Roy Richard Scheider is an American theater and film actor. He has been nominated for Oscars several times, and has won several nominations and awards in the field of cinema as Best Actor, Best Music Actor and Legendary Actor.
Despite the fact that Roy did not plan to connect his life with cinema and everyone predicted a good career for him as a lawyer, fate decreed otherwise. During his creative biography, he played in almost 60 films, and his roles in the films "All this jazz" and "Jaws" became famous all over the world and entered the "golden fund" of American cinema.
early years
Roy was born in New Jersey in the fall of 1932. His father was German and his mother was Irish. The family did not live well, my father worked in a car repair shop, and my mother did the household. In early childhood, Roy was ill a lot and suffered a severe form of rheumatism. To maintain his health, he began to actively play sports - he played baseball and was fond of boxing. In his sports career, he excelled and even performed at numerous competitions and boxing championships in New Jersey.
Roy was educated at Maplewood High School, then went to Newark to enter the university, and then to Lancaster to study law. The parents dreamed of a decent career for the child and were very glad that the young man entered the Faculty of Law.
Back in his student years, Roy became interested in theater and began performing on the stage of the university, but he had not thought about devoting himself to art all his life.
Early career and film roles
In the late 1950s, Scheider served for four years in the US Army, in a unit based in Korea, as an air traffic controller. After demobilization, he again decided to try himself as an actor and went to work in a theater studio. After the play "Romeo and Juliet", shown at a local festival, where Roy got one of the roles, his work was highly appreciated by the audience and the director, and Scheider was finally enrolled in the troupe of the theater.
Scheider's first film work was the role in the film "The Curse of the Living Dead", but real success came to him after the film "Klute", where he played a central role with the famous actors D. Fonda and D. Sutherland. From that moment on, Scheider's career in cinema went up and he was offered new roles and interesting projects. So for his role in the detective tape "French messenger", for which the actor was nominated for an Oscar.
A few years later, Scheider meets with the famous director Steven Spielberg, who invites him to his picture "Jaws". Roy played the main role of the sheriff in it, who enters into an unequal battle with a man-eating shark. The picture was a stunning success, and the box office grossed more than $ 450 million. The film was recognized as one of the best in the horror genre and won several Oscars. A few years later, the picture was continued, and Roy again became the main character of "Jaws 2".
In the further career of the actor, there are many excellent roles in various genres, but the musical tape "All This Jazz", where Roy played the role of choreographer, stands out. The film was directed by the famous Bobb Foss, and Scheider was once again nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
In the 2000s, Scheider's career began to decline, the roles became less and less, but the actor himself was not too upset by this state of affairs.
Roy Scheider passed away in 2008 in Little Rock. The cause of death was myeloma.
Personal life
The actor tied the knot twice. The first wife is Cynthia Scheider. He lived with her for over 25 years. The couple had a daughter, Cynthia, who died in 2006, leaving two grandchildren to their parents.
A year after the end of his first marriage, Roy remarried. Brenda Seamers became his chosen one. The family had two children - Christian and Molly.
