Roy Scheider
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection and his role as Captain Nathan Bridger in science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final performance is to be released posthumously in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross. Described by Allmovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award over the course of his career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Scheider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 10, 1932 In Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 76
- First Appeared:
- In the series Love of Life 1951-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Iron Cross 2009-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' | Narrator / Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Movie | Iron Cross | Joseph | 2009-12-15 |
| Movie | Chicago 10 | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | 2008-02-29 |
| Movie | Dark Honeymoon | Sam | 2008-07-22 |
| Movie | If I Didn't Care | Linus | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | The Poet | Rabbi | 2007-08-07 |
| Movie | Dracula III: Legacy | Cardinal Siqueros | 2005-07-12 |
| Movie | The Punisher | Frank Castle, Sr. | 2004-04-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Self | 2004-10-30 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | The Diamond Hunters | Jacobus Van der Byl | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | 2003-06-07 |
| Movie | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| Movie | Texas '46 | Colonel Gartner | 2002-01-11 |
| Movie | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry S. Porter | 2002-04-02 |
| Movie | Red Serpent | Hassan | 2002-10-05 |
| Movie | King of Texas | Henry Westover | 2002-06-02 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Agent La Nova | 2001-11-27 |
| Movie | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| Movie | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | 2000-12-19 |
| Movie | Silver Wolf | John Rockwell | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | 1998-08-21 |
| Movie | Better Living | Larry | 1998-11-02 |
| Movie | The White Raven | Tom Heath | 1998-12-18 |
| Movie | The Definite Maybe | Eddie Jacobson | 1997-07-04 |
| Movie | Plato's Run | Senarkian | 1997-05-27 |
| Movie | Executive Target | President Carlson | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | The Rage | 1997-08-15 | |
| Movie | The Peacekeeper | President Robert Baker | 1997-08-22 |
| Movie | The Myth of Fingerprints | Hal | 1997-09-17 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | 1995-11-28 |
| Movie | Wild Justice | Peter Stride | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-03-08 |
| Movie | The Russia House | Russell | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | 1989-01-27 |
| Movie | Night Game | Seaver | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | 1989-05-05 |
| Movie | Jaws: The Revenge | Police Chief Martin Brody (archival footage) (uncredited) | 1987-07-17 |
| Movie | Follies In Concert | Narrator | 1986-03-14 |
| Movie | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Narrator (voice) | 1985-05-15 |
| Movie | Tiger Town | Billy Young | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | 2010 | Dr. Heywood Floyd | 1984-12-06 |
| Movie | Blue Thunder | Murphy | 1983-02-05 |
| Movie | Still of the Night | Doctor Sam Rice | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | Last Embrace | Harry Hannan | 1979-05-04 |
| Movie | All That Jazz | Joe Gideon | 1979-12-16 |
| Movie | Jaws 2 | Police Chief Martin Brody | 1978-06-16 |
| Movie | Sorcerer | Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez' | 1977-06-24 |
| Movie | Marathon Man | Doc | 1976-10-08 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| Movie | The Seven-Ups | Buddy - Seven-Up | 1973-12-14 |
| Movie | Assignment: Munich | Jack Webster | 1972-04-30 |
| Movie | The Assassination | Michael Howard | 1972-10-04 |
| Movie | The Outside Man | Lenny | 1972-12-21 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | Klute | Frank Ligourin | 1971-06-23 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Buddy Russo | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | Loving | Skip | 1970-03-04 |
| Movie | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Mark | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Stiletto | Bennett | 1969-07-30 |
| Movie | Star! | 1968-07-18 | |
| Movie | Paper Lion | Man (uncredited) | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | A Wind from the South | Dancer (uncredited) | 1955-09-14 |
| Series | The Secret Storm | 1954-02-01 | |
| Series | Love of Life | 1951-09-24 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |