Personal Info
Roy R. Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider
Roy Scheider
Acting
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 Th…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
Iron Cross
as Joseph
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
The Poet
as Rabbi
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
TV Shows
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Ford Brady · 1 ep.
The Diamond Hunters
as Jacobus Van der Byl · 2 ep.
Warship
as Narrator · 4 ep.
Secrets of the Dead
as Narrator · 5 ep.
Family Guy
as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) · 1 ep.
Third Watch
as Fyodor Chevchenko · 6 ep.
The Seventh Scroll
as Grant Schiller · 2 ep.
So Graham Norton
as Self · 1 ep.
E! True Hollywood Story
1 ep.
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger · 48 ep.
