Roy Scheider Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Roy Scheider Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 â€" February 10, 2008) was an

American actor and amateur boxer. He is best known for playing Martin

Brody in the thriller film Jaws (1975), reprising the role in its

sequel Jaws 2 (1978).Scheider gained fame for his leading and

supporting roles in several iconic films in addition to the Jaws

films, from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. These roles

included NYPD Detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection

(1971); NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci in The Seven Ups (1973); Doc in

Marathon Man (1976); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon (whose

character was based on Bob Fosse) in All That Jazz (which was

co-written and directed by Fosse) (1979); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in

the 1984 film 2010, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.Scheider was

also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction

television series seaQuest DSV (1993â€"1996). Described by AllMovie as

"one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors",

Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award,

and a BAFTA Award.Scheider was born in Orange, New Jersey, the son of

Anna (née Crosson) and auto mechanic Roy Bernhard Scheider.

Scheider's mother was of Irish descent with an Irish Catholic

background, while his father was a Protestant German American. As a

child, Scheider was an athlete, participating in organized baseball

and boxing competitions, for which he was classed as a welterweight,

weighing in at 140 lb (63.5 kg). Scheider competed in the Diamond

Gloves Boxing Tournament in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended

Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, graduating in 1950, and

was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1985. He traded his

boxing gloves for the stage, studying drama at both Rutgers University

and Franklin and Marshall College, where he was a member of Phi Kappa

Psi fraternity.
Roy Scheider Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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