Roy Scheider
| Born | November 10, 1932 |
| Hometown | Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Net worth | $30 million |
| Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
| Spouse | Brenda Siemer, Cynthia Scheider |
| Children | Christian Scheider, Molly Mae Scheider, Maximillia Connelly Lord |
| Parents | Anna Scheider, Roy Bernhard Scheider |
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"The Shark is Broken," new Broadway play, explores on-set drama of "Jaws"
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Academy Award | Actor in a Leading Role | All That Jazz (film) | Nominated |
| 1980 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Actor | All That Jazz (film) | Nominated |
| 1980 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | All That Jazz (film) | Nominated |
| 1972 | Academy Award | Actor in a Supporting Role | The French Connection (film) | Nominated |
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'The Shark Is Broken' is currently on Broadway and depicts alleged behind-the-scenes drama about the making of 'Jaws.'
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Richard Dreyfuss Criticizes “Jaws” Broadway Show for Making Him Out to Be a 'Big Jerk': 'That Hurt'
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Richard Dreyfuss is 'hurt' by play about his “Jaws” drama with costar Robert Shaw: 'There was no feud'
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Richard Dreyfuss Bites Broadway’s ‘The Shark Is Broken’, Says Play Makes Him Look Like “A Big Jerk”
Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss recently caught a performance of Broadway’s The Shark Is Broken, the comedy-drama about the making of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster. Despite the smile on his face in meet-the-cast photos, he wasn’t very happy. In an exclusive Vanity Fair interview, Dreyfuss criticizes the play – written by and co-starring Ian Shaw, dead-ringer …
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The career of the great William Friedkin, who died this week at the age of 87, is acclaimed not only for the director’s blazing successes of the 1970s (The French Connection, The Exorcist), but also for the equally dramatic burnout many saw as his comeuppance.
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Inside ‘The Shark Is Broken,’ the Meta Play About the Making of ‘Jaws’
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Why ‘The French Connection’ Still Gets Under Our Skin
20th Century-Fox/Getty ImagesWarning: SpoilersWilliam Friedkin was one of those legendary Hollywood characters whose career really did begin in the mailroom. It just wasn’t the mailroom of a major studio. Rather, Friedkin started out in the more humble environs of Chicago’s WGN-TV. By the time he’d been there a couple of years, he was setting up shots for the station’s local shows and before long he was directing shows and news segments himself. He was 18 years old. After that he shot hundreds o
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New Broadway Play Goes Behind the Scenes of ‘Jaws’ — with a Twist
"The Shark is Broken" is co-written by and starring Ian Shaw, whose father Robert portrayed Quint in the 1975 blockbuster.
