Roy Scheider

Guest-starred in an episode "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) as a death row inmate

Narrated (also associate producer) of the Jaws documentary "The Shark is Still Working"

Cast as Governor Bull Tyler in "Citizen Verdict"

Starred with Thomas Jane and John Travolta in "The Punisher"

Cast Marcia Gay Harden in the TV-movie "King of Texas"

Appeared in the HBO original drama "RKO 281"

Played the patriarch of a dysfunctional family in "The Myth of Fingerprints"

TV series debut in a lead role, playing Captain Nathan Bridger on the Spielberg-produced series, "seaQuest DSV" (NBC); left after the second season due to conflicts with the shows direction; had a recurring role in the third season

Co-starred in "The Russia House"

Starred in the HBO original drama "Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture"

Narrated "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters"

Headlined the sequel "2010"

Portrayed real-life Agentine newspaper publisher in the NBC drama "Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number"

Starred opposite Meryl Streep in the thriller "Still of the Night"

Returned to the stage after many years in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"; starred opposite Blythe Danner and Raul Julia

Earned a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for playing Joe Gideon, the hard-living, exacting choreographer-director (an alter ego for Bob Fosse) in "All That Jazz"

Reprised role of Chief Brody in "Jaws 2"

Re-teamed with "French Connection" director William Friedkin on "Sorcerer" a remake of "The Wages of Fear"

Cast as Dustin Hoffman's brother in "Marathon Man"

Starred as the town police chief in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws"

Played Gene Hackman's partner in "The French Connection"; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination

Breakthrough supporting role, "Klute"

Screen debut (billed as Roy R. Sheider) in "The Curse of the Living Corpse"

Appeared in more than 80 plays

Professional stage debut as Mercutio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Romeo and Juliet"

Appeared in the TV soaps, "Search for Tomorrow" and "The Secret Storm"

Became a amateur boxer as a teen; broke his nose in a match

Began acting in comic plays in college

Grew up in Orange, New Jersey

Returned to college; acted in Shakespeare's "Richard III"

Spent two years with Air Force as air traffic controller

Suffered a severe bout of rheumatic fever as a child