Highest rated as cast or director
Roy Scheider's 8 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 77, led by Jaws (85) and The French Connection (84), against 60 for those from the 1980s.
Biography
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.
Acted in 83
2000s
- 2009
Iron Cross
Joseph
- 2008
- 2007
If I Didn't Care
Linus
- 2005
Dracula III: Legacy
Cardinal Siqueros
- 2004
- 2003
Citizen Verdict
Bull Tyler
Dracula II: Ascension
Cardinal Siqueros
- 2002
Red Serpent
Hassan
King of Texas
Henry Westover
Texas '46
Colonel Gartner
- 2001
Time Lapse
Agent La Nova
The Diamond Hunters
Jacobus Van der Byl · 2 episodes
- 2000
Daybreak
Stan Marshall
The Doorway
Professor Lamont
Falling Through
Earl
1990s
- 1999
The Seventh Scroll
Grant Schiller · 2 episodes
Jaws 5
Martin Brody (archive footage)
- 1998
The White Raven
Tom Heath
Better Living
Larry
- 1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
Hal
The Definite Maybe
Eddie Jacobson
Plato's Run
Senarkian
- 1994
Wild Justice
Peter Stride
- 1993
SeaQuest DSV
Captain Nathan Bridger
- 1992
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1991
When It Was a Game
(voice)
- 1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Paul Marish
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Joe Gideon (archive footage)
1980s
- 1989
Listen to Me
Charlie Nichols
Cohen and Tate
Cohen
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984
Tiger Town
Billy Young
- 1983
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman
- 1982
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Sam Stoneman
- 1973
The Seven-Ups
Buddy - Seven-Up
- 1972
The Outside Man
Lenny
Assignment: Munich
Jack Webster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
- 1971
- 1970
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Mark
Loving
Skip
1960s
- 1969
Stiletto
Bennett
- 1968
Paper Lion
Man (uncredited)
- 1964
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Philip Sinclair
Smiles
Movie
1950s
- 1955
A Wind from the South
Dancer (uncredited)
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Francesco Barberini · 1 episode
Other crew 1
2000s
- 2001
Warship
Presenter
Appearances27
2020s
- 2025
2000s
- 2009
The Shark Is Still Working
Narrator / Self
- 2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
- 2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
Narrator
- 2001
Warship
Narrator · 4 episodes
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
The Making of Jaws 2
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
Narrator
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
1990s
- 1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
Narrator
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 episode
- 1995
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
- 1994
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
- 1986
Follies: In Concert
Narrator
- 1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1970s
- 1975
- 1974
New England Our Way
Self
1950s
- 1953
