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Roy Scheider

1932 - 2008

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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", 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Scheider has received more than 7,882,400 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Roy Scheider is the 422nd most popular actor (down from 380th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from United States (down from 726th in 2019) and the 213th most popular American Actor.

Roy Scheider is most famous for playing Chief Brody in the 1975 blockbuster film Jaws.

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  • 7.9M

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  • 64.26

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  • 50

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  • 4.13

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  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roy Scheider ranks 422 out of 13,578. Before him are Ali MacGraw, Richard Dean Anderson, Randy Quaid, William Shatner, Tom Wilkinson, and James Woods. After him are Pamela Anderson, Bourvil, Donald Pleasence, Jean Harlow, Charlie Sheen, and Nebahat Çehre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Roy Scheider ranks 42. Before him are Ryszard Kapuściński, Raisa Gorbacheva, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Zito, Donald Rumsfeld, and Valentino. After him are Ted Kennedy, Pat Morita, Stéphane Audran, Oliver E. Williamson, Francis Lai, and V. S. Naipaul. Among people deceased in 2008, Roy Scheider ranks 27. Before him are George Habash, Jørn Utzon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, and Jacques Piccard. After him are Jules Dassin, Heath Ledger, Jörg Haider, George Emil Palade, John Archibald Wheeler, and Leonid Hurwicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Scheider ranks 765 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Quaid (1950), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Terrence Malick (1943), Rick Rubin (1963), Buddy Holly (1936), and James Woods (1947). After him are Jack Vance (1916), William T. G. Morton (1819), Michio Kaku (1947), Louise Hay (1926), Albert Ellis (1913), and Jean Harlow (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Roy Scheider ranks 213. Before him are Burt Reynolds (1936), James Caan (1940), Ali MacGraw (1939), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Randy Quaid (1950), and James Woods (1947). After him are Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), Brandon Lee (1965), Mark Hamill (1951), John Goodman (1952), and Frances McDormand (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

Jaws
Brody
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
Jun 20o 19757.664 / 10
Jaws 2
Police Chief Martin Brody
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Jun 16o 19785.992 / 10
2010
Dr. Heywood Floyd
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Dec 6o 19846.7 / 10