Editing Roy Scheider (section)

==Acting career==
Scheider's first film role was in the horror film ''[[The Curse of the Living Corpse]]'' (1964). On television, he played running roles on two CBS soap operas, ''[[Love of Life]]'' and ''[[The Secret Storm]]'', and also played character roles in episodes of ''[[Camera Three]]'', ''[[N.Y.P.D. (TV series)|N.Y.P.D.]]'', and ''[[Coronet Blue]]''. He was in the TV movie ''[[Lamp at Midnight]]'' (1966). In 1968, Scheider appeared with the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]], and also won an [[Obie Award]] for Distinguished Performance<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1960s/year-68/ |title=1968 Obie Awards Winners |website=obieawards.com |access-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112210645/https://www.obieawards.com/events/1960s/year-68/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[James Joyce]]'s play ''Stephen D,'' appearing in it 68 times at the [[East 74th Street Theater]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHYwCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22roy+scheider%22+%22east+74th+street+theater%22&pg=PA20 |title=Roy Scheider: A Film Biography |first=Diane C. |last=Kachmar |publisher=McFarland |year=2015 |isbn=9781476609034 |page=20}}</ref> He appeared in the films ''[[Stiletto (1969 film)|Stiletto]]'' (1969), ''[[Loving (1970 film)|Loving]]'' (1970), and ''[[Puzzle of a Downfall Child]]'' (1970), and on television in ''[[Where the Heart Is (US TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' and ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''.

In 1971, he appeared in two highly popular films, ''[[Klute]]'', directed by [[Alan Pakula]], and ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'', directed by [[William Friedkin]]. The latter, in which he played a fictionalized version of New York City detective [[Sonny Grosso]], gained him an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name=NYTObit/> Scheider became much in demand. He went to Europe to have key supporting roles in ''[[The French Conspiracy]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Outside Man]]'' (1972).

Scheider's first starring role came in ''[[The Seven-Ups]]'' (1973), a quasi follow-up to ''The French Connection'', in which Scheider's character is once again based on Grosso. He was second-billed in ''[[Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York]]'' (1975). Scheider portrayed Chief Martin Brody in the Hollywood blockbuster ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975), which also starred [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]].<ref name=NYTObit/> Scheider's ad-libbed line,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7238427.stm|title=Obituary: Roy Scheider|date=February 11, 2008|access-date=February 11, 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-date=February 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214180643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7238427.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was voted 35th on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|list of best movie quotes]]. He appeared as secret agent Doc Levy in ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]'' (1976), with [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Marathon Man (1976) 'Marathon Man' Thriller of a Film|author-link=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 1976|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E3D8143EE334BC4F53DFB667838D669EDE|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929001127/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E3D8143EE334BC4F53DFB667838D669EDE|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scheider was initially set to appear in the lead role in [[Michael Cimino]]'s never-filmed romantic thriller ''Perfect Strangers'', but the film was canceled due to "political machinations" at Paramount.{{sfn|Kachmar|2002|p=118}} Scheider was later offered the role portrayed by [[Robert De Niro]] in Cimino's ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978), which was the second film of a three-picture deal with [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]].<ref name=NYTObit/> He reunited with ''French Connection'' director William Friedkin in ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'' (1977), the second adaptation of the 1950 French novel ''[[The Wages of Fear]]''.<ref name=NYTObit/> Although the film didn't do well at the box office, it has since acquired a large cult following.

Still under contract after dropping out two weeks before ''The Deer Hunter'' started filming, Universal offered him the option of reprising his role as Martin Brody for a ''Jaws'' sequel, and would consider his contractual obligations fulfilled if he accepted. Scheider accepted, and ''[[Jaws 2]]'' was released in 1978. It was a huge hit.<ref name=NYTObit/> Scheider starred in ''[[Last Embrace]]'' (1979), a thriller directed by [[Jonathan Demme]]. He received his second Academy Award nomination, this time as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] in ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'' (1979), in which he played a fictionalized version of the film's director and co-writer Bob Fosse.<ref name=NYTObit/> Some of the film's production was portrayed in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] miniseries ''[[Fosse/Verdon]]'', in which Scheider was played by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]].

He made a thriller with [[Meryl Streep]] for [[Robert Benton]], ''[[Still of the Night (film)|Still of the Night]]'' (1982), which was a box-office disappointment. The following year, however, his box office performance improved with ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' (1983),<ref name=NYTObit/> a [[John Badham]] film about a prototype [[attack helicopter]] that provided security over the city of Los Angeles during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. He made two TV movies, ''[[Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number]]'' (1983) and ''[[Tiger Town]]'' (1984). This was followed by a role as Dr. Heywood Floyd in [[Peter Hyams]]' ''[[2010 (film)|2010]]'', a 1984 sequel to [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s 1968 science-fiction classic ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', in which [[William Sylvester]] originated the role of Floyd.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=2010 (1984) '2010', PURSUES THE MYSTERY OF '2001'|author-link=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|date=December 7, 1984|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E5D9143AF934A35751C1A962948260|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104181047/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E5D9143AF934A35751C1A962948260|url-status=live}}</ref> He provided narration for ''[[Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters]]'' (1985).

Scheider was in ''[[The Men's Club]]'' (1986), ''[[52 Pick-Up]]'' (1986) for [[John Frankenheimer]], ''[[Cohen and Tate]]'' (1988), ''[[Listen to Me (film)|Listen to Me]]'' (1989), ''[[Night Game (film)|Night Game]]'' (1989), ''[[The Fourth War]]'' (1990) again for Frankenheimer, ''[[Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture]]'' (1990), and ''[[The Russia House (film)|The Russia House]]'' (1990). One of his later parts was that of Dr. Benway in the long-in-production 1991 film adaptation of [[William S. Burroughs]]' novel ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''.<ref name=NYTObit/> Scheider played a mob boss who meets a horrific fate in the [[Gary Oldman]] crime film ''[[Romeo Is Bleeding]]'' (1994)<ref name=NYTObit/> and a chief executive of a corrupt insurance company cross-examined by [[Matt Damon]]'s character in 1997's ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|John Grisham's The Rainmaker]]'', directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].

Scheider appeared among an ensemble cast in ''[[The Myth of Fingerprints]]'' (1997), for which he was nominated for an [[Independent Spirit Award]]. He appeared as the crusty father of hero Frank Castle in ''[[The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher]]'' (2004), and in 2007, starred in ''[[The Poet (2007 film)|The Poet]]'' and ''[[If I Didn't Care (film)|If I Didn't Care]]''. When Scheider died in February 2008, he had two movies upcoming: ''[[Dark Honeymoon]]'', which had been completed, and the thriller ''[[Iron Cross (film)|Iron Cross]]''. In ''Iron Cross'', Scheider plays the leading role of Joseph, a holocaust survivor with a propensity for justice, which was inspired by director Joshua Newton's late father Bruno Newton. ''Iron Cross'' was ultimately released in 2011.

Scheider was lead star in the [[Steven Spielberg]]-produced television series ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'' as Captain Nathan Bridger. During the second season, Scheider voiced disdain for the direction in which the series was heading. His comments were highly publicized, and the media criticized him for panning his own show. NBC made additional casting and writing changes in the third season, and Scheider decided to leave the show. His contract, however, required that he make several guest appearances that season. Scheider hosted an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the 10th (1984–1985) season and appeared on the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey]]", voicing himself as the host of a toilet-training video, portions of which were censored on FOX and syndicated broadcasts. He provided voiceover on the ''Family Guy'' episode "[[Three Kings (Family Guy)|Three Kings]]" (which was recorded in September 2007 but aired in May 2009, a year and three months after his death in February 2008), which also featured his ''Jaws'' co-star Richard Dreyfuss.

Scheider guest-starred in the ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' episode "[[Endgame (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)|Endgame]]" as [[serial killer]] Mark Ford Brady, who is identified at the episode's end as being the biological father of Detective Goren (played by [[Vincent D'Onofrio]]). He narrated and was associate producer of the 2006 ''Jaws'' documentary ''[[The Shark is Still Working]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/08/08/jaws-blu-ray-exclusive-steven-spielberg/ |title='Jaws' Blu-ray extra: 'The Shark is Still Working' |first=Jeff |last=Labrecque |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]}}</ref> In 2007, Scheider received one of two annual Lifetime Achievement Awards at the SunDeis Film Festival in [[Waltham, Massachusetts]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} After Scheider's death, a biography entitled ''Roy Scheider: A Life'' was released as a tribute, compiling reviews, essays, and narration on his life and career.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}