Highest rated movie: Jaws (1975)
Lowest rated movie: Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)
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Movies starring Roy Scheider have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.
Jaws - released in 1975 - is Roy Scheider's highest rated movie, with a score of 84% based on 985 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Roy Scheider is Angels Don't Sleep Here - released in 2002 - with a score of 27% based on 4 reviews.
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection and his role as Captain Nathan Bridger in science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final performance is to be released posthumously in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross. Described by Allmovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award over the course of his career.
Roy Scheider has acted in films with Lorraine Gary, Randy Jurgensen, Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss.
Roy Scheider has worked with these film directors: John Frankenheimer, Peter Medak, William Friedkin and Sidney J. Furie.
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