Roy Scheider
1932–2008 · American actor
Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s including the lead role in Jaws. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA Award, and won both an Obie and Drama League Award for his stage performances.
Roy Scheider, in order
- 1964 The Curse of the Living Corpse: acted · directed by Del Tenney
- 1968 Paper Lion: acted · directed by Alex March
- 1969 Stiletto: acted · directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
- 1970 Loving: acted · directed by Irvin Kershner
- 1970 Puzzle of a Downfall Child: acted · directed by Jerry Schatzberg
- 1971 Klute: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula
- 1971 The French Connection: acted · directed by William Friedkin · critics 97%, audiences 87%
- 1972 Plot: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
- 1972 The Outside Man: acted · directed by Jacques Deray
- 1973 The Seven-Ups: acted · directed by Philip D'Antoni
- 1975 Jaws: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 97%, audiences 98% · streaming on Netflix
- 1975 Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York: acted · directed by Sidney J. Furie
- 1976 Marathon Man: acted · directed by John Schlesinger
- 1977 Sorcerer: acted · directed by William Friedkin
- 1978 Jaws 2: acted · directed by Jeannot Szwarc · critics 56%, audiences 40% · streaming on Netflix, Starz
- 1979 All That Jazz: acted · directed by Bob Fosse
- 1979 Last Embrace: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 58%, audiences 32% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1980 Resurrection: acted · directed by Daniel Petrie
- 1982 Still of the Night: acted · directed by Robert Benton · critics 67%, audiences 45% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1983 Blue Thunder: acted · directed by John Badham
- 1983 Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (TV movie): acted · directed by Linda Yellen
- 1983 Tiger Town (TV movie): acted · directed by Alan Shapiro
- 1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact: acted · directed by Peter Hyams
- 1984 Terror in the Aisles: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn · critics 63%, audiences 51%
- 1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: acted · directed by Paul Schrader · critics 79%, audiences 90%
- 1986 52 Pick-Up: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 58%, audiences 48% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1986 The Men's Club: acted · directed by Peter Medak
- 1987 Jaws: The Revenge: acted · directed by Joseph Sargent · critics 2%, audiences 15% · streaming on Netflix, Starz
- 1989 Cohen and Tate: acted · directed by Eric Red
- 1989 Listen to Me: acted · directed by Douglas Day Stewart
- 1989 Night Game: acted · directed by Peter Masterson
- 1990 Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (TV movie): acted · directed by Frank Pierson
- 1990 The Fourth War: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 60%, audiences 27% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1990 The Russia House: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi
- 1991 Naked Lunch: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 71%, audiences 77%
- 1993 Romeo Is Bleeding: acted · directed by Peter Medak · critics 31%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1993 SeaQuest DSV (TV series): acted
- 1994 Wild Justice (TV movie): acted · directed by Tony Wharmby
- 1997 Executive Target: acted · directed by Joseph Merhi
- 1997 Plato’s Run: acted · directed by James Becket
- 1997 The Definite Maybe: acted · directed by Rob Lobl and Sam Sokolow
- 1997 The Myth of Fingerprints: acted · directed by Bart Freundlich
- 1997 The Peacekeeper: acted · directed by Frédéric Forestier
- 1997 The Rage: acted · directed by Sidney J. Furie
- 1997 The Rainmaker: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 82%, audiences 78% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
- 1998 Better Living: acted · directed by Max Mayer
- 1998 The White Raven: acted · directed by Andrew Stevens
- 1999 RKO 281 (TV movie): acted · directed by Benjamin Ross · critics 92%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1999 Silver Wolf: acted · directed by Peter Svatek
- 2000 Chain of Command (TV movie): acted · directed by John Terlesky
- 2000 Daybreak: acted · directed by Jean Pellerin
- 2000 Falling Through: acted · directed by Colin Bucksey
- 2000 The Doorway: acted · directed by Michael B. Druxman
- 2002 Texas 46: acted · directed by Giorgio Serafini
- 2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme · critics 76%, audiences 83%
- 2003 Dracula II: Ascension: acted · directed by Patrick Lussier
- 2003 Red Serpent: acted · directed by Gino Tanasescu
- 2004 The Punisher: acted · directed by Jonathan Hensleigh · critics 30%, audiences 63%
- 2005 Dracula III: Legacy: acted · directed by Patrick Lussier
- 2007 Chicago 10: acted · directed by Brett Morgen
- 2007 The Poet: acted · directed by Damian Lee
- 2008 Dark Honeymoon: acted · directed by David O'Malley
- 2009 Iron Cross: acted · directed by Joshua Newton
- 2012 The Shark Is Still Working: acted · directed by Erik Hollander · critics 100%, audiences 90%