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Acting

Roy Scheider

Career: Active from 1954 to 2009, busiest in 2000 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: When It Was a Game
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Roy Scheider Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
3.5, average 4.8
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Political Intrigue 6
Psychological Drama 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Psychological Tension 5
Historical Setting 3
Neo-Noir 3
Mystery 3
Tense Atmosphere 3
Political Thriller 3
Race Against Time 3
Social Commentary 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

26 titles · average score 45

The Shark Is Still Working

89

as Narrator / Self

If I Didn't Care

32

as Linus

The Punisher

47

as Frank Castle, Sr.

Citizen Verdict

27

as Bull Tyler

Angels Don't Sleep Here

27

as Mayor Harry S. Porter

Red Serpent

17

as Hassan

The Diamond Hunters

43

TV show · as Jacobus Van der Byl

Time Lapse

43

as Agent La Nova

Secrets of the Dead

72

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Doorway

35

as Professor Lamont

Chain of Command

42

as President Jack Cahill

Daybreak

45

as Stan Marshall

1990s

29 titles · average score 58

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) / Roy Scheider

Silver Wolf

62

as John Rockwell

Evasive Action

48

as Enzo Marcelli

Money Play$

52

as Johnny Tobin

The Peacekeeper

19

as President Robert Baker

Executive Target

36

as President Carlson

seaQuest DSV

61

TV show · as Captain Nathan Bridger

SeaQuest DSV

as Captain Nathan Bridger

Romeo Is Bleeding

45

as Don Falcone

Naked Lunch

70

as Dr. Benway

The Russia House

65

as Russell

The Fourth War

47

as Col. Jack Knowles

1980s

13 titles · average score 53

Listen to Me

39

as Charlie Nichols

Cohen and Tate

61

as Cohen

Night Game

18

as Seaver

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Jaws: The Revenge

18

as Martin Brody (archive footage)

52 Pick-Up

58

as Harry Mitchell

The Men's Club

33

as Cavanaugh

2010

63

as Dr. Heywood Floyd

Tiger Town

71

as Billy Young

Blue Thunder

68

as Murphy

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

as Jacobo Timerman

Still of the Night

55

as Doctor Sam Rice

1970s

17 titles · average score 68

All That Jazz

80

as Joe Gideon

Last Embrace

53

as Harry Hannan

Jaws 2

54

as Police Chief Martin Brody

Sorcerer

78

as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'

Marathon Man

74

as Henry 'Doc' Levy

Jaws

87

as Brody

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

46

as Sam Stoneman

The Seven-Ups

69

as Buddy - Seven-Up

The Outside Man

54

as Lenny

Assignment: Munich

as Jack Webster

The French Connection

87

as Buddy Russo

Klute

79

as Frank Ligourin

1960s

3 titles · average score 51

Stiletto

52

as Bennett

Paper Lion

58

as Man (uncredited)

The Curse of the Living Corpse

42

as Philip Sinclair

1950s

3 titles · average score 58

A Wind from the South

as Dancer (uncredited)

The Secret Storm

33

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Francesco Barberini