RECENT CREDITS
Family Guy (TV)  May. 10, 2009
The Poet (FILM)  Jun. 6, 2008
Chicago 10 (FILM)  Feb. 29, 2008
If I Didn't Care (FILM)  Aug. 3, 2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV)  May. 14, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2007 Guest-starred in an episode "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) as a death row inmate
2007 Narrated (also associate producer) of the Jaws documentary "The Shark is Still Working"
2005 Cast as Governor Bull Tyler in "Citizen Verdict"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Angels Don't Sleep Here   -Mayor Harry S. Porter
Actor
Film


Iron Cross   -Joseph
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Poet  2008 -Rabbi
Actor
Film


Chicago 10  2008 -Voice of Judge Julius Hoffman
Actor
Film


If I Didn't Care  2007 -Linus
Actor
Film


Precinct Hollywood  2005 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Citizen Verdict  2005 -Governor Bull Tyler
Actor
Film


The Punisher  2004 -Frank Castle Sr
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Good War  2003 -Colonel John Gartner
Actor
Film


King Of Texas  2002 -Westover
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Law & Order: Criminal Intent  2001 -Mark Ford Brady
Actor
TV
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Nazi Prison Escape  2001 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Hitler's Lost Sub  2000 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Lincoln's Secret Weapon  2000 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Chain of Command  2000 -US President Cahill
Actor
TV


Secrets of the Dead  2000 -Narration
Narrator
TV


2010  2000 -Dr Heywood Floyd
Actor
Film


City of Steel: Carrier  1999 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Third Watch  2002 -Fyodor Chevchenko
Actor
TV
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Family Guy  2007-2009 -Cast, Himself
Actor, Voice
TV
Expand


Silver Wolf  1999 -John Rockwell
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The White Raven  1998 -Tom Heath
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Money Plays  1998 -Johnny Tobin
Actor
TV


Better Living  1998 -Tom
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Peacekeeper  1997 -The President
Actor
TV


John Grisham's The Rainmaker  1997 -Wilfred Keeley
Actor
Film


Coma  1997 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
Film


Executive Target  1997 -President Carlson
Actor
TV


Plato's Run  1997 -Senarkian
Actor
TV


Spy in the Sky  1996 -Narration
Narrator
TV


SeaQuest 2032  1995 -Captain Nathan Bridger
Actor
TV


Joe Montana: The Fire Inside  1995 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Romeo Is Bleeding  1994 -Don Falcone
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Last African Flying Boat  1993 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Wild Justice  1993 -Peter Stride
Actor
TV


When It Was a Game II  1992 -over
Voice
TV


Actor
TV


Voice
TV


Naked Lunch  1991 -Dr Benway
Actor
Film


The Russia House  1990 -Russell
Actor
Film


Race to Save the Planet  1990 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture  1990 -Paul Marish
Actor
TV


The Fourth War  1990 -Colonel Jack Knowles
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Night Games  1989 -Seaver
Actor
Film


Listen to Me  1989 -Charlie Nichols
Actor
Film


Cohen and Tate  1989 -Cohen
Actor
Film


Inside the Sexes  1988 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Portrait of the Soviet Union  1988 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


The Blessings of Liberty  1987 -George Babbitt
Actor
TV


52 Pick-Up  1986 -Harry Mitchell
Actor
Film


Tiger Town  1986 -Billy Young
Actor
TV


The Men's Club  1986 -Cavanaugh
Actor
Film


Follies in Concert  1986 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters  1985 -English Narration
Actor
Film


In Our Hands  1983 -Himself
Actor
Film


Blue Thunder  1983 -Frank Murphy
Actor
Film


Still of the Night  1982 -Sam Rice
Actor
Film


All That Jazz  1979 -Joe Gideon
Actor
Film


Last Embrace  1979 -Harry Hannan
Actor
Film


Jaws 2  1978 -Martin Brody
Actor
Film


Un Homme Est Mort  1978 -Lenny
Actor
Film


Sorcerer  1977 -Jackie Scanlon
Actor
Film


Marathon Man  1976 -Doc Levy
Actor
Film


Jaws  1975 -Brody
Actor
Film


Assignment: Munich  1972 -Jake Webster
Actor
TV


The French Connection  1971 -Buddy Russo
Actor
Film


Klute  1971 -Frank Ligourin
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Loving  1970 -Skip
Actor
Film


Stiletto  1969 -Bennett
Actor
Film


The Curse of the Living Corpse  1964 -Philip Sinclair
Actor
Film


The Secret Storm  1954 -Bob Hill
Actor
TV


Love of Life  1951 -Jonas Falk
Actor
TV


Search For Tomorrow  1951 -Dr Wheeler
Actor
TV


SeaQuest DSV   -Captain Nathan Bridger
Actor
TV


Dark Honeymoon   -Sam
Actor
Film


Daybreak   -Stan Marshall
Actor
Film


Dracula II: Ascension   -Cardinal Siqueros
Actor
Film


Falling Through   -Earl
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Seven Ups   -Buddy
Actor
Film


Time Lapse   -Agent LaNova
Actor
Film


The Rage   -Taggart
Actor
Film


RKO 281   -George Schaefer
Actor
Film


L' Attentat   -Howard
Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

2007 Guest-starred in an episode "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) as a death row inmate
2007 Narrated (also associate producer) of the Jaws documentary "The Shark is Still Working"
2005 Cast as Governor Bull Tyler in "Citizen Verdict"
2004 Starred with Thomas Jane and John Travolta in "The Punisher"
2002 Cast Marcia Gay Harden in the TV-movie "King of Texas"
1999 Appeared in the HBO original drama "RKO 281"
1997 Played the patriarch of a dysfunctional family in "The Myth of Fingerprints"
1993 - 1996 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 rec
1990 Starred in the HBO original drama "Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture"
1990 Co-starred in "The Russia House"
1985 Narrated "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters"
1984 Headlined the sequel "2010"
1983 Portrayed real-life Agentine newspaper publisher in the NBC drama "Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number"
1982 Starred opposite Meryl Streep in the thriller "Still of the Night"
1980 Returned to the stage after many years in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"; starred opposite Blythe Danner and Raul Julia
1979 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"
1978 Reprised role of Chief Brody in "Jaws 2"
1977 Re-teamed with "French Connection" director William Friedkin on "Sorcerer" a remake of "The Wages of Fear"
1976 Cast as Dustin Hoffman's brother in "Marathon Man"
1975 Starred as the town police chief in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws"
1972 Played Gene Hackman's partner in "The French Connection"; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination
1971 Breakthrough supporting role, "Klute"
1964 Screen debut (billed as Roy R. Sheider) in "The Curse of the Living Corpse"
1961 Professional stage debut as Mercutio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Romeo and Juliet"
1961 - 1971 Appeared in more than 80 plays
Grew up in Orange, New Jersey
Suffered a severe bout of rheumatic fever as a child
Became a amateur boxer as a teen; broke his nose in a match
Began acting in comic plays in college
Spent two years with Air Force as air traffic controller
Returned to college; acted in Shakespeare's "Richard III"
Appeared in the TV soaps, "Search for Tomorrow" and "The Secret Storm"


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