Richard Dreyfuss

Actor
BirthdayOct 29, 1947 (78 years old)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
GenderMale

An American actor best known for starring in a number of 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.

Known for

Jaws

7.7

Hooper

Jun 20, 1975

RED

6.7

Alexander Dunning

Oct 13, 2010

The Writer

Aug 8, 1986

Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice), Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Jan 31, 1999

Roy Neary

Dec 14, 1977

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Dec 21, 1967

Porter

Jan 25, 2019

Matthew Boyd

Aug 20, 2010

Richard Nelson

May 3, 2006

Curt Henderson

Aug 11, 1973

Centipede (voice)

Apr 12, 1996

Warren Schiff

Aug 7, 2005

Frank Cassidy

Aug 14, 2013

Dr. Leo Marvin

May 17, 1991

George

May 18, 2018

Senator Rumson

Nov 17, 1995

Sep 17, 1964

W.

6.2

Dick Cheney

Oct 17, 2008

Pete Sandich

Dec 22, 1989

Self

Jul 22, 1996

Jaws

7.7

Hooper

Jun 20, 1975

RED

6.7

Alexander Dunning

Oct 13, 2010

The Writer

Aug 8, 1986

Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice), Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Jan 31, 1999

Roy Neary

Dec 14, 1977

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Dec 21, 1967

Acting


Participated in 132 movies, 48 TV series

2025


2024

Seymour Kraft



2023

Maurice Podoloff



2022


2022

Edgar, Executive Producer


2021

Murphy, Executive Producer


2021

Ben Myers, Executive Producer


2020

Self - Actor


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