Roy Scheider

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Roy Scheider

Born 1932-11-10 Orange, New Jersey, USA 94 films

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 Conne…

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Filmography

94 films
Iron Cross poster

Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his…

Iron Cross

★ 5.8 2009

Dark Honeymoon poster

Dark Honeymoon follows a man who marries a seductive woman after a brief and passionate relationshi…

Dark Honeymoon

★ 3.2 2008

Chicago 10 poster

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who we…

Chicago 10

★ 5.8 2008

The Poet poster

At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and a…

The Poet

★ 5.4 2007

The Punisher poster

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' --…

The Punisher

★ 6.4 2004