Acting credits
109
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Roy Scheider
Acting
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Movies: 91Series: 18Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 6355
IMDb ID: nm0001702
Known for: Acting
Born: November 10, 1932
Died: February 10, 2008
Age: 75
Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Wikidata: Q216569
Also known as
Roy R. Scheider • Roy Richard Scheider
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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 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.
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Movie credits linked with Roy Scheider.
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.4
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025 Movie
5.8
Iron Cross
as Joseph
2009 Movie
7.2
The Shark Is Still Working
as Narrator / Self
2009 Movie
3.2
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam
2008 Movie
5.8
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
2008 Movie
5.4
The Poet
as Rabbi
2007 Movie
5.8
If I Didn't Care
as Linus
2007 Movie
4.9
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros
2005 Movie
7.0
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Self
2004 Movie
6.4
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr.
2004 Movie
1.0
Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred
2003 Movie
3.4
Citizen Verdict
as Bull Tyler
2003 Movie
5.7
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros
2003 Movie
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003 Movie
2.7
Red Serpent
as Hassan
2002 Movie
5.1
King of Texas
as Henry Westover
2002 Movie
6.0
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
as Narrator
2002 Movie
2.1
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter
2002 Movie
4.3
Texas '46
as Colonel Gartner
2002 Movie
4.1
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova
2001 Movie
7.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
2001 Movie
6.5
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
2001 Movie
7.5
The Making of Jaws 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Roy Scheider.
6.0
Warship
as Narrator • 4 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Ford Brady • 1 eps
2001 Series
3.2
The Diamond Hunters
as Jacobus Van der Byl • 2 eps
2001 Series
6.3
Secrets of the Dead
as Narrator • 5 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Fyodor Chevchenko • 6 eps
1999 Series
5.6
The Seventh Scroll
as Grant Schiller • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Roy Scheider • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.3
So Graham Norton
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.1
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Nathan Bridger • 48 eps
1993 Series
6.0
The Howard Stern Show
as Self • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
9.2
People's Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
NOVA
as Narrator • 3 eps
1974 Series
6.6
Cannon
1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Francesco Barberini • 1 eps
1951 Series