Actor who played Amity's heroic police chief Martin Brody in the classic horror film Jaws, starred as Joe Gideon in the 1979 musical film All That Jazz and portrayed Detective "Cloudy" Russo in 1971's The French Connection. 

Before Fame

He competed in various baseball and boxing amateur championships in his youth.

Trivia

He made his big screen debut in the 1964 feature The Curse of the Living Corpse.

Family Life

He married his second wife, actress Brenda King, in February 1989. He had three children named Christian, Maximillia and Molly.

Associated With

He starred alongside Gene Hackman in The French Connection.