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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
+5
as Brody 
The Punisher
as Frank Castle, Sr. 
The Rainmaker
+9
as Wilfred Keeley 
Naked Lunch
as Dr. Benway 
Blue Thunder
+6
as Murphy 
Jaws 2
+7
as Police Chief Martin Brody 
The French Connection
+3
as Buddy Russo 
All That Jazz
as Joe Gideon 
2010
+3
as Dr. Heywood Floyd 
The Seven-Ups
as Buddy - Seven-Up 
Sorcerer
+3
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez' 
Marathon Man
+9
as Henry 'Doc' Levy 
Romeo Is Bleeding
+9
as Don Falcone 
Klute
+6
as Frank Ligourin 
Still of the Night
+8
as Doctor Sam Rice 
Last Embrace
+3
as Harry Hannan 
The Russia House
+7
as Russell 
Dracula II: Ascension
+7
as Cardinal Siqueros 
52 Pick-Up
+4
as Harry Mitchell 
Dracula III: Legacy
+7
as Cardinal Siqueros 
King of Texas
as Henry Westover 
Cohen and Tate
+3
as Cohen 
The Assassination
as Michael Howard 
RKO 281
as George Schaefer 
The Men's Club
+7
as Cavanaugh 
The Fourth War
+3
as Col. Jack Knowles 
The Outside Man
+7
as Lenny 
Money Play$
+3
as Johnny Tobin 
Chain of Command
as President Jack Cahill 
Angels Don't Sleep Here
+2
as Mayor Harry S. Porter 
Dark Honeymoon
+3
as Sam 
Executive Target
as President Carlson 
Red Serpent
+1
as Hassan 
Silver Wolf
+12
as John Rockwell 
The Peacekeeper
+12
as President Robert Baker 
Night Game
+4
as Seaver 
Love Thy Neighbor
+9
as Fred 
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Hal 
Chicago 10
+12
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) 
Evasive Action
+10
as Enzo Marcelli 
The Curse of the Living Corpse
+8
as Philip Sinclair 
Listen to Me
+2
as Charlie Nichols 
If I Didn't Care
as Linus 
Plato's Run
+6
as Senarkian 
The White Raven
+3
as Tom Heath 
Daybreak
as Stan Marshall 
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
+2
as Sam Stoneman 
Stiletto
as Bennett 
Falling Through
as Earl 
Time Lapse
as Agent La Nova