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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) | Self | 10 |
| 2 | The Shark Is Still Working (2009) | Narrator / Self | - |
| 3 | Chicago 10 (2008) | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | - |
| 4 | If I Didn't Care (2007) | Linus | - |
| 5 | The Poet (2007) | Rabbi | 2 |
| 6 | Dracula III: Legacy (2005) | Cardinal Siqueros | 6.7 |
| 7 | The Punisher (2004) | Frank Castle, Sr. | 6.7 |
| 8 | Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures (2004) | Self | - |
| 9 | Dracula II: Ascension (2003) | Cardinal Siqueros | 9 |
| 10 | Citizen Verdict (2003) | Bull Tyler | 5 |
| 11 | Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002) | Mayor Harry S. Porter | - |
| 12 | King of Texas (2002) | Henry Westover | - |
| 13 | Time Lapse (2001) | Agent La Nova | - |
| 14 | Daybreak (2000) | Stan Marshall | - |
| 15 | RKO 281 (1999) | George Schaefer | 6.5 |
| 16 | Executive Target (1997) | President Carlson | - |
| 17 | The Rainmaker (1997) | Wilfred Keeley | 7.2 |
| 18 | The Rage (1997) | - | - |
| 19 | The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) | Hal | 5 |
| 20 | The Making of 'Jaws' (1995) | Self | 9 |
| 21 | Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) | Don Falcone | 7.3 |
| 22 | Naked Lunch (1991) | Dr. Benway | 7.4 |
| 23 | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) | Paul Marish | - |
| 24 | Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990) | Joe Gideon (archive footage) | - |
| 25 | The Russia House (1990) | Russell | 5 |
| 26 | Cohen and Tate (1989) | Cohen | 6 |
| 27 | Jaws: The Revenge (1987) | Martin Brody (archive footage) | 3.7 |
| 28 | The Men's Club (1986) | Cavanaugh | - |
| 29 | 52 Pick-Up (1986) | Harry Mitchell | 6 |
| 30 | 2010 (1984) | Dr. Heywood Floyd | 7 |
| 31 | Blue Thunder (1983) | Murphy | 6.8 |
| 32 | Still of the Night (1982) | Doctor Sam Rice | 2 |
| 33 | All That Jazz (1979) | Joe Gideon | 7 |
| 34 | Last Embrace (1979) | Harry Hannan | 3.5 |
| 35 | Jaws 2 (1978) | Police Chief Martin Brody | 6.1 |
| 36 | Sorcerer (1977) | Scanlon / 'Dominguez' | 7.8 |
| 37 | Marathon Man (1976) | Henry 'Doc' Levy | 7.4 |
| 38 | Jaws (1975) | Brody | 7.7 |
| 39 | The Seven-Ups (1973) | Buddy - Seven-Up | 8 |
| 40 | The French Connection (1971) | Buddy Russo | 6.9 |
| 41 | Klute (1971) | Frank Ligourin | 5.8 |
| 42 | Loving (1970) | Skip | 4 |
| 43 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) | Mark | 5 |
| 44 | A Wind from the South (1955) | Dancer (uncredited) | 4 |
