Personal Info
Known ForActing
Born1947-10-29
BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Richard Dreyfuss
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Richard Dreyfuss
Filmography
Acting (136)
2025
Waltzing with Brandoas Seymour Kraft
5.6
2025
7.5
2025
Into the Deepas Seamus
5.9
2023
2023
Sweetwateras Maurice Podoloff
6.9
2023
Commitment to Lifeas Self (archive footage)
2022
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimonyas Narrator (voice)
6.6
2022
Save Christmasas Santa
2022
Murder at Yellowstone Cityas Edgar
5.5
2021
Every Last One of Themas Murphy
5.2
2021
Crime Storyas Ben Myers
3.8
2020
Audreyas Self - Actor
7.1
2019
Astronautas Angus
6.1
2019
Daughter of the Wolfas Father
5.5
2019
Polaras Porter
6.4
2019
The Last Laughas Buddy Green
5.4
2018
Asheras Avi
5.8
2018
Bayou Caviaras Yuri
4.6
2018
2018
Book Clubas George
6.2
2017
Spielbergas Self
7.5
2015
Zipperas George Hiller
5.5
2014
Squattersas David Silverman
6.0
2014
Caserta Palace Dreamas Luigi Vanvitelli
6.0
2013
Cas & Dylanas Dr. Cas Pepper
6.3
2013
Paranoiaas Frank Cassidy
5.7
2013
Miliusas Self
7.1
2013
Very Good Girlsas Danny
5.8
2012
Casting Byas Self
6.9
2011
The Two Million Year Old Boyas Narrator
2010
REDas Alexander Dunning
6.7
2010
Piranha 3Das Matthew Boyd
5.4
2010
Jaws: The Inside Storyas Self
7.3
2009
The Lightkeepersas Seth
5.8
2009
Leaves of Grassas Pug Rothbaum
6.0
2009
Waking Sleeping Beautyas David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
7.2
2009
My Life in Ruinsas Irv Gideon
6.1
2009
The Shark Is Still Workingas Self
7.3
2009
6.9
2008
W.as Dick Cheney
6.1
2008
America Betrayedas Narrator
6.0
2007
Ocean of Fearas Narrator
2007
Spielberg on Spielbergas Self (archive footage)
7.5
6.7
2006
6.5
2006
The Dish on Dollsas Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)
2006
Poseidonas Richard Nelson
5.9
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynnas Self - Actor
7.7
2004
Silver Cityas Chuck Raven
6.1
2004
7.6
2004
Coast to Coastas Barnaby Pierce
7.0
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lionas Theodore Roosevelt
6.0
2003
7.1
2003
The John Garfield Storyas Self
8.4
2003
The Johnstown Floodas narrator
7.5
2002
Manassas: End of Innocenceas Narrator
8.0
2001
The Day Reagan Was Shotas Alexander Haig
6.5
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Domeas Self
6.7
2001
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toysas Scoop the Snowman (voice)
5.9
2001
In Search of Peaceas Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
7.0
2001
Who Is Cletis Tout?as Micah Donnelly
5.9
7.1
2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Storiesas Antonio Bolivar
6.4
7.6
2000
The Crewas Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
5.5
2000
Fail Safeas President
6.9
1999
Lanskyas Meyer Lansky
5.5
1998
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitudeas Narrator
8.0
1998
7.8
1998
Krippendorf's Tribeas Prof. Krippendorf
4.6
1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukonas Narrator (voice)
7.2
1997
Frank Capra's American Dreamas Self
6.3
1997
Oliver Twistas Fagin
6.2
1997
Night Falls on Manhattanas Sam Vigoda
6.4
1997
8.0
1997
7.0
1997
In the Teeth of Jawsas Self
8.0
1996
Mad Dog Timeas Vic
5.2
1996
The Universal Storyas Self
8.0
1996
James and the Giant Peachas Centipede (voice)
6.6
1995
Mr. Holland's Opusas Glenn Holland
7.0
1995
The Making of 'Jaws'as Self
6.8
1995
The American Presidentas Senator Rumson
6.5
1995
The Last Wordas Larry
3.3
1994
Silent Fallas Dr. Jake Rainer
5.3
1994
7.7
1993
Another Stakeoutas Det. Chris Lecce
5.4
1993
Lost in Yonkersas Louie Kurnitz
6.3
1992
Lincolnas William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
7.3
1991
Prisoner of Honoras Col. Picquart
6.1
1991
What About Bob?as Dr. Leo Marvin
6.9
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Deadas The Player
6.9
1991
Once Aroundas Sam Sharpe
6.1
1990
Postcards from the Edgeas Dr. Frankenthal
6.6
1989
Alwaysas Pete Sandich
6.2
1989
Let It Rideas Jay Trotter
6.3
1988
Moon Over Paradoras Jack Noah
5.8
1987
Nutsas Aaron Levinsky
6.4
8.0
1987
Stakeoutas Det. Chris Lecce
6.5
1987
6.5
1987
Tin Menas Bill 'BB' Babowsky
6.3
1987
Citizen Steveas Jedediah
6.0
1986
Stand by Meas The Writer
7.8
1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hillsas Dave Whiteman
5.9
1985
Night of 100 Stars IIas Self
6.8
1984
The Buddy Systemas Joe
4.9
1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway?as Ken Harrison
7.0
1980
The Competitionas Paul Dietrich
6.1
1978
The Big Fixas Moses Wine
5.9
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kindas Roy Neary
7.4
1977
The Goodbye Girlas Elliot Garfield
7.0
1977
The Sentinelas Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
6.1
1977
10.0
1976
Victory at Entebbeas Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
5.2
1975
Jawsas Hooper
7.7
1975
Insertsas Boy Wonder
5.7
1974
New England Our Wayas Self
1974
The Second Coming of Suzanneas Clavius
3.0
1974
6.1
1973
Meas Greg
10.0
1973
American Graffitias Curt Henderson
7.1
1973
Dillingeras Baby Face Nelson
6.6
1973
Catch-22as Yossarian
6.7
1972
The Shadow of a Gunmanas Tommy Owen
8.0
1972
Two for the Moneyas Morris Gap
7.5
1969
Hello Down Thereas Harold Webster
5.9
1968
The Young Runawaysas Terry
7.0
1967
Valley of the Dollsas Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
6.0
1967
The Graduateas Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
7.6
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Killing Winston Jonesas Winston Jones
Production & Directing (11)
2022
Murder at Yellowstone CityExecutive Producer
5.5
2021
Every Last One of ThemExecutive Producer
5.2
2021
Crime StoryExecutive Producer
3.8
2019
AstronautExecutive Producer
6.1
1997
Oliver TwistCo-Producer
6.2
1995
Present Tense, Past PerfectDirector
9.0
1994
Quiz ShowExecutive Producer
7.2
1991
Once AroundCo-Producer
6.1
8.0
1978
The Big FixProducer
5.9