Roy Scheider


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BirthPlace
11/09/1932
Orange, NJ
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Graduated as a history major from Franklin & Marshall College with the intention of going to law school.
Earned his distinctive broken nose in the New Jersey Diamond Gloves Boxing Competition.
Made his professional acting debut as Mercutio in a 1961 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo and Juliet.
Served three years in the U.S. Air Force after college, rising to the rank of first lieutenant.