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Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

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

Born

Oct 29, 1947

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

135 acting

11 crew

Popularity

2.1

Known For

Jaws
Jaws
1975 as Hooper
★ 7.7
Stand by Me
Stand by Me
1986 as The Writer
★ 7.8
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl
1977 as Elliot Garfield
★ 6.9
RED
RED
2010 as Alexander Dunning
★ 6.7
The Graduate
The Graduate
1967 as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
★ 7.6
Piranha 3D
Piranha 3D
2010 as Matthew Boyd
★ 5.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
★ 7.4
Poseidon
Poseidon
2006 as Richard Nelson
★ 5.9
Polar
Polar
2019 as Porter
★ 6.4
American Graffiti
American Graffiti
1973 as Curt Henderson
★ 7.0
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
1967 as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Always
Always
1989 as Pete Sandich
★ 6.2
Spielberg
Spielberg
2017 as Self
★ 7.6
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
1977 as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 as Sam Vigoda
★ 6.3
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
1990 as Dr. Frankenthal
★ 6.6
Into the Deep
Into the Deep
2025 as Seamus
★ 5.8
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 as Glenn Holland
★ 7.0
The American President
The American President
1995 as Senator Rumson
★ 6.5
W.
W.
2008 as Dick Cheney
★ 6.2
Book Club
Book Club
2018 as George
★ 6.2
Milius
Milius
2013 as Self
★ 7.0
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
2009 as Pug Rothbaum
★ 6.0
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
★ 6.9
Stakeout
Stakeout
1987 as Det. Chris Lecce
★ 6.5
Audrey
Audrey
2020 as Self - Actor
★ 7.1
What About Bob?
What About Bob?
1991 as Dr. Leo Marvin
★ 6.9
Casting By
Casting By
2012 as Self
★ 6.9
Murder at Yellowstone City
★ 5.4
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
★ 5.9
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
1997 as Fagin
★ 6.2
Moon Over Parador
Moon Over Parador
1988 as Jack Noah
★ 5.8
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
1996 as Centipede (voice)
★ 6.6
Fail Safe
Fail Safe
2000 as President
★ 6.9
Paranoia
Paranoia
2013 as Frank Cassidy
★ 5.7
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Zipper
Zipper
2015 as George Hiller
★ 5.5
Nuts
Nuts
1987 as Aaron Levinsky
★ 6.3
Asher
Asher
2018 as Avi
★ 5.8
Tin Men
Tin Men
1987 as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
★ 6.3
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 as Self - (archive footage)
Daughter of the Wolf
Daughter of the Wolf
2019 as Father
★ 5.5
Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls
2013 as Danny
★ 5.8
Let It Ride
Let It Ride
1989 as Jay Trotter
★ 6.4
Lansky
Lansky
1999 as Meyer Lansky
★ 5.5
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 as Ken Harrison
★ 7.0
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 as Self
★ 8.0
Sweetwater
Sweetwater
2023 as Maurice Podoloff
★ 6.9
My Life in Ruins
My Life in Ruins
2009 as Irv Gideon
★ 6.1
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 as Self
★ 6.5
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986 as Dave Whiteman
★ 5.9
Dillinger
Dillinger
1973 as Baby Face Nelson
★ 6.6
The Competition
The Competition
1980 as Paul Dietrich
★ 6.0
Victory at Entebbe
Victory at Entebbe
1976 as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
★ 5.0
Squatters
Squatters
2014 as David Silverman
★ 6.0
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
2019 as Buddy Green
★ 5.4
Silver City
Silver City
2004 as Chuck Raven
★ 6.1
Another Stakeout
Another Stakeout
1993 as Det. Chris Lecce
★ 5.5
Silent Fall
Silent Fall
1994 as Dr. Jake Rainer
★ 5.3
The Big Fix
The Big Fix
1978 as Moses Wine
★ 5.7
Bayou Caviar
Bayou Caviar
2018 as Yuri
★ 4.7
The Crew
The Crew
2000 as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
★ 5.3
Krippendorf's Tribe
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998 as Prof. Krippendorf
★ 4.6
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
Inserts
Inserts
1975 as Boy Wonder
★ 5.6
Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve
1987 as Jedediah
★ 5.9
Frank Capra's American Dream
★ 6.3
Waltzing with Brando
Waltzing with Brando
2025 as Seymour Kraft
★ 5.9
movie
Lincoln
1992 as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
★ 6.8
The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers
2009 as Seth
★ 5.8
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
1969 as Harold Webster
★ 5.7
Every Last One of Them
Every Last One of Them
2021 as Murphy
★ 5.2
The Shark Is Still Working
★ 7.2
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
2022 as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.9
Once Around
Once Around
1991 as Sam Sharpe
★ 6.0
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001 as Micah Donnelly
★ 5.7
Mad Dog Time
Mad Dog Time
1996 as Vic
★ 5.2
Crime Story
Crime Story
2021 as Ben Myers
★ 3.8
Two for the Money
Two for the Money
1972 as Morris Gap
★ 6.0
The Shadow of a Gunman
The Shadow of a Gunman
1972 as Tommy Owen
★ 6.0
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001 as Antonio Bolivar
★ 6.6
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 as Self - Actor
★ 7.8
The Making of 'Jaws'
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995 as Self
★ 6.7
Astronaut
Astronaut
2019 as Angus
★ 6.2
Me
Me
1973 as Greg
In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace
2001 as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
★ 6.5
The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 as Alexander Haig
★ 6.4
The Young Runaways
The Young Runaways
1968 as Terry
★ 6.0
The Buddy System
The Buddy System
1984 as Joe
★ 4.5
The John Garfield Story
The John Garfield Story
2003 as Self
★ 8.0
In the Teeth of Jaws
In the Teeth of Jaws
1997 as Self
★ 8.0
The Second Coming of Suzanne
The Second Coming of Suzanne
1974 as Clavius
★ 2.1
Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
2004 as Barnaby Pierce
★ 6.6
Cas & Dylan
Cas & Dylan
2013 as Dr. Cas Pepper
★ 6.3
Catch-22
Catch-22
1973 as Yossarian
★ 5.0
New England Our Way
New England Our Way
1974 as Self
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
★ 7.8
Prisoner of Honor
Prisoner of Honor
1991 as Col. Picquart
★ 6.2
The Universal Story
The Universal Story
1996 as Self
★ 7.7
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
★ 5.9
Jaws: The Inside Story
Jaws: The Inside Story
2010 as Self
★ 7.3
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
1993 as Louie Kurnitz
★ 6.3
The Last Word
The Last Word
1995 as Larry
★ 2.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
★ 6.0
The Two Million Year Old Boy
The Two Million Year Old Boy
2011 as Narrator
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
★ 9.0
Caserta Palace Dream
Caserta Palace Dream
2014 as Luigi Vanvitelli
★ 6.0
Manassas: End of Innocence
Manassas: End of Innocence
2002 as Narrator
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
★ 8.0
The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood
2003 as narrator
★ 6.0
Killing Winston Jones
Killing Winston Jones
as Winston Jones
Save Christmas
Save Christmas
2022 as Santa
America Betrayed
America Betrayed
2008 as Narrator
★ 6.0
Ocean of Fear
Ocean of Fear
2007 as Narrator
movie
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003 as Theodore Roosevelt
★ 5.0
The Dish on Dolls
The Dish on Dolls
2006 as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)