This Biography is about one of the best Actor Roy Scheider including his Height, weight,Age & Other Detail…
Biography Of Roy Scheider | |
Real Name | Roy Scheider |
Profession | Actors |
Nick Name | Roy Richard Scheider, Roy R. Scheider Roy Schneider |
Famous as | Actor |
Nationality | American |
Personal Life of Roy Scheider | |
Born on | 10 November 1932 |
Birthday | 10th November |
Died At Age | 75 |
Sun Sign | Scorpio |
Born in | Orange, New Jersey, USA |
Died on | 10 February 2008 |
Place of death | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
City | New Jersey |
Personal Life of Roy Scheider | |
Mother | Anna Scheider |
Siblings | Roy Bernhard Scheider |
Spouses/Partners | Brenda Siemer, Cynthia Bebout |
Education | Franklin & Marshall College, Rutgers University |
Personal Fact of Roy Scheider | |
Roy Scheider was an exceptionally talented American actor who rose to fame, playing tough guy characters in films like, The French Connection, Jaws, its sequel Jaws 2 and Marathon Man. Son of an auto mechanic, Scheider did not intend to become an actor early in his life. In fact, he was initially interested in athletics. He played baseball and served as an amateur boxer in the Diamond Gloves Boxing Tournament before the acting bug bit him. He learned acting from Rutgers and Franklin and Marshall College.
He made his debut in films in 1963 with ‘The Curse of the Living Corpse. After a couple of average films, he got his big breakthrough in cinema in 1971 with the films, Klute and The French Connection. Soon, his reputation as a tough guy character in the film industry was seeded. Thereafter he was cast for Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a movie adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel of the same name. Jaws became the most successful film in Scheider’s career. For years, it held the record of being the most grossing film of all time. After the phenomenal success of Jaws, Scheider featured in All That Jazz, Jaws 2, Blue Thunder, Romeo is Bleeding and so on. Apart from films, he also appeared in television shows, such as Steven Spielberg’s Seaquest DSV, Third Watch, Love of Life and The Secret Stormâ |
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