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Richard Dreyfuss

Acting
Known For

77 Years Old

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