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Richard Dreyfuss

Acting
Known For

78 Years Old

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.

Born

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA on 29th October 1947

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Family Guy Image
Family Guy
Richard Dreyfuss (voice)
Family Guy Image
Family Guy
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The View Image
The View
Self
The Mike Douglas Show Image
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
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Weeds
Warren Schiff
Bewitched Image
Bewitched
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Great Performances
Self
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Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Parenthood
Gilliam T. Blount
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Bubble Guppies
Captain Acrab
The Big Valley Image
The Big Valley
Lud
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Jaws
Hooper
Gunsmoke Image
Gunsmoke
Gearshon Gorofsky
Ben Casey Image
Ben Casey
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Stars in the House Image
Stars in the House
Self
The Reichen Show Image
The Reichen Show
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney Image
The Wonderful World of Disney
That Girl Image
That Girl
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer Image
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
RED Image
RED
Alexander Dunning
Where Are They Now? Image
Where Are They Now?
Self
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Waltzing with Brando
Seymour Kraft
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Image
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
Fail Safe Image
Fail Safe
President
Room 222 Image
Room 222
Stand by Me Image
Stand by Me
The Writer
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Krippendorf's Tribe
Prof. Krippendorf
Save Christmas Image
Save Christmas
Santa
The Big Fix Image
The Big Fix
Moses Wine
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Oliver Twist
Fagin
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Polar
Porter
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Felony Squad
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The Mod Squad
Into the Deep Image
Into the Deep
Seamus
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Cas & Dylan
Dr. Cas Pepper
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Paranoia
Frank Cassidy
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Silver City
Chuck Raven
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Daughter of the Wolf
Father
Mad Dog Time Image
Mad Dog Time
Vic
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Image
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self
Judd for the Defense Image
Judd for the Defense
The Frank Skinner Show Image
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
Gidget Image
Gidget
The Graduate Image
The Graduate
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life Image
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Image
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary
The Goodbye Girl Image
The Goodbye Girl
Elliot Garfield
The Competition Image
The Competition
Paul Dietrich
Tin Men Image
Tin Men
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
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Tin Man
Mystic Man
American Graffiti Image
American Graffiti
Curt Henderson
Once Around Image
Once Around
Sam Sharpe
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Poseidon
Richard Nelson
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Karen
David Rowe III
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Piranha 3D
Matthew Boyd
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Lincoln
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
Occasional Wife Image
Occasional Wife
Stakeout Image
Stakeout
Det. Chris Lecce
Caserta Palace Dream Image
Caserta Palace Dream
Luigi Vanvitelli
The Adventures of Errol Flynn Image
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Actor
Audrey Image
Audrey
Self - Actor
Zipper Image
Zipper
George Hiller
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Coast to Coast
Barnaby Pierce
James and the Giant Peach Image
James and the Giant Peach
Centipede (voice)
Casting By Image
Casting By
Self
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Hello Down There Image
Hello Down There
Harold Webster
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Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
Let It Ride Image
Let It Ride
Jay Trotter
The Second Hundred Years Image
The Second Hundred Years
Ben Jr.
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Image
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
Shots Fired Image
Shots Fired
Arlen Cox
The Real History of Science Fiction Image
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
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Inserts
Boy Wonder
Coma Image
Coma
Professor Hillside
Sweetwater Image
Sweetwater
Maurice Podoloff
Me Image
Me
Greg
The Education of Max Bickford Image
The Education of Max Bickford
Max Bickford
Lansky Image
Lansky
Meyer Lansky
Citizen Steve Image
Citizen Steve
Jedediah
Hey Landlord! Image
Hey Landlord!
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Image
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
W. Image
W.
Dick Cheney
Madoff Image
Madoff
Bernie Madoff
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Treffpunkte
Self
The American President Image
The American President
Senator Rumson
What About Bob? Image
What About Bob?
Dr. Leo Marvin
Book Club Image
Book Club
George
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The Entertainment Biz
Self
The Crew Image
The Crew
Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
Murder at Yellowstone City Image
Murder at Yellowstone City
Edgar
Mr. Holland's Opus Image
Mr. Holland's Opus
Glenn Holland
Your Family or Mine Image
Your Family or Mine
Louis
Another Stakeout Image
Another Stakeout
Det. Chris Lecce
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Dave Whiteman
Always Image
Always
Pete Sandich
Valley of the Dolls Image
Valley of the Dolls
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
My Life in Ruins Image
My Life in Ruins
Irv Gideon
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Image
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Player
The New People Image
The New People
The Young Runaways Image
The Young Runaways
Terry
Leaves of Grass Image
Leaves of Grass
Pug Rothbaum
Very Good Girls Image
Very Good Girls
Danny
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Image
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Night of 100 Stars II Image
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty Image
Waking Sleeping Beauty
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Night Falls on Manhattan Image
Night Falls on Manhattan
Sam Vigoda
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Image
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Nuts Image
Nuts
Aaron Levinsky
Postcards from the Edge Image
Postcards from the Edge
Dr. Frankenthal
Spielberg Image
Spielberg
Self
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion Image
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Theodore Roosevelt
The Sentinel Image
The Sentinel
Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
Asher Image
Asher
Avi
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Image
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
A Touch of Grace Image
A Touch of Grace
Every Last One of Them Image
Every Last One of Them
Murphy
Ocean of Fear Image
Ocean of Fear
Narrator
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Image
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Ken Harrison
Victory at Entebbe Image
Victory at Entebbe
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Image
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Narrator (voice)
The Johnstown Flood Image
The Johnstown Flood
narrator
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Happiness Isn't Everything
Jerry Hamburger
Silent Fall Image
Silent Fall
Dr. Jake Rainer
Bayou Caviar Image
Bayou Caviar
Yuri
The Last Word Image
The Last Word
Larry
The Shark Is Still Working Image
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
Crime Story Image
Crime Story
Ben Myers
Inside the Actors Studio Image
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Milius Image
Milius
Self
Moon Over Parador Image
Moon Over Parador
Jack Noah
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies Image
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The Making of 'American Graffiti' Image
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Image
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Image
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Scoop the Snowman (voice)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Image
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Duddy
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me Image
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Self
The Last Laugh Image
The Last Laugh
Buddy Green
The Lightkeepers Image
The Lightkeepers
Seth
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Image
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
New England Our Way Image
New England Our Way
Self
Squatters Image
Squatters
David Silverman
Astronaut Image
Astronaut
Angus
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Image
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
Who Is Cletis Tout? Image
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Micah Donnelly
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude Image
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Narrator
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony Image
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
Narrator (voice)
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Image
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Antonio Bolivar
In Search of Peace Image
In Search of Peace
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Frank Capra's American Dream Image
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
In the Teeth of Jaws Image
In the Teeth of Jaws
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Image
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Narrator
The Universal Story Image
The Universal Story
Self
The Day Reagan Was Shot Image
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Alexander Haig
America Betrayed Image
America Betrayed
Narrator
Two for the Money Image
Two for the Money
Morris Gap
The Buddy System Image
The Buddy System
Joe
Lost in Yonkers Image
Lost in Yonkers
Louie Kurnitz
The Making of 'Jaws' Image
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Image
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
The Two Million Year Old Boy Image
The Two Million Year Old Boy
Narrator
Prisoner of Honor Image
Prisoner of Honor
Col. Picquart
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky Image
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Self
Catch-22 Image
Catch-22
Yossarian
The John Garfield Story Image
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Image
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
Ocean of Fear Image
Ocean of Fear
Narrator (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady Image
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self
The Shadow of a Gunman Image
The Shadow of a Gunman
Tommy Owen
Jaws: The Inside Story Image
Jaws: The Inside Story
Self
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero Image
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Image
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Self
The Second Coming of Suzanne Image
The Second Coming of Suzanne
Clavius
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War Image
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Self
No Image
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
No Image
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
Self
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist Image
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Self
Manassas: End of Innocence Image
Manassas: End of Innocence
Narrator
Killing Winston Jones Image
Killing Winston Jones
Winston Jones
No Image
The Dish on Dolls
Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)