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.
94 movies · 21 shows
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025·7.5
Iron Cross
2009·5.8
The Shark Is Still Working
2009·7.3
Dark Honeymoon
2008·3.2
Chicago 10
2008·5.8
The Poet
2007·5.4
If I Didn't Care
2007·6.5
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006·0.0
Dracula III: Legacy
2005·4.9
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004·7.0
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004·0.0
The Punisher
2004·6.4
Love Thy Neighbor
2003·3.0
Citizen Verdict
2003·3.9
Dracula II: Ascension
2003·5.6
A Decade Under the Influence
2003·7.9
Red Serpent
2002·3.0
King of Texas
2002·5.3
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002·7.0
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002·2.8
Texas '46
2002·5.0
Time Lapse
2001·4.5
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001·7.0
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001·7.3
The Making of Jaws 2
2001·7.8
Daybreak
2000·4.9
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000·0.0
The Doorway
2000·3.2
Chain of Command
2000·5.4
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000·8.1
Falling Through
2000·4.3
RKO 281
1999·6.5
Silver Wolf
1999·6.4
Jaws 5
1999·0.0
The White Raven
1998·4.0
Better Living
1998·3.8
Money Play$
1998·4.8
Evasive Action
1998·6.6
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998·9.0
The Rainmaker
1997·7.0
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997·5.1
The Peacekeeper
1997·4.8
The Rage
1997·3.7
Executive Target
1997·4.8
The Definite Maybe
1997·4.5
Plato's Run
1997·6.2
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995·6.8
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994·9.0
Wild Justice
1994·5.5
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993·6.3
SeaQuest DSV
1993·0.0
When It Was a Game 2
1992·9.0
Naked Lunch
1991·7.0
When It Was a Game
1991·10.0
The Russia House
1990·6.1
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990·7.0
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990·0.0
The Fourth War
1990·5.3
Night Game
1989·4.7
Listen to Me
1989·5.4
Cohen and Tate
1989·6.5
Jaws: The Revenge
1987·4.1
52 Pick-Up
1986·6.1
The Men's Club
1986·4.0
Follies: In Concert
1986·7.0
2010
1984·6.7
Tiger Town
1984·6.8
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984·10.0
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983·10.0
Blue Thunder
1983·6.2
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983·0.0
Still of the Night
1982·5.7
All That Jazz
1979·7.5
Last Embrace
1979·5.4
Jaws 2
1978·6.0
Sorcerer
1977·7.5
Marathon Man
1976·7.2
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975·5.7
Jaws
1975·7.7
New England Our Way
1974·0.0
The Seven-Ups
1973·6.4
The Outside Man
1972·6.2
The Assassination
1972·6.6
Assignment: Munich
1972·8.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972·7.0
The French Connection
1971·7.5
Klute
1971·6.8
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970·6.4
Loving
1970·6.0
Stiletto
1969·5.3
Paper Lion
1968·6.8
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964·5.8
Smiles
1964·0.0
A Wind from the South
1955·5.9