Updated: Friday, April 30, 1999
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The twenty-first century... ...Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth, ...the Ocean. As Captain of the seaQuest and her Crew we are its guardians. ... For beneath the surface... ... Lies The Future.
Captain Nathan Hale Brigder, UEO
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Character
 Captain Nathan Hale Bridger
Scheider admits that adjusting from the slower pace of acting in features to the faster pace of filming a TV series was a challenge. Nevertheless, he says the role of Captain Bridger was worth the additional preparation.
Scheider describes Bridger as an excellent leader: "Bridger knows how to motivate others and doesn't have to motivate himself," he explains. "His preoccupation is ocean research, and his occupation is command of the seaQuest, which is his laboratory."
Biography: Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider was born on Nov. 10, 1932, in Orange, N.J.. He is of German-Irish descent. He went to college at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA, USA.
Scheider is a dynamic, sinewy leading man and character actor of the American stage and screen. Trained in college dramatics, he made his professional stage debut in 1961, playing Mercutio in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of `Romeo and Juliet.' He continued receiving favorable stage reviews while performing at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ; the Boston Fine Arts Festival; and the Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
He won an Obie Award in 1968 for his Off-Broadway performance in James Joyce's "Stephen D." Scheider spent several years in repertory, playing mainly classic roles, and in the mid-60s made his first film appearance. By the mid-70s he had developed into a versatile and intriguing leading man and character player in both American and French films. Scheider's first major feature-film role was in "Klute" in 1971. His career received added impetus in 1975 from a star billing in the box-office blockbuster Jaws.
He gave an engrossing portrayal of director-choreographer Bob Fosse in the latter's autobiographical film All That Jazz (1979). Scheider was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor for that performance and as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The French Connection (1971). Later, in 1980, he received the Drama League Critic's Award for Performance of the Year for his work in "Betrayal." His usually tough screen characterizations have benefited from a broken nose, a la Belmondo, that he sustained in Golden Gloves boxing preliminaries during his high school days. His other features include "The Seven Ups," "Marathon Man, "Sorcerer," "Jaws II," "Blue Thunder," "2010," "The Men's Club," "52-Pick-Up" and more recently "Night Games," "The Russia House," David Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" and "Romeo is Bleeding."
In addition, Scheider starred in the HBO movie "Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture" and hosted the TV specials "Portrait of the Soviet Union" and, with "seaQuest" costar Jonathan Brandis, NBC's "Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects."
He is married to Brend King, a documentary filmmaker. They have a 4-year-old son, Christian. Scheider enjoys reading and attending the theater.
Filmography
 Better Living (1998)[Actor]
John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)[Actor .... Wilfred Keeley]
Executive Target (1997)[Actor .... President Carlson]
Myth of Fingerprints, The (1997)[Actor .... Hal]
Peacekeeper, The (1997)[Actor .... The President of the U.S.A.]
Plato's Run (1997)[Actor .... Senarkian]
Rage, The (1996)[Actor .... Taggert]
Wild Justice (1994)[Actor .... Colonel Peter Stride]
"SeaQuest DSV" (1993) TV Series[Actor .... Capt. Nathan Bridger]
"Wild Justice" (1993) (mini) TV Series[Actor .... Peter Stride]
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)[Actor .... Don Falcone]
SeaQuest DSV (1993) (TV)[Actor .... Capt. Nathan Bridger]
Contact: The Yanomani Indians of Brazil (1991)[Actor]
Naked Lunch (1991)[Actor .... Doctor Benway]
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) (TV)[Actor .... Paul Marish]
Fourth War, The (1990)[Actor .... Colonel Jack Knowles]
Russia House, The (1990)[Actor .... Russell]
Cohen and Tate (1989)[Actor .... Cohen]
Listen to Me (1989)[Actor .... Charlie Nichols]
Night Game (1989)[Actor .... Mike Seaver]
52 Pick-Up (1986)[Actor .... Harry Mitchell]
Men's Club, The (1986)[Actor .... Cavanaugh]
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)[Actor .... (narrator)]
2010 (1984)[Actor .... Heywood Floyd]
In Our Hands (1984)[Actor]
Staring... the Actors (1984)[Actor .... Interview Subject]
Blue Thunder (1983)[Actor .... Frank Murphy]
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983) (TV)[Actor .... Timerman]
Tiger Town (1983) (TV)[Actor .... Billy Young]
Still of the Night (1982)[Actor .... Doctor Sam Rice]
All That Jazz (1979)[Actor (AAN) (C:GGN) .... Joe Gideon]
Last Embrace (1979)[Actor .... Harry Hannan]
Jaws 2 (1978)[Actor .... Martin Brody]
Sorcerer (1977)[Actor .... Scanlon/Dominguez]
Marathon Man (1976)[Actor .... Doc Levy]
Jaws (1975)[Actor .... Martin Brody]
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)[Actor .... Sam Stoneman]
Funerale a Los Angeles (1973)[Actor .... Lenny]
Seven-Ups, The (1973)[Actor .... Buddy Manucci]
Assignment: Munich (1972) (TV)[Actor .... Jake Webster]
Attentat, L' (1972)[Actor .... Michael Howard]
Klute (1971)[Actor .... Frank Lagourin]
French Connection, The (1971)[Actor (S:AAN) .... Buddy Russo]
Loving (1970)[Actor .... Skip]
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)[Actor .... Mark]
Stiletto (1969)[Actor .... Bennett]
Star! (1968)[Actor .... No credit]
Paper Lion (1968)[Actor .... No credit]
Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)[Actor .... Philip Sinclair]
"Secret Storm, The" (1954) TV Series[Actor]
"Love of Life" (1951) TV Series[Actor]
Notable TV guest appearances
Notable TV guest appearances
"Race to Save the Planet" (1991) 10/4/1990
"Cannon" (1971) playing "Dan Bowen" in episode: "No Pockets in the Shroud" 11/23/1971
"N.Y.P.D." (1967) in episode: "Cry Brute" 2/6/1968
"Coronet Blue" (1967) in episode: "Charade for Murder, A" 7/24/1967
The Roy Scheider Resource
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