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Roy Scheider

Birth name: Roy Richard Scheider

Birth date: 10.11.1932

Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. Breaking that rule did him no harm, though, as he achieved pop cult status by finding, fighting and blowing up a 25-foot-long Great White shark (nicknamed "Bruce") in the mega-hit Jaws (1975) and then electrocuting an even bigger Great White in the vastly inferior Jaws 2 (1978). Athletic Scheider was born in November 1932 in Orange, New Jersey, and was a keen sportsman from a young age, competing in baseball and boxing (his awkwardly mended broken nose is a result of his foray into Golden Gloves competitions). While at college, his pursuits turned from sports to theater and he studied drama at Rutgers and Franklin and Marshall. After a stint in the military, Scheider appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival and won an "Obie Award" for his appearance in the play "Stephen D." His film career commenced with the campy Z-grade horror cheesefest The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964), and he then showed up in Star! (1968), Paper Lion (1968), Stiletto (1969) and Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970). In 1971 he really came to the attention of film audiences with his role in the Jane Fonda thriller Klute (1971) and then as Det. Buddy Russo (scoring his first Oscar nomination) alongside fiery Gene Hackman in the crime drama The French Connection (1971). His performance as a tough street cop in that film led him into another tough cop role as NYC Det. Buddy Manucci in the underappreciated The Seven-Ups (1973), which features one of the best car chase sequences ever put on film. In the early 1970s the Peter Benchley novel "Jaws" was a phenomenal best-seller, and young director Steven Spielberg was chosen by Universal Pictures to direct the film adaptation, Jaws (1975), in which Scheider played police chief Brody and shared lead billing with Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss in the tale of a New England seaside community terrorized by a hungry Great White shark. "Jaws" was a blockbuster, and for many years held the record as the highest-grossing film of all time. Scheider then turned up as the shady CIA agent brother of Dustin Hoffman in the unnerving Marathon Man (1976) and in the misfired William Friedkin-directed remake of Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) titled Sorcerer (1977), before again returning to Amity to battle another giant shark in Jaws 2 (1978). Seeking a change from tough cops and hungry sharks, he took the role of womanizing, drug-popping choreographer Joe Gideon, the lead character of the semi-autobiographical portrayal of director Bob Fosse in the sparkling All That Jazz (1979). It was another big hit for Scheider (and another Oscar nomination), with the film featuring a stunning opening sequence to the tune of the funky George Benson number "On Broadway", and breathtaking dance routines including the "Airotica" performance by the glamorous Sandahl Bergman. Returning to another law enforcement role, Scheider played a rebellious helicopter pilot in the John Badham conspiracy / action film Blue Thunder (1983), a scientist in the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) simply titled 2010 (1984), a cheating husband who turns the tables on his blackmailers in 52 Pick-Up (1986), a cold-blooded hit man in Cohen and Tate (1989) and a CIA operative in the muddled and slow-moving The Russia House (1990). The versatile Scheider was then cast as the captain of a futuristic submarine in the relatively popular TV series "SeaQuest DSV" (1993), which ran for three seasons. Inexplicably, however, Scheider had seemingly, and slowly, dropped out of favor with mainstream film audiences, and while he continued to remain busy, predominantly in supporting roles (generally as US presidents or military officers), most of the vehicles he appeared in were B-grade political thrillers such as The Peacekeeper (1997), Executive Target (1997), Chain of Command (2000) and Red Serpent (2002).

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Filmography

# Winter Sea (2007) .... William # Dark Honeymoon (2007) .... Sam # The Poet (2007) .... Rabbi # Last Chance (2006) .... Cumberland # If I Didn't Care (2006) .... Linus # Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... Cardinal Siqueros # The Punisher (2004) .... Frank Castle Sr. # Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V) .... Cardinal Siqueros ... aka Wes Craven Presents Dracula II: Ascension (USA: video title) # Citizen Verdict (2003) .... Bull Tyler # "Third Watch" .... Fyodor Chevchenko (5 episodes, 2002) - Judgement Day: Part 1 (2002) TV Episode .... Fyodor Chevchenko - Crash and Burn (2002) TV Episode .... Fyodor Chevchenko - Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Days (2002) TV Episode .... Fyodor Chevchenko - Superheroes: Part 2 (2002) TV Episode .... Fyodor Chevchenko - Superheroes: Part 1 (2002) TV Episode .... Fyodor Chevchenko # King of Texas (2002) (TV) .... Henry Westover # Texas 46 (2002) .... Colonel Gartner ... aka The Good War (USA) # Red Serpent (2002) .... Hassan # Love Thy Neighbor (2002/I) .... Fred # The Feds: U.S. Postal Inspectors (2002) .... Narrator # Time Lapse (2001) (V) .... Agent La Nova # "Diamond Hunters" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Jacobus Van der Byl # Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001) .... Mayor Harry S. Porter ... aka Backflash 2: Angels Don't Sleep Here (UK) # Daybreak (2000/I) .... Stan Marshall ... aka Rapid Transit (USA) # The Doorway (2000) .... Professor Lamont # Falling Through (2000) .... Earl # Chain of Command (2000) .... President Jack Cahill # RKO 281 (1999) (TV) .... George Schaefer ... aka RKO 281: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (USA: video box title) # "The Seventh Scroll" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Grant Schiller ... aka Settimo papiro, Il (Italy) # Better Living (1998) .... Tom # The White Raven (1998) .... Tom Heath # Evasive Action (1998) .... Enzo Marcelli # Silver Wolf (1998) .... John Rockwell # The Rainmaker (1997) .... Wilfred Keeley ... aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker # The Peacekeeper (1997) .... President Robert Baker ... aka Hellbent ... aka Red Zone # The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) .... Hal # Plato's Run (1997) .... Alexander Senarkian # The Rage (1997) .... John Taggart # Executive Target (1997) .... President Carlson # Money Plays (1997) (TV) .... Johnny Tobin # The Definite Maybe (1997) .... Eddie Jacobson ... aka No Money Down (USA: DVD title) # "SeaQuest DSV" .... Captain Nathan Bridger / ... (48 episodes, 1993-1995) ... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title) - Good Soldiers (1995) TV Episode .... Captain Nathan Bridger - Equilibrium (1995) TV Episode .... Captain Nathan Bridger - Brave New World (1995) TV Episode .... Captain Nathan Bridger - Blindsided (1995) TV Episode .... Captain Nathan Bridger - Splashdown (1995) TV Episode .... Captain Nathan Bridger (43 more) # Wild Justice (1994) .... Peter Stride ... aka Covert Assassin ... aka Dial # Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) .... Don Falcone # "Wild Justice" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Peter Stride # Naked Lunch (1991) .... Doctor Benway ... aka Festin nu, Le (Canada: French title) # Contact: The Yanomami Indians of Brazil (1991) # The Russia House (1990) .... Russell, CIA # Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) (TV) .... Paul Marish, Photographer # The Fourth War (1990) .... Col. Jack Knowles # Night Game (1989) .... Mike Seaver # Listen to Me (1989) .... Charlie Nichols # Cohen and Tate (1989) .... Cohen # 52 Pick-Up (1986) .... Harry Mitchell # The Men's Club (1986) .... Cavanaugh, former Professional Baseball Star # Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) (voice) .... Narrator ... aka Mishima (USA: short title) # "Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 1985) ... aka SNL (USA: informal title) ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title) - Episode #10.11 (1985) TV Episode .... Host # 2010 (1984) .... Dr. Heywood Floyd ... aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact # Tiger Town (1983) (TV) .... Billy Young # Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983) (TV) .... Jacobo Timerman ... aka Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number # Blue Thunder (1983) .... Officer Frank Murphy ... aka Blue Thunder the Movie (UK: video box title) # Still of the Night (1982) .... Doctor Sam Rice # All That Jazz (1979) .... Joe Gideon # Last Embrace (1979) .... Harry Hannan # Jaws 2 (1978) .... Police Chief Martin Brody # Sorcerer (1977) .... Jackie Scanlon/"Juan Dominguez" ... aka Wages of Fear # Marathon Man (1976) .... Henry Levy # Jaws (1975) .... Police Chief Martin Brody # Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975) .... Sam Stoneman # The Seven-Ups (1973) .... Buddy Manucci (7up) # Un homme est mort (1972) .... Lenny ... aka A Man Is Dead (International: English title: literal title) ... aka Funerale a Los Angeles (Italy) ... aka The Outside Man (USA) # Attentat, L' (1972) .... Michael Howard ... aka Attentat, Das (West Germany) ... aka Attentato, L' (Italy) ... aka Plot (UK) ... aka Tödliche Falle (Die Affäre Sadiel), Die (West Germany: video title) ... aka The Assassination (USA) ... aka The French Conspiracy (USA) # Assignment: Munich (1972) (TV) .... Jake Webster ... aka Munich-Assignment # To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972) (TV) # "Cannon" .... Dan Bowen (1 episode, 1971) - No Pockets in the Shroud (1971) TV Episode .... Dan Bowen # The French Connection (1971) .... Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo # Klute (1971) .... Frank Ligourin # Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) .... Mark # Loving (1970) .... Skip # Stiletto (1969) .... Bennett # Paper Lion (1968) (uncredited) .... No credit # Star! (1968) (uncredited) ... aka Loves of a Star! (USA: promotional title) # "N.Y.P.D." .... Paul Jason (1 episode, 1968) - Cry Brute (1968) TV Episode .... Paul Jason # "The Secret Storm" (1954) TV Series .... Bob Hill #1 (1967) # "Coronet Blue" (1 episode, 1967) - A Charade for Murder (1967) TV Episode # "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Francesco Barberini (1 episode, 1966) ... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse - Lamp at Midnight (1966) TV Episode .... Francesco Barberini # Lamp at Midnight (1966) (TV) ... aka George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre: Lamp at Midnight (USA: series title) # "Love of Life" (1951) TV Series .... Jonas Falk (1965-1966) # "Camera Three" .... Face (1 episode, 1964) - The Alchemist (1964) TV Episode .... Face # The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964) (as Roy R. Sheider) .... Philip Sinclair # "The Edge of Night" (1956) TV Series .... Kenny (unknown episodes, 1962) ... aka Edge of Night (USA: last season title)