About

Known credits:
153
Birthday:
1947-10-29
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Richard Dreyfuss

Overview

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

Acting
2025 Into the Deep Actor Seamus N/A
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2024 Waltzing with Brando Actor Seymour Kraft N/A
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2023 Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life Actor Self N/A
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2023 Sweetwater Actor Maurice Podoloff 59
Average
2022 Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2022 Save Christmas Actor Santa N/A
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2022 Murder at Yellowstone City Actor Edgar 58
Average
2021 Every Last One of Them Actor Murphy 58
Average
2021 Crime Story Actor Ben Myers 58
Average
2020 Audrey Actor Self - Actor 60
Fair
2019 Astronaut Actor Angus 59
Average
2019 Daughter of the Wolf Actor Father 57
Average
2019 Polar Actor Porter 62
Fair
2019 The Last Laugh Actor Buddy Green 57
Average
2018 Asher Actor Avi 58
Average
2018 Bayou Caviar Actor Yuri 58
Average
2018 Third Party President: Citizen Rocky Actor Self N/A
N/A
2018 Book Club Actor George 60
Fair
2017 Spielberg Actor Self 65
Fair
2017 Shots Fired Actor Arlen Cox 66
Fair
2016 Madoff Actor Bernie Madoff 68
Fair
2015 Zipper Actor George Hiller 57
Average
2015 Your Family or Mine Actor Louis 70
Good
2014 Squatters Actor David Silverman 59
Average
2014 Caserta Palace Dream Actor Luigi Vanvitelli 58
Average
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2013 Cas & Dylan Actor Dr. Cas Pepper 59
Average
2013 Paranoia Actor Frank Cassidy 57
Average
2013 Milius Actor Self 59
Average
2013 Very Good Girls Actor Danny 58
Average
2012 Casting By Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Coma Actor Professor Hillside 67
Fair
2011 The Two Million Year Old Boy Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2010 RED Actor Alexander Dunning 66
Fair
2010 Piranha 3D Actor Matthew Boyd 54
Average
2010 Jaws: The Inside Story Actor Self 59
Average
2009 The Lightkeepers Actor Seth 59
Average
2009 Leaves of Grass Actor Pug Rothbaum 59
Average
2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty Actor David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) 61
Fair
2009 My Life in Ruins Actor Irv Gideon 60
Fair
2009 The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" Actor Self 59
Average
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Actor Self 59
Average
2008 W. Actor Dick Cheney 60
Fair
2008 America Betrayed Actor Narrator 59
Average
2007 Tin Man Actor Mystic Man 68
Fair
2007 Ocean of Fear Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2007 AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Actor Self 59
Average
2007 The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive Actor Himself 60
Fair
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Poseidon Actor Richard Nelson 58
Average
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn Actor Self - Actor 59
Average
2004 Silver City Actor Chuck Raven 59
Average
2004 A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Actor Narrator 59
Average
2004 Coast to Coast Actor Barnaby Pierce 58
Average
2003 Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion Actor Theodore Roosevelt 59
Average
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Actor Self 60
Fair
2003 The John Garfield Story Actor Self 59
Average
2003 The Johnstown Flood Actor narrator 59
Average
2002 Manassas: End of Innocence Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot Actor Alexander Haig 59
Average
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Actor Scoop the Snowman (voice) 59
Average
2001 The Education of Max Bickford Actor Max Bickford 68
Fair
2001 In Search of Peace Actor Yitzhak Rabin (voice) 59
Average
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Actor Micah Donnelly 58
Average
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Actor Self 59
Average
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Actor 59
Average
2000 Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me Actor Self 59
Average
2000 The Crew Actor Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator 58
Average
2000 Fail Safe Actor President 60
Fair
1999 Lansky Actor Meyer Lansky 58
Average
1998 Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude Actor Narrator 59
Average
1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti' Actor Self 59
Average
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Actor Prof. Krippendorf 57
Average
1997 The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Actor Narrator (voice) 60
Fair
1997 Oliver Twist Actor Fagin 59
Average
1997 Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady Actor Self 59
Average
1997 Night Falls on Manhattan Actor Sam Vigoda 59
Average
1997 Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero Actor Self N/A
N/A
1997 In the Teeth of Jaws Actor Self 59
Average
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream Actor Self 59
Average
1996 Mad Dog Time Actor Vic 58
Average
1996 The Universal Story Actor Self 59
Average
1996 James and the Giant Peach Actor Centipede (voice) 63
Fair
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus Actor Glenn Holland 63
Fair
1995 The Making of 'Jaws' Actor Self 59
Average
1995 The American President Actor Senator Rumson 62
Fair
1995 The Last Word Actor Larry 58
Average
1994 Silent Fall Actor Dr. Jake Rainer 58
Average
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Actor Self 59
Average
1993 Another Stakeout Actor Det. Chris Lecce 57
Average
1993 Lost in Yonkers Actor Louie Kurnitz 59
Average
1992 Lincoln Actor William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) 59
Average
1991 Prisoner of Honor Actor Col. Picquart 59
Average
1991 What About Bob? Actor Dr. Leo Marvin 65
Fair
1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Actor The Player 62
Fair
1991 Once Around Actor Sam Sharpe 59
Average
1990 Postcards from the Edge Actor Dr. Frankenthal 61
Fair
1989 Always Actor Pete Sandich 61
Fair
1989 Let It Ride Actor Jay Trotter 59
Average
1989 Liberian Girl Actor N/A
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1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Actor Self 59
Average
1988 Moon Over Parador Actor Jack Noah 58
Average
1987 Nuts Actor Aaron Levinsky 59
Average
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Actor Self N/A
N/A
1987 Stakeout Actor Det. Chris Lecce 61
Fair
1987 Tin Men Actor Bill 'BB' Babowsky 59
Average
1987 Citizen Steve Actor Jedediah 59
Average
1986 Stand by Me Actor The Writer 77
Good
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Actor Dave Whiteman 58
Average
1985 Night of 100 Stars II Actor Self 59
Average
1984 The Buddy System Actor Joe 58
Average
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Actor Ken Harrison 59
Average
1980 The Competition Actor Paul Dietrich 59
Average
1978 The Big Fix Actor Moses Wine 58
Average
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Actor Roy Neary 72
Good
1977 The Goodbye Girl Actor Elliot Garfield 61
Fair
1977 The Sentinel Actor Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited) 59
Average
1977 The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' Actor Self N/A
N/A
1977 The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play Actor N/A
N/A
1976 Victory at Entebbe Actor Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu 58
Average
1975 Jaws Actor Hooper 75
Good
1975 Inserts Actor Boy Wonder 59
Average
1974 New England Our Way Actor Self N/A
N/A
1974 The Second Coming of Suzanne Actor Clavius 58
Average
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Actor Duddy 58
Average
1973 Me Actor Greg N/A
N/A
1973 American Graffiti Actor Curt Henderson 67
Fair
1973 Dillinger Actor Baby Face Nelson 60
Fair
1973 Catch-22 Actor Yossarian 58
Average
1972 The Shadow of a Gunman Actor Tommy Owen N/A
N/A
1972 Two for the Money Actor Morris Gap N/A
N/A
1969 Hello Down There Actor Harold Webster 59
Average
1968 The Young Runaways Actor Terry 59
Average
1967 Valley of the Dolls Actor Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) 59
Average
1967 The Graduate Actor Boarding House Resident (uncredited) 73
Good
1964 Karen Actor David Rowe III 69
Fair
Killing Winston Jones Actor Winston Jones 60
Fair
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War Actor Self N/A
N/A
Happiness Isn't Everything Actor Jerry Hamburger N/A
N/A
Ocean of Fear Actor Narrator (voice) 69
Fair

Directing
1995 Present Tense, Past Perfect Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2022 Murder at Yellowstone City Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2021 Every Last One of Them Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2021 Crime Story Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2019 Astronaut Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1997 Oliver Twist Production Co-Producer 59
Average
1994 Quiz Show Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
1991 Once Around Production Co-Producer 59
Average
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Production Producer N/A
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1978 The Big Fix Production Producer 58
Average