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Richard Dreyfuss

Acting
78 years oldBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He has starred in film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob? and Mr. Holland's Opus. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen Actors Guild Awards in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries categories.

Personal Details

Born
October 29, 1947
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Also Known As

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss

Movies (40)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

as Self - (archive footage)

2025

Waltzing with Brando
5.9

Waltzing with Brando

as Seymour Kraft

2025

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
7.4

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

as Self

2025

Into the Deep
5.8

Into the Deep

as Seamus

2025

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

as Self

2023

Sweetwater
6.9

Sweetwater

as Maurice Podoloff

2023

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
6.9

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

as Narrator (voice)

2022

Save Christmas

Save Christmas

as Santa

2022

Murder at Yellowstone City
5.4

Murder at Yellowstone City

as Edgar

2022

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

as Self - (archive footage)

2022

Every Last One of Them
5.2

Every Last One of Them

as Murphy

2021

Crime Story
3.8

Crime Story

as Ben Myers

2021

Audrey
7.1

Audrey

as Self - Actor

2020

Astronaut
6.2

Astronaut

as Angus

2019

Daughter of the Wolf
5.5

Daughter of the Wolf

as Father

2019

Polar
6.4

Polar

as Porter

2019

The Last Laugh
5.4

The Last Laugh

as Buddy Green

2019

Asher
5.8

Asher

as Avi

2018

Bayou Caviar
4.7

Bayou Caviar

as Yuri

2018

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

as Self

2018

Book Club
6.2

Book Club

as George

2018

Spielberg
7.6

Spielberg

as Self

2017

Zipper
5.5

Zipper

as George Hiller

2015

Squatters
6.0

Squatters

as David Silverman

2014

Caserta Palace Dream
6.0

Caserta Palace Dream

as Luigi Vanvitelli

2014

Cas & Dylan
6.3

Cas & Dylan

as Dr. Cas Pepper

2013

Paranoia
5.7

Paranoia

as Frank Cassidy

2013

Milius
7.0

Milius

as Self

2013

Very Good Girls
5.8

Very Good Girls

as Danny

2013

Casting By
6.9

Casting By

as Self

2012

The Two Million Year Old Boy

The Two Million Year Old Boy

as Narrator

2011

RED
6.7

RED

as Alexander Dunning

2010

Piranha 3D
5.4

Piranha 3D

as Matthew Boyd

2010

Jaws: The Inside Story
7.3

Jaws: The Inside Story

as Self

2010

The Lightkeepers
5.8

The Lightkeepers

as Seth

2009

Leaves of Grass
6.0

Leaves of Grass

as Pug Rothbaum

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

2009

My Life in Ruins
6.1

My Life in Ruins

as Irv Gideon

2009

The Shark Is Still Working
7.2

The Shark Is Still Working

as Self

2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
7.0

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as Self

2009

TV Shows (10)