欧博百家乐Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements
Post his studies, he made a short stint in military by serving as an officer in the United States Air Force where he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. Thereafter, he made his debut on stage with the play, ‘Stephen D’ at the New York Shakespeare Festival for which he even won an Obie Award.
Scheider breakthrough in films came in 1963 with the horror film, ‘The Curse of the Living Corpse’. Following his debut, he was cast in two films in 1968, ‘Star’ and ‘Paper Lion’.
Though he was a couple of films old in the film industry, yet he did not gain popularity until 1971. That year, he played two spectacular roles - the first being for Jane Fonda’s thriller ‘Klute’ and later as Det. Buddy Russo in crime-drama ‘The French Connection’, featuring alongside Gene Hackman. His role of a fictionalized tough street cop won him an Academy Award nomination.
Scheider’s tough street cop role in ‘The French Connection’ was so much appreciated that he bagged yet another tough cop role as NYC Det Buddy Manucci in the 1973 underappreciated ‘The Seven-Ups’. The film had one of the best car chase sequences ever.
In 1975, he portrayed the role of Chief Martin Brody in ‘Jaws’ featuring Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfus. A Steven Spielberg film, it was based on Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel of the same name. The film went on to become a blockbuster and for years remained the highest grossing film of all time. His acting in the film earned him rave reviews.
Following the super successful 'Jaws', he appeared as Doc Levy, a shady secret agent in ‘Marathon Man’ alongside Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. Later, he reunited with ‘The French Connection’ director, William Friedkinfor ‘Sorcerer’ in 1976. It was a remake of the 1953 French film ‘Le Salaire de la peur’.
His next release was for Universal Studios’ ‘Jaws 2’, a sequel to ‘Jaws’. Released in 1978, the film fulfilled a contractual obligation made by Scheider towards Universal Studios for originally staring in ‘The Deer Hunter’.
Year 1979 saw a revamp of image for Scheider’s on-stage persona. Until then known for portraying roles of tough cops, he took a role reversal to play the character of Joe Gideon, a womanizer and drug popping choreographer in ‘All That Jazz’. The film, a semi-autobiographical, was based on the life of Bob Fosse, director and co-writer of the film. ‘All That Jazz’ was a major hit and earned him his second Academy Award nomination.
He followed up the success of ‘All That Jazz’ with the 1983 flick, ‘Blue Thunder’. A John Badham film, it revolves around a fictitious technologically-advanced prototype attack helicopter which provided security over Los Angeles during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
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In 1984, he starred in Peter Hyams’ ‘2010’ capping the role of Dr Heywood Floyd.The film was a sequel to the 1968’s science fiction classic film,‘2001: A Space Odyssey’.
He started the decade of 1990s featuring as a smart-talking CIA operative with MI6 in ‘The Russia House’ alongside Sean Connery. Next year, he starred as Dr Benway in the film adaptation of William S. Burroughs' novel ‘Naked Lunch’. In 1994, he played a mob boss in the Gary Oldman crime film ‘Romeo Is Bleeding’. Three years later, he appeared as a CEO of a corrupt insurance company in John Grisham's ‘The Rainmaker’.
In the new millennium, he featured in a couple of films, some of which include ‘Daybreak’, ‘The Doorway’, ‘Time Lapse’, ‘The Punisher’, ‘The Poet’,‘If I Didn't Care’ and ‘Chicago 10’.
Other than films, he played the lead role of Captain Nathan Bridger in Steven Spielberg’s tele-series, ‘Sea Quest DSV’. In it, he served as the captain of a futuristic submarine. Scheider appeared for three seasons of the show. He also guest-starred as Fyodor Chevchenko on the NBC television series ‘Third Watch’.
Acting apart, Scheider played host to the television show ‘Saturday Night Live’. He also gave his voice for several episodes of the television series ‘Family Guy’. He guest-starred in ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’ episode ‘Endgame’ as serial killer Mark Ford Brady. He even narrated and produced 2006 Jaw’s documentary ‘The Shark is Still Working’. Posthumously, two of his movies released, a horror flick ‘Dark Honeymoon’ and thriller ‘Iron Cross’. In the latter he portrayed Joseph, a holocaust survivor with a propensity for justice. The film was inspired by director Joshua Newton’s late father Bruno Newton. ‘Iron Cross’ was released in 2011.