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Roy Scheider
Known for: ActingRoy 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.
Filmography 51
Jaws
as Brody 
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr. 
Jaws 2
as Police Chief Martin Brody 
The Rainmaker
as Wilfred Keeley 
Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway 
Blue Thunder
as Murphy 
The French Connection
as Buddy Russo 
All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon 
The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up 
2010
as Dr. Heywood Floyd 
Sorcerer
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez' 
Marathon Man
as Henry 'Doc' Levy 
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Don Falcone 
Klute
as Frank Ligourin 
Still of the Night
as Doctor Sam Rice 
Last Embrace
as Harry Hannan 
The Russia House
as Russell 
Dracula II: Ascension
as Cardinal Siqueros 
52 Pick-Up
as Harry Mitchell 
Dracula III: Legacy
as Cardinal Siqueros 
Listen to Me
as Charlie Nichols 
King of Texas
as Henry Westover 
Chicago 10
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) 
Cohen and Tate
as Cohen 
The Assassination
as Michael Howard 
RKO 281
as George Schaefer 
The Men's Club
as Cavanaugh 
The Fourth War
as Col. Jack Knowles 
The Outside Man
as Lenny 
Executive Target
as President Carlson 
Money Play$
as Johnny Tobin 
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill 
Angels Don't Sleep Here
as Mayor Harry S. Porter 
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall 
Plato's Run
as Senarkian 
The Peacekeeper
as President Robert Baker 
Dark Honeymoon
as Sam 
Red Serpent
as Hassan 
Silver Wolf
as John Rockwell 
Night Game
as Seaver 
Love Thy Neighbor
as Fred 
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal 
Evasive Action
as Enzo Marcelli 
The Curse of the Living Corpse
as Philip Sinclair 
If I Didn't Care
as Linus 
The White Raven
as Tom Heath 
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova 
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
as Sam Stoneman 
Stiletto
as Bennett 
Falling Through
as Earl