How tall is Roy Scheider?

Roy Scheider's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 47% of men in the United States.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 47% of men in the United States born in 1932 (average 175.5 cm).

About Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider was an American actor, born Roy Richard Scheider on 10 November 1932 in Orange. He achieved fame with leading and supporting roles in films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s, and he died on 10 February 2008.

Scheider's best-known film roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute, Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and its 1978 sequel, and Cloudy Russo in The French Connection. He also appeared in The Seven-Ups, Marathon Man, Sorcerer, All That Jazz and Blue Thunder. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe and one BAFTA Award, and won an Obie and a Drama League Award for his stage performances. He starred as Captain Nathan Bridger on the NBC television series seaQuest DSV from 1993 to 1996.

Scheider stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). Later credits included Naked Lunch, Romeo Is Bleeding, The Myth of Fingerprints, The Rainmaker and The Punisher.

Frequently asked

How tall is Roy Scheider in feet and inches? Roy Scheider was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Roy Scheider tall for men in the United States? At 175 cm he was taller than about 47% of men in the United States born in 1932, whose average height is 175.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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