# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-scheider
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:47.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-scheider"
name: "Roy Scheider"
slug: "roy-scheider"
description: "Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA Award, and won both an Obie and Drama League Award for his stage performances."
tagline: "American actor (1932–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Scheider_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-11-10"
deathDate: "2008-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump