Roy Scheider

About

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...

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Family GuySeries • 1999Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001NOVASeries • 1974American ExperienceSeries • 1988Third WatchSeries • 1999CannonSeries • 1971seaQuest DSVSeries • 1993JawsMovie • 1975The PunisherMovie • 2004Secrets of the DeadSeries • 2000The RainmakerMovie • 1997Jaws: The RevengeMovie • 1987Jaws 2Movie • 1978Blue ThunderMovie • 19832010Movie • 1984Marathon ManMovie • 1976All That JazzMovie • 1979The French ConnectionMovie • 1971Naked LunchMovie • 1991SorcererMovie • 1977The Russia HouseMovie • 1990KluteMovie • 1971E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996Romeo Is BleedingMovie • 1993