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{{Short description|American actor (1932–2008)}}
{{distinguish|Roy Schneider|Rob Schneider}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Roy Scheider
| image              = Roy Scheider 2007.jpg
| caption            = Scheider in 2007
| birth_place        = [[Orange, New Jersey]], U.S.
| birth_name         = Roy Richard Scheider
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1932|11|10|}}
| death_date         = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2008|2|10|1932|11|10}}}}
| death_place        = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S.
| other_names        = {{ubl|Roy R. Scheider|Roy Schneider}}
| education          = {{ubl|[[Rutgers University]]|[[Franklin and Marshall College]]}}
| children           = 3, including [[Christian Scheider]]{{efn|Two biological children and one adopted child.}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1952–2008
| known for          = 
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Cynthia Bebout]]|1962|1986|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Brenda Siemer|1989<!--Omission per template instructions-->}}}}
}}

'''Roy Richard Scheider''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|aɪ|d|ər}}; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer who 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 Awards|Golden Globe]], and one [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy Scheider|work=[[TV Guide]]|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/roy-scheider/bio/173184|access-date=September 25, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002022539/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/roy-scheider/bio/173184/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scheider's best-known roles include Frank  Ligourin in ''[[Klute]]'' (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975) and its [[Jaws 2|1978 sequel]], "Cloudy" Russo in ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' (1971), "Buddy" in ''[[The Seven-Ups]]'' (1973), Doc Levy in ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]'' (1976), Scanlon / Dominguez in ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'' (1977), Joe Gideon in ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'' (1979), Frank Murphy in ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' (1983), and Dr. Heywood Floyd in the ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' sequel, ''[[2010 (film)|2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'' (1984). Subsequent credits included ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991), ''[[Romeo Is Bleeding]]'' (1993), ''[[The Myth of Fingerprints]]'' (1997), ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|The Rainmaker]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher]]'' (2004). He also portrayed [[List of seaQuest characters#Table of main cast members|Captain Nathan Bridger]] on [[NBC]]'s ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'' from 1993–1996.