Richard Dreyfuss

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

184

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-10-29 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Richard Dreyfuss

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.

Known For

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The View

    The View

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Weeds

    Weeds

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Parenthood

    Parenthood

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Bubble Guppies

    Bubble Guppies

  • Jaws

    Jaws

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Stand by Me

    Stand by Me

  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

  • RED

    RED

  • Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Waltzing with Brando

    Waltzing with Brando

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Audrey

    Audrey

  • The Frank Skinner Show

    The Frank Skinner Show

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Zipper

    Zipper

  • Polar

    Polar

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • The Goodbye Girl

    The Goodbye Girl

  • Me

    Me

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Lansky

    Lansky

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • The Graduate

    The Graduate

  • Silver City

    Silver City

  • Paranoia

    Paranoia

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • American Graffiti

    American Graffiti

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • Let It Ride

    Let It Ride

  • Poseidon

    Poseidon

  • Citizen Steve

    Citizen Steve

  • Hello Down There

    Hello Down There

  • Into the Deep

    Into the Deep

  • Tin Man

    Tin Man

  • Piranha 3D

    Piranha 3D

  • Krippendorf's Tribe

    Krippendorf's Tribe

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Inserts

    Inserts

  • Karen

    Karen

  • Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

  • Occasional Wife

    Occasional Wife

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • The Real History of Science Fiction

    The Real History of Science Fiction

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

  • The Big Fix

    The Big Fix

  • The American President

    The American President

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

  • The Education of Max Bickford

    The Education of Max Bickford

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • Book Club

    Book Club

  • Daughter of the Wolf

    Daughter of the Wolf

  • Madoff

    Madoff

  • Hey Landlord!

    Hey Landlord!

  • Always

    Always

  • Save Christmas

    Save Christmas

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Coma

    Coma

  • What About Bob?

    What About Bob?

  • Another Stakeout

    Another Stakeout

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Mr. Holland's Opus

  • W.

    W.

  • Very Good Girls

    Very Good Girls

  • Treffpunkte

    Treffpunkte

  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

  • Your Family or Mine

    Your Family or Mine

  • My Life in Ruins

    My Life in Ruins

  • Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

    Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • The New People

    The New People

  • Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

  • Murder at Yellowstone City

    Murder at Yellowstone City

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • Every Last One of Them

    Every Last One of Them

  • A Touch of Grace

    A Touch of Grace

  • Caserta Palace Dream

    Caserta Palace Dream

  • Cas & Dylan

    Cas & Dylan

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    Night Falls on Manhattan

  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

  • Happiness Isn't Everything

    Happiness Isn't Everything

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Bayou Caviar

    Bayou Caviar

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • Asher

    Asher

  • The Last Laugh

    The Last Laugh

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • The Competition

    The Competition

  • Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

    Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Silent Fall

    Silent Fall

  • Milius

    Milius

  • Moon Over Parador

    Moon Over Parador

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

  • The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

  • A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

    Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

    Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

  • Squatters

    Squatters

  • The Shark Is Still Working

    The Shark Is Still Working

  • Victory at Entebbe

    Victory at Entebbe

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • Lost in Yonkers

    Lost in Yonkers

  • Astronaut

    Astronaut

  • AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

    AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • The Lightkeepers

    The Lightkeepers

  • Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    Whose Life Is It Anyway?

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    The Adventures of Errol Flynn

  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    In the Teeth of Jaws

  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    The Making of 'Jaws'

  • Who Is Cletis Tout?

    Who Is Cletis Tout?

  • The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

  • It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

    It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

  • The Making of 'American Graffiti'

    The Making of 'American Graffiti'

  • The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

  • Two for the Money

    Two for the Money

  • The Day Reagan Was Shot

    The Day Reagan Was Shot

  • Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

    Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

  • Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

    Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

  • The Buddy System

    The Buddy System

  • Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

  • Jaws: The Inside Story

    Jaws: The Inside Story

  • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

  • The Two Million Year Old Boy

    The Two Million Year Old Boy

  • In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace

  • The Young Runaways

    The Young Runaways

  • Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

    Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

  • The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

    The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

  • America Betrayed

    America Betrayed

  • The Second Coming of Suzanne

    The Second Coming of Suzanne

  • Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

    Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

  • The Shadow of a Gunman

    The Shadow of a Gunman

  • New England Our Way

    New England Our Way

  • Manassas: End of Innocence

    Manassas: End of Innocence

  • The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

    The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

  • Killing Winston Jones

    Killing Winston Jones

  • The Dish on Dolls

    The Dish on Dolls

  • I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

  • American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

    American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist