Rebecca Romijn
Actress · 2004
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Biography
Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; 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 to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA. Scheider's best-known roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its 1978 sequel, "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976), Scanlon / Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977), Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979), Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983), and Dr.
Heywood Floyd in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). Subsequent credits included Naked Lunch (1991), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), and The Punisher (2004). He portrayed Captain Nathan Bridger on NBC's seaQuest DSV from 1993–1996.
Filmography
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Interesting facts
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Graduated from Franklin & Marshall College of Law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he became interested in theater.
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After suffering from rheumatism in childhood, he had a great fondness for sunbathing.
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An avid photography enthusiast, he almost never parted with his camera.
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Served three years in the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller.
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Over the course of ten years (1961–1971), he appeared in more than 80 plays.
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In his youth, he played amateur baseball and competed in the New Jersey Diamond Gloves boxing championship.
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He considered his role in Steven Spielberg's famous thriller "Jaws" to be comedic.
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He passed away in a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The cause of death was leukemia.
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He considered the films "The French Connection", "Jaws" and "All That Jazz" to be the most successful roles of his career.
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Played the President of the United States 3 times.
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He agreed to the role in the film "Marathon Man" because he really wanted to work with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier.
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He considered turning down the role of Michael in the film "The Deer Hunter" to be his most regrettable career mistake.
Family & relationships
Brenda King
wife · Children: 2
Cynthia Shieder
wife · Children: 1 · divorced
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