as
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Age: 64
Executive Target
1997
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as President Carlson
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Age: 64
The Definite Maybe
1997
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as Eddie Jacobson
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Age: 64
Plato's Run
1997
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as Senarkian
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Age: 64
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
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as Self - Host
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Age: 61
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
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as Don Falcone
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Age: 60
When It Was a Game 2
1992
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as Passage Narrator (voice)
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Age: 59
Naked Lunch
1991
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as Dr. Benway
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Age: 59
When It Was a Game
1991
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as (voice)
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Age: 58
The Russia House
1990
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as Russell
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Age: 58
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
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as Paul Marish
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Age: 57
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
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as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
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Age: 57
The Fourth War
1990
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as Col. Jack Knowles
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Age: 57
Night Game
1989
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as Seaver
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Age: 56
Listen to Me
1989
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as Charlie Nichols
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Age: 56
Cohen and Tate
1989
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as Cohen
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Age: 56
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
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as Martin Brody (archive footage)
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Age: 54
52 Pick-Up
1986
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as Harry Mitchell
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Age: 53
The Men's Club
1986
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as Cavanaugh
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Age: 53
2010
1984
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as Dr. Heywood Floyd
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Age: 52
Blue Thunder
1983
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as Murphy
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Age: 50
Still of the Night
1982
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as Doctor Sam Rice
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Age: 50
All That Jazz
1979
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as Joe Gideon
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Age: 47
Jaws 2
1978
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as Police Chief Martin Brody
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Age: 45
Sorcerer
1977
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as Scanlon / "Dominguez"
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Age: 44
Marathon Man
1976
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as Henry 'Doc' Levy
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Age: 43
Jaws
1975
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as Brody
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Age: 42
New England Our Way
1974
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Seven-Ups
1973
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as Buddy - Seven-Up
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Age: 41
The Outside Man
1972
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as Lenny
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Age: 40
The Assassination
1972
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as Michael Howard
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Age: 39
Assignment: Munich
1972
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as Jack Webster
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Age: 39
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
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as
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Age: 39
The French Connection
1971
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as Buddy Russo
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Age: 38
Klute
1971
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as Frank Ligourin
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Age: 38
Stiletto
1969
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as Bennett
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Age: 36
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
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as Philip Sinclair
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Age: 31
Smiles
1964
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as
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Age: 31
A Wind from the South
1955
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as Dancer (uncredited)
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Age: 22