Oscar nominee Roy Scheider rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a string of soulful,... (Learn more)
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Roy Scheider’s Milestones
| Appeared in the TV soaps, "Search for Tomorrow" and "The Secret Storm" | |
| Became a amateur boxer as a teen; broke his nose in a match | |
| Began acting in comic plays in college | |
| Grew up in Orange, New Jersey | |
| Returned to college; acted in Shakespeare's "Richard III" | |
| Spent two years with Air Force as air traffic controller | |
| Suffered a severe bout of rheumatic fever as a child | |
| 1961 - 1971 | Appeared in more than 80 plays |
| 1961 | Professional stage debut as Mercutio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 1964 | Screen debut (billed as Roy R. Sheider) in "The Curse of the Living Corpse" |
| 1971 | Breakthrough supporting role, "Klute" |
| 1972 | Played Gene Hackman's partner in "The French Connection"; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination |
| 1975 | Starred as the town police chief in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" |
| 1976 | Cast as Dustin Hoffman's brother in "Marathon Man" |
| 1977 | Re-teamed with "French Connection" director William Friedkin on "Sorcerer" a remake of "The Wages of Fear" |
| 1978 | Reprised role of Chief Brody in "Jaws 2" |
| 1979 | Earned a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for playing Joe Gideon, the hard-living, exacting choreographer-director (an alter ego for Bob Fosse) in "All That Jazz" |
| 1980 | Returned to the stage after many years in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"; starred opposite Blythe Danner and Raul Julia |
| 1982 | Starred opposite Meryl Streep in the thriller "Still of the Night" |
| 1983 | Portrayed real-life Agentine newspaper publisher in the NBC drama "Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number" |
| 1984 | Headlined the sequel "2010" |
| 1985 | Narrated "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" |
| 1990 | Co-starred in "The Russia House" |
| 1990 | Starred in the HBO original drama "Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture" |
| 1993 - 1996 | TV series debut in a lead role, playing Captain Nathan Bridger on the Spielberg-produced series, "seaQuest DSV" (NBC); left after the second season due to conflicts with the shows direction; had a recurring role in the third season |
| 1997 | Played the patriarch of a dysfunctional family in "The Myth of Fingerprints" |
| 1999 | Appeared in the HBO original drama "RKO 281" |
| 2002 | Cast Marcia Gay Harden in the TV-movie "King of Texas" |
| 2004 | Starred with Thomas Jane and John Travolta in "The Punisher" |
| 2005 | Cast as Governor Bull Tyler in "Citizen Verdict" |
| 2007 | Guest-starred in an episode "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) as a death row inmate |
| 2007 | Narrated (also associate producer) of the Jaws documentary "The Shark is Still Working" |
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