Roy Scheider

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Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its sequel Jaws 2 (1978); NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); Jackie Scanlon / Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993–1996).(1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); Jackie Scanlon / Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993–1996). Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Scheider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-11-10
  • event Death Date 2008-02-10
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 16.5
  • info Birth Place Orange, New Jersey, USA
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6.8

Klute

1971-06-23

7.6

The French Connection

1971-10-09

6

Jaws 2

1978-06-16

7.7

Jaws

1975-06-20

6.3

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993-09-13

6.1

The Russia House

1990-12-21

7.3

Marathon Man

1976-10-08

4.9

Dracula III: Legacy

2005-07-12

5.8

Dracula II: Ascension

2003-06-07

7.1

Naked Lunch

1991-12-27

6.7

2010

1984-12-06

5.8

The Curse of the Living Corpse

1964-05-01

6.2

Blue Thunder

1983-02-05

6.3

The Punisher

2004-04-15

7

The Rainmaker

1997-11-18

5.7

Still of the Night

1982-11-19

6.4

The Seven-Ups

1973-12-14

6.5

Cohen and Tate

1989-01-27

7.8

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985-09-20

4.6

The Peacekeeper

1997-08-22

6

Chicago 10

2008-02-29

4.8

Daybreak

2000-12-19

6.4

Evasive Action

1998-01-01

5.5

Last Embrace

1979-05-04

3.8

Dark Honeymoon

2008-07-22

7.5

Sorcerer

1977-06-24

7.5

All That Jazz

1979-12-16

5

King of Texas

2002-06-02

5.5

The Poet

2007-08-07

3.5

Texas '46

2002-01-11

6.3

The Outside Man

1972-12-21

5.9

52 Pick-Up

1986-11-07

6.4

RKO 281

2000-04-07

3.8

Citizen Verdict

2003-06-18

1.9

Red Serpent

2002-10-05

5

The Fourth War

1990-03-08

5.8

If I Didn't Care

2007-08-03

5.2

Money Play$

1998-08-21

4.4

Night Game

1989-09-15

6.7

Plato's Run

1997-05-27

6.5

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970-12-16

4.2

The Men's Club

1986-09-19

5.4

Chain of Command

2000-07-22

10

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004-10-30

5.9

Silver Wolf

1999-01-10

6.1

Tiger Town

1984-06-08

4.9

The Myth of Fingerprints

1997-09-17

7.1

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

2009-05-02

4.7

Time Lapse

2001-11-27

6.6

The Assassination

1972-10-04

5

Wild Justice

1994-05-13

4.7

Executive Target

1997-07-11

7.3

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

2023-10-05

3

The Doorway

2000-10-24

5.8

Iron Cross

2009-12-15

5.4

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

1975-12-01

2.2

Angels Don't Sleep Here

2002-04-02

1

Love Thy Neighbor

2005-07-05

6.6

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995-11-28

0

The Definite Maybe

1997-07-04

3.5

The White Raven

1998-12-18

1.5

Better Living

1998-11-02

6.8

Paper Lion

1968-10-23

5.6

Listen to Me

1989-05-05

6

Loving

1970-03-04

7

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

2001-09-25

0

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

2006-04-04

6.8

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

1990-01-01

0

Hitler's Lost Sub

2000-11-14

2

Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird

2024-03-01

8

A Decade Under the Influence

2003-04-25

0

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

1983-05-22

3

The Rage

1997-08-15

0

Assignment: Munich

1972-04-30

0

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

1990-02-23

6.5

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001-08-28

0

New England Our Way

1974-12-09

6

Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

2002-04-21

3

Falling Through

2000-01-01

6

The Making of Jaws 2

2001-05-22

5

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972-01-20

7

Follies: In Concert

1986-03-14

5.3

Stiletto

1969-07-30

0

World's Deadliest Sea Creatures

1998-01-01

0

Smiles

1964-01-01

8.3

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000-01-15

5.7

A Wind from the South

1955-09-14

7.9

Third Watch

1999-09-23

7.4

Family Guy

1999-01-31

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

1996-08-21

5

Love of Life

1951-09-24

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001-09-30

6.5

Cannon

1971-09-14

3.7

The Secret Storm

1954-02-01

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

6.3

So Graham Norton

1998-07-03

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

7

Saturday Night Live

1975-10-11

6.9

NOVA

1974-03-03

7.4

Family Guy

1999-01-31

6.1

Secrets of the Dead

2000-05-15

0

The Howard Stern Show

1990-07-14

7.5

American Experience

1988-10-04

3.8

The Diamond Hunters

2001-04-23

7.1

seaQuest DSV

1993-09-12

5.5

The Seventh Scroll

1999-06-15

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