Richard Dreyfuss
ActingBorn Oct 29, 1947
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Me
movie1973
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
tv1992
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
movie1994
HARDtalk
tv1997
The John Garfield Story
movie2003
In the Teeth of Jaws
movie1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
movie1997
The Shadow of a Gunman
movie1972
Night of 100 Stars II
movie1985
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
movie1998
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
movie1987
The Universal Story
movie1996
Filmography
2025Waltzing with Brandoas Seymour Kraftmovie2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Storyas Selfmovie2025Into the Deepas Seamusmovie2023Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Lifeas Selfmovie2023Sweetwateras Maurice Podoloffmovie2023Commitment to Lifeas Self (archive footage)movie2022Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimonyas Narrator (voice)movie2022Save Christmasas Santamovie2022Murder at Yellowstone Cityas Executive Producermovie2021Every Last One of Themas Executive Producermovie2021Crime Storyas Executive Producermovie2020Audreyas Self - Actormovie2020Stars in the Houseas Selftv2019Astronautas Executive Producermovie2019Daughter of the Wolfas Fathermovie2019Polaras Portermovie2019The Last Laughas Buddy Greenmovie2018Asheras Avimovie2018Bayou Caviaras Yurimovie2018Firing Line with Margaret Hooveras Selftv2018Third Party President: Citizen Rockyas Selfmovie2018Book Clubas Georgemovie2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Canceras Self - Guesttv2017Spielbergas Selfmovie2017Shots Firedas Arlen Coxtv2016Madoffas Bernie Madofftv2015Zipperas George Hillermovie2015Your Family or Mineas Louistv2014Squattersas David Silvermanmovie2014The Real History of Science Fictionas Selftv2014Caserta Palace Dreamas Luigi Vanvitellimovie2013Cas & Dylanas Dr. Cas Peppermovie2013Paranoiaas Frank Cassidymovie2013Miliusas Selfmovie2013Very Good Girlsas Dannymovie2012Casting Byas Selfmovie2012Comaas Professor Hillsidetv2011The Two Million Year Old Boyas Narratormovie2011Bubble Guppiesas Captain Acrabtv2010REDas Alexander Dunningmovie2010Piranha 3Das Matthew Boydmovie2010Jaws: The Inside Storyas Selfmovie2010Parenthoodas Gilliam T. Blounttv2009The Lightkeepersas Sethmovie2009Leaves of Grassas Pug Rothbaummovie2009Waking Sleeping Beautyas David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)movie2009My Life in Ruinsas Irv Gideonmovie2009The Shark Is Still Workingas Selfmovie2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazaleas Selfmovie2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanistas Selfmovie2008W.as Dick Cheneymovie2008America Betrayedas Narratormovie2007Tin Manas Mystic Mantv2007Ocean of Fearas Narratormovie2007AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Editionas Selfmovie2007The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzoas Selfmovie2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbustersas Selfmovie2006The Dish on Dollsas Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)movie2006Poseidonas Richard Nelsonmovie2005The Reichen Showas Selftv2005Weedsas Warren Schifftv2005The Adventures of Errol Flynnas Self - Actormovie2004Silver Cityas Chuck Ravenmovie2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetropeas Narratormovie2004Coast to Coastas Barnaby Piercemovie2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lionas Theodore Rooseveltmovie2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywoodas Selfmovie2003The John Garfield Storyas Selfmovie2003The Johnstown Floodas narratormovie2002Manassas: End of Innocenceas Narratormovie2001The Day Reagan Was Shotas Alexander Haigmovie2001R2-D2: Beneath the Domeas Selfmovie2001Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toysas Scoop the Snowman (voice)movie2001The Education of Max Bickfordas Max Bickfordtv2001In Search of Peaceas Yitzhak Rabin (voice)movie2001Who Is Cletis Tout?as Micah Donnellymovie2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'as Selfmovie2001The Old Man Who Read Love Storiesas Antonio Bolivarmovie2000Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Meas Selfmovie2000The Crewas Bobby Bartellemeo / Narratormovie