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Roy Scheider (born November 10, 1932) is an American actor.
Born in Orange, New Jersey, was an athlete as a child, participating in organized baseball and boxing competitions. Scheider traded his boxing gloves for the stage, studying drama at both Rutgers University and Franklin and Marshall College. 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 a forgettable horror film in 1963 called 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 a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In 1975, Scheider starred in Jaws, and in 1978 its first sequel. In 1979, he broke the tough-guy stereotype he had found himself in by starring as musical theater director Joe Gideon in Bob Fosse's autobiographical movie All That Jazz, for which he was nominated for Best Actor.
Scheider has continued to make movies through the years, and also starred in the Steven Spielberg-produced television series seaQuest DSV.
Roy Scheider Filmography
Actor
• Dracula III: Legacy (2004)
• The Good War (2004)
• The Punisher (2004)
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
• A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
• Love Thy Neighbor (2002)
• King of Texas (2002)
• Daybreak (2001)
• Diamond Hunters (2001)
• Silver Wolf (2001)
• Angels Don't Sleep Here (2000)
• The Doorway (2000)
• Time Lapse (2000)
• Better Living (2000)
• Chain of Command (1999)
• The White Raven (1998)
• Executive Target (1997)
• The Peacekeeper (1997)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
• Plato's Run (1996)
• The Rage (1996)
• Covert Assassin (1994)
• The Russia House (1991)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
• The Fourth War (1990)
• Night Game (1989)
• Listen to Me (1989)
• Cohen and Tate (1988)
• 52 Pick-Up (1986)
• The Men's Club (1986)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Tiger Town (1983)
• Still of the Night (1982)
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1981)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• Jaws 2 (1978)
• Sorcerer (1977)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Outside Man (1973)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• The French Connection (1971)
• Klute (1971)
• Loving (1970)
• Stiletto (1969)
• Curse of the Living Dead (1963)
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