Biography film roy scheider

Not to be confused with Roy Schneider or Rob Schneider.

Roy Richard Scheider (; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors",^[1] he achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA.^[2]

Scheider's best-known roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), 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), 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 Fi Lorraine gary!