Acting · Orange, New Jersey, USA · Born November 10, 1932
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.
MovieJaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
MovieIron Cross
2009
as Joseph
MovieThe Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Narrator / Self
MovieDark Honeymoon
2008
as Sam
MovieChicago 10
2008
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
MovieThe Poet
2007
as Rabbi
MovieIf I Didn't Care
2007
as Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
MovieDracula III: Legacy
2005
as Cardinal Siqueros
MovieHollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
MovieThe Punisher
2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.
MovieLove Thy Neighbor
2003
as Fred
MovieCitizen Verdict
2003
as Bull Tyler
MovieDracula II: Ascension
2003
as Cardinal Siqueros
MovieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
MovieRed Serpent
2002
as Hassan
MovieKing of Texas
2002
as Henry Westover
MovieRegulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002
as Narrator
MovieAngels Don't Sleep Here
2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
MovieTexas '46
2002
as Colonel Gartner
MovieTime Lapse
2001
as Agent La Nova
TVWarship
2001
as Narrator
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Mark Ford Brady
MovieMaking the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
MovieGoing the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of Jaws 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Diamond Hunters
2001
as Jacobus Van der Byl
MovieDaybreak
2000
as Stan Marshall
MovieHitler's Lost Sub
2000
as Narrator
MovieThe Doorway
2000
as Professor Lamont
MovieChain of Command
2000
as President Jack Cahill
TVSecrets of the Dead
2000
as Narrator
MovieThe Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
MovieFalling Through
2000
as Earl
MovieRKO 281
1999
as George Schaefer
TVThird Watch
1999
as Fyodor Chevchenko
TVThe Seventh Scroll
1999
as Grant Schiller
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Roy Scheider
MovieSilver Wolf
1999
as John Rockwell
MovieJaws 5
1999
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
MovieThe White Raven
1998
as Tom Heath
MovieBetter Living
1998
as Larry
MovieMoney Play$
1998
as Johnny Tobin
TVSo Graham Norton
1998
as Self
MovieEvasive Action
1998
as Enzo Marcelli
MovieWorld's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
as Narrator
MovieThe Rainmaker
1997
as Wilfred Keeley
MovieThe Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Hal
MovieThe Peacekeeper
1997
as President Robert Baker
MovieThe Rage
1997
MovieExecutive Target
1997
as President Carlson
MovieThe Definite Maybe
1997
as Eddie Jacobson
MoviePlato's Run
1997
as Senarkian
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieThe Making of 'Jaws'
1995
as Self
MovieMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self - Host
MovieWild Justice
1994
as Peter Stride
MovieRomeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Don Falcone
MovieSeaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
TVseaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger
MovieWhen It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
MovieNaked Lunch
1991
as Dr. Benway
MovieWhen It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
MovieThe Russia House
1990
as Russell
MovieSomebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
as Paul Marish
TVThe Howard Stern Show
1990
as Self
MovieBob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990
as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
MovieThe Fourth War
1990
as Col. Jack Knowles
MovieNight Game
1989
as Seaver
MovieListen to Me
1989
as Charlie Nichols
MovieCohen and Tate
1989
as Cohen
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJaws: The Revenge
1987
as Martin Brody (archive footage)
Movie52 Pick-Up
1986
as Harry Mitchell
MovieThe Men's Club
1986
as Cavanaugh
MovieFollies: In Concert
1986
as Narrator
Movie2010
1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
MovieTiger Town
1984
as Billy Young
Movie2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
as Himself
MovieJacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
as Jacobo Timerman
MovieBlue Thunder
1983
as Murphy
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
MovieStill of the Night
1982
as Doctor Sam Rice
MovieAll That Jazz
1979
as Joe Gideon
MovieLast Embrace
1979
as Harry Hannan
MovieJaws 2
1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody
MovieSorcerer
1977
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
MovieMarathon Man
1976
as Henry 'Doc' Levy
MovieSheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975
as Sam Stoneman
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieJaws
1975
as Brody
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
MovieNew England Our Way
1974
as Self
TVNOVA
1974
as Narrator
MovieThe Seven-Ups
1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up
MovieThe Outside Man
1972
as Lenny
MovieThe Assassination
1972
as Michael Howard
MovieAssignment: Munich
1972
as Jack Webster
MovieTo Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe French Connection
1971
as Buddy Russo
TVCannon
1971
MovieKlute
1971
as Frank Ligourin
MoviePuzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Mark
MovieLoving
1970
as Skip
MovieStiletto
1969
as Bennett
MoviePaper Lion
1968
as Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Curse of the Living Corpse
1964
as Philip Sinclair
MovieSmiles
1964
MovieA Wind from the South
1955
as Dancer (uncredited)
The Secret Storm
1954
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Francesco Barberini
Love of Life
1951
