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Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider and Steven Spielberg on the set of NBC's seaQuest DSV (1993)
Birth name	Roy Richard Scheider
Born	November 10, 1932 (age 74) Orange, New Jersey, USA
Spouse(s)	Brenda King (married in 1989, present) 2 children Cynthia Scheider (married on 8 November 1962 divorced in 1989) 1 child
Official site	royscheider.net
Notable roles	Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo in The French Connection Joe Gideon in All That Jazz
Academy Awards
Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role (1979) for All That Jazz Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (1971) for The French Connection
Golden Globe Awards
Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1979) for All That Jazz

Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932 in Orange, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated American actor.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Film Roles 3 Original Cast 4 Other Appearances 5 Myeloma 6 Filmography 7 External links

As a child Scheider was an athlete, participating in organized baseball and boxing competitions. He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1985. He traded his boxing gloves for the stage, studying drama at both Rutgers University and Franklin and Marshall College, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. After three years in the United States Air Force, he appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival, and won an Obie Award in 1968.

Scheider's first film role was in the 1963 horror film Curse of the Living Corpse. (He was billed as "Roy R. Sheider"). In 1971 he appeared in two highly popular movies, Klute and The French Connection, the latter garnering him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Four years later he would play in the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and four years after that, was nominated for his second Academy Award, this time as Best Actor in All That Jazz.

He was originally cast as Michael in The Deer Hunter, as the second movie of a three movie deal with Universal Studios. Because he did not believe that the character would travel around the world to find his friend, he quit the picture. Universal executives were furious, but they let him out of his contract when he agreed to do Jaws 2.

In 1993, Scheider signed on to star in the Steven Spielberg-produced television series seaQuest DSV. During the second season, Scheider voiced disdain for the direction in which the series was heading. His comments were highly publicized and the media criticized him for panning his own show. NBC made additional casting and writing changes in the third season, and Scheider decided to exit the show. His contract however, required that he make several guest appearances in season three.

Scheider went on to star in films such as The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) and Silver Wolf (1998). He has also repeatedly guest starred on the NBC television series Third Watch. Among his most recent films is the crusty father of hero Frank Castle in The Punisher (2004).

Scheider also hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1985 (musical guest: Billy Ocean).

In 2004, Scheider was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells. In June 2005, he underwent a bone marrow transplant to successfully treat the cancer.

• Paper Lion (1968)
• Stiletto (1969)
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1969)
• Loving (1970)
• Klute (1971)
• The French Connection (1971)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• Jaws (1975)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Sorcerer (1977)
• Jaws 2 (1978)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Still of the Night (1983)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Tiger Town (1983)
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
• The Men's Club (1986)
• 52 Pick-Up (1986)
• Cohen and Tate (1988)
• Listen to Me (1989)
• Night Game (1989)
• The Fourth War (1989)
• The Russia House (1990)
• Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• Wild Justice (1993)
• seaQuest DSV (1993) (television series)
• Romeo is Bleeding (1994)
• The Peacekeeper (1996)
• Excecutive Target (1997)
• The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• The Rage (1997)
• Evasive Action (1998)
• RKO 281 (1999)
• Falling Through (2000)
• Daybreak (2000)
• The Doorway (2000)
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
• The Punisher (2004)

• Roy Scheider at the Internet Movie Database
• Roy Scheider at the Notable Names Database
• Roy Scheider at the Starpulse Biography Site
• Roy Scheider at the New York Times Site