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:
- 81
- First Appeared:
- In the series Love of Life 1951-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Iron Cross 2009-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Iron Cross | Joseph | 2009-12-15 |
| Movie | Dark Honeymoon | Sam | 2008-07-22 |
| Movie | The Shark Is Still Working | Himself | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Chicago 10 | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | If I Didn't Care | Linus | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | The Poet | Rabbi | 2007-08-07 |
| Movie | Dracula III: Legacy | Cardinal Siqueros | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Himself | 2004-10-30 |
| Movie | The Punisher | Frank Castle, Sr. | 2004-04-15 |
| Movie | The Diamond Hunters | Jacobus Van der Byl | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | 2003-06-18 |
| Movie | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | 2003-06-07 |
| Movie | Texas '46 | Colonel Gartner | 2002-01-11 |
| Movie | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry S. Porter | 2002-04-02 |
| Movie | King of Texas | 2002-06-02 | |
| Movie | Red Serpent | Hassan | 2002-10-05 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Agent La Nova | 2001-11-27 |
| Series | Secrets of the Dead | narrator | 2000-05-15 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | 2000-07-22 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | 2000-12-19 |
| Movie | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | 2000-10-24 |
| Movie | Silver Wolf | John Rockwell | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | 1999-11-20 |
| Movie | Evasive Action | Enzo Marcelli | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | The Peacekeeper | President Robert Baker | 1998-01-18 |
| 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 Rainmaker | Wilfred Keeley | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | The Myth Of Fingerprints | Hal | 1997-09-17 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' | Himself | 1995-11-28 |
| Series | seaQuest DSV | Unknown | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | Wild Justice | Peter Stride | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Naked Lunch | Doctor Benway | 1991-12-27 |
| Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | 1990-03-08 |
| Movie | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Russia House | Russell | 1990-12-19 |
| Movie | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | 1989-05-05 |
| Movie | Night Game | Mike Seaver | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Follies In Concert | Narrator | 1986-03-14 |
| Movie | 52 Pick-Up | Harry Mitchell | 1986-11-07 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Narrator (voice) | 1985-05-15 |
| Movie | 2010 | Dr. Heywood Floyd | 1984-12-06 |
| Movie | Blue Thunder | Frank Murphy | 1983-02-05 |
| Movie | Tiger Town | Billy Young | 1983-10-09 |
| 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 | 1979-12-20 |
| Movie | Jaws 2 | Police Chief Martin Brody | 1978-06-16 |
| Movie | Sorcerer | Jackie Scanlon / "Juan Dominguez" | 1977-06-24 |
| Movie | Marathon Man | Henry David ‚Doc‘ Levy | 1976-10-05 |
| Movie | Jaws | Police Chief Martin Brody | 1975-06-18 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | 1975-12-01 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Movie | The Seven-Ups | Buddy - Seven-Up | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | The Assassination | Michael Howard - uncorrespondant de la TV américaine | 1972-10-11 |
| Movie | The Outside Man | Lenny | 1972-12-21 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | Klute | Frank Ligourin | 1971-06-21 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Det. Buddy "Cloudy" Russo | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | Loving | Skip | 1970-03-04 |
| Movie | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Mark | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Star! | 1968-07-18 | |
| Movie | Paper Lion | Minor role | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | The Curse of the Living Corpse | Philip Sinclair | 1964-05-01 |
| Series | The Secret Storm | 1954-02-01 | |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Love of Life | 1951-09-24 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |