Home / Discover / People

Roy Scheider

Roy Richard Scheider was renowned for his portrayal of police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, choreographer and filmmaker Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection, and Captain Nathan Bridger in the science fiction television series SeaQuest DSV.

Aliases
  • Roy R. Scheider
English
Filmography

Iron Cross

2009
as Joseph

Dark Honeymoon

2008
as Sam

Chicago 10

2007
as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

The Poet

2007
as Rabbi

If I Didn't Care

2007
as Linus Boyer

The Shark Is Still Working

2007
as Himself

Carrier: Arsenal of the Sea

2005
as Narrator

Dracula III: Legacy

2005
as Cardinal Siqueros

'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg

2004
as Brody

The Punisher

2004
as Frank Castle, Sr.

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004
as Roy Scheider

A Decade Under the Influence

2003
as Himself

Dracula II: Ascension

2003
as Cardinal Siqueros

Citizen Verdict

2003
as Bull Tyler

Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

2002
as Narrator

Texas '46

2002
as Colonel Gartner

Red Serpent

2002
as Hassan

King of Texas

2002
as Henry Westover

Angels Don't Sleep Here

2002
as Mayor Harry S. Porter

The Diamond Hunters

2001
as Jacobus Van der Byl

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

2001
as Roy Scheider

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001
as Roy Scheider

Time Lapse

2001
as Agent La Nova

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

2001
as Roy Scheider

Falling Through

2000
as Earl

Chain of Command

2000
as President Jack Cahill

The Doorway

2000
as Professor Lamont

City of Steel: Carrier

1999
as Narrator

The Seventh Scroll

1999
as Grant Schiller

Silver Wolf

1999
as John Rockwell

The Seventh Scroll

1999
as character

RKO 281

1999
as George Schaefer

Evasive Action

1998
as Enzo Marcelli

The White Raven

1998
as Tom Heath

Money Play$

1998
as Johnny Tobin

Better Living

1998
as Tom

The Definite Maybe

1997
as Eddie Jacobson

The Rainmaker

1997
as Wilfred Keeley

The Rage

1997

Plato's Run

1997
as Senarkian

The Peacekeeper

1997
as President Robert Baker

The Myth of Fingerprints

1997
as Hal

Executive Target

1997
as President Carlson

The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws'

1995
as Himself

Wild Justice

1994
as Peter Stride

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993
as Don Falcone

seaQuest DSV

1993
as Captain Nathan Bridger

Naked Lunch

1991
as Doctor Benway

The Russia House

1990
as Russell

The Fourth War

1990
as Col. Jack Knowles

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

1990

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

1990
as Joe Gideon

Night Game

1989
as Mike Seaver

Listen to Me

1989
as Charlie Nichols

Cohen and Tate

1988
as Cohen

Follies In Concert

1986
as Narrator

52 Pick-Up

1986
as Harry Mitchell

The Men's Club

1986
as Cavanaugh

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985
as Narrator (voice)

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984
as Roy Scheider

2010: The Year We Make Contact

1984
as Dr. Heywood Floyd

Tiger Town

1983
as Billy Young

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983
as Jacobo Timerman

Blue Thunder

1983
as Frank Murphy

Still of the Night

1982
as Doctor Sam Rice

Last Embrace

1979
as Harry Hannan

All That Jazz

1979
as Joe Gideon

Jaws 2

1978
as Police Chief Martin Brody

Sorcerer

1977
as Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez'

Marathon Man

1976
as Henry David ‚Doc‘ Levy

Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York

1975
as Sam Stoneman

Jaws

1975
as Police Chief Martin Brody

The Seven-Ups

1973
as Buddy - Seven-Up

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

1972

Assignment: Munich

1972
as Jake Webster

Un Homme est mort

1972
as Lenny

L'Attentat

1972
as Michael Howard - uncorrespondant de la TV américaine

The French Connection

1971
as Buddy Russo

Klute

1971
as Frank Ligourin

Loving

1970
as Skip

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970
as Mark

Stiletto

1969
as Bennett

Star!

1968

Paper Lion

1968
as Minor role

The Curse of the Living Corpse

1964
as Philip Sinclair

Guest Star

Episode Family Guy
Three Kings 		2009
Episode Family Guy
Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey 		2007
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Endgame 		2007
Episode NOVA
Nazi Prison Escape 		2001
Episode NOVA
Lincoln's Secret Weapon 		2000
Episode NOVA
Hitler's Lost Sub 		2000
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Bob Fosse 		1999
Episode American Experience
Spy in the Sky 		1996
Episode seaQuest DSV
Brave New World (2) 		1995
Episode seaQuest DSV
Equilibrium 		1995
Episode seaQuest DSV
Good Soldiers 		1995
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Roy Scheider 		1990
Episode Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder: The Movie 		1983
Episode Tony Awards
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards 		1978
Episode Cannon
No Pockets in a Shroud 		1971
Episode Coronet Blue
A Charade for Murder 		1967