Roy Richard Scheider November 10 1932 February 10 2008 was an American actor and amateur boxer Described by AllMovie as one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid1980s He was nominated for two Academy Awards a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award His bestknown roles include Chief Martin Brody in Jaws 1975 and its sequel Jaws 2 1978 NYPD Detective Cloudy Russo in The French Connection 1971 NYPD Detective Buddy in The SevenUps 1973 Doc Levy in Marathon Man 1976 Jackie Scanlon Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer 1977 choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz 1979 Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder 1983 and Dr Heywood R Floyd in the 1984 film 2010 The Year We Make Contact the sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the sciencefiction television series seaQuest DSV 199319961971 NYPD Detective Buddy in The SevenUps 1973 Doc Levy in Marathon Man 1976 Jackie Scanlon Juan Dominguez in Sorcerer 1977 choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz 1979 Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder 1983 and Dr Heywood R Floyd in the 1984 film 2010 The Year We Make Contact the sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the sciencefiction television series seaQuest DSV 19931996 Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Scheider licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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