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Roy Scheider
Roy 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.
As actor
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
The Shark Is Still Working
Iron Cross
Chicago 10
Dark Honeymoon
The Poet
If I Didn't Care
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Dracula III: Legacy
The Punisher
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Dracula II: Ascension
Citizen Verdict
Love Thy Neighbor
A Decade Under the Influence
King of Texas
Texas '46
Red Serpent
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Time Lapse
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
The Making of Jaws 2
Daybreak
Chain of Command
The Doorway
Hitler's Lost Sub
Falling Through
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'