Christian Scheider

Christian Scheider
Scheider in July 2014
Born	(1990-01-20) January 20, 1990 (age 27) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, writer, director
Relatives	Roy Scheider (father)

Christian Scheider (born January 20, 1990) is an American actor, writer, and director.

Scheider was born in New York City, the son of actor Roy Scheider and Brenda King. His paternal grandmother was of Irish descent with an Irish Catholic background, while his paternal grandfather was a Protestant German American. Scheider is a graduate of Bard College, where he received a B.A. in Philosophy and studied theater. Scheider also attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Born in New York City and raised on the east end of Long Island, Christian Scheider graduated from Bard College in 2012 with a degree in Philosophy, where he worked for three years as a peer and tutor in the Bard Prison Initiative, which offers B.A. and A.A. degrees to inmates serving terms in maximum security prisons. Also while at Bard, Scheider studied filmmaking and performed in many theatrical productions.

Acting in film, Scheider performed in Words and Pictures directed by Fred Schepisi opposite Clive Owen and Juliet Binoche, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. as was released nationally in 2014. On stage in 2015, Scheider performed in the two-man play RED by John Logan at Guild Hall with Victor Slezak as Mark Rothko. On television, Scheider guest starred on ABC’s primetime hit series Forever starring Ioan Gruffudd. In 2015 Scheider performed in a special staged reading of The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, playing the part of Maria Altmann's caregiver Gregor Collins.