Richard Dreyfuss

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

182

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

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Weeds

    Weeds

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Parenthood

    Parenthood

  • Jaws

    Jaws

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Bubble Guppies

    Bubble Guppies

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

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

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Polar

    Polar

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Shark Is Still Working

    The Shark Is Still Working

  • RED

    RED

  • The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

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

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

  • Stand by Me

    Stand by Me

  • The Graduate

    The Graduate

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Frank Skinner Show

    The Frank Skinner Show

  • Piranha 3D

    Piranha 3D

  • Poseidon

    Poseidon

  • Into the Deep

    Into the Deep

  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • American Graffiti

    American Graffiti

  • Always

    Always

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  • Zipper

    Zipper

  • Book Club

    Book Club

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Tin Man

    Tin Man

  • Two for the Money

    Two for the Money

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Paranoia

    Paranoia

  • Silent Fall

    Silent Fall

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • Bayou Caviar

    Bayou Caviar

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • The Competition

    The Competition

  • Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

    Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Audrey

    Audrey

  • Save Christmas

    Save Christmas

  • Silver City

    Silver City

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Me

    Me

  • Moon Over Parador

    Moon Over Parador

  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

  • Asher

    Asher

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Mr. Holland's Opus

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Daughter of the Wolf

    Daughter of the Wolf

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • The American President

    The American President

  • Cas & Dylan

    Cas & Dylan

  • The Education of Max Bickford

    The Education of Max Bickford

  • Murder at Yellowstone City

    Murder at Yellowstone City

  • Coma

    Coma

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Waltzing with Brando

    Waltzing with Brando

  • My Life in Ruins

    My Life in Ruins

  • Jaws: The Inside Story

    Jaws: The Inside Story

  • Victory at Entebbe

    Victory at Entebbe

  • Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

  • Inserts

    Inserts

  • Lansky

    Lansky

  • The Real History of Science Fiction

    The Real History of Science Fiction

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • Krippendorf's Tribe

    Krippendorf's Tribe

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Karen

    Karen

  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • The Day Reagan Was Shot

    The Day Reagan Was Shot

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

  • The Goodbye Girl

    The Goodbye Girl

  • Another Stakeout

    Another Stakeout

  • The Last Laugh

    The Last Laugh

  • Every Last One of Them

    Every Last One of Them

  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

  • Citizen Steve

    Citizen Steve

  • Astronaut

    Astronaut

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Madoff

    Madoff

  • Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

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

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

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    Whose Life Is It Anyway?

  • What About Bob?

    What About Bob?

  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    Night Falls on Manhattan

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • The Big Fix

    The Big Fix

  • Lost in Yonkers

    Lost in Yonkers

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

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

  • Who Is Cletis Tout?

    Who Is Cletis Tout?

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

  • Occasional Wife

    Occasional Wife

  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    The Making of 'Jaws'

  • Your Family or Mine

    Your Family or Mine

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    In the Teeth of Jaws

  • Very Good Girls

    Very Good Girls

  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

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

    The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

  • Let It Ride

    Let It Ride

  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    The Adventures of Errol Flynn

  • Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

    Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

  • The Buddy System

    The Buddy System

  • 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

  • W.

    W.

  • Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

  • Hello Down There

    Hello Down There

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • The Young Runaways

    The Young Runaways

  • Hey Landlord!

    Hey Landlord!

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

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

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • The Shadow of a Gunman

    The Shadow of a Gunman

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • The Making of 'American Graffiti'

    The Making of 'American Graffiti'

  • A Touch of Grace

    A Touch of Grace

  • The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

    The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

  • Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

    Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Caserta Palace Dream

    Caserta Palace Dream

  • Treffpunkte

    Treffpunkte

  • The New People

    The New People

  • Squatters

    Squatters

  • Happiness Isn't Everything

    Happiness Isn't Everything

  • Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

    Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

  • The Second Coming of Suzanne

    The Second Coming of Suzanne

  • Milius

    Milius

  • The Lightkeepers

    The Lightkeepers

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

    It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

    Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

  • 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

  • In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Manassas: End of Innocence

    Manassas: End of Innocence

  • The Two Million Year Old Boy

    The Two Million Year Old Boy

  • New England Our Way

    New England Our Way

  • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

  • Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

    Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

    Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • America Betrayed

    America Betrayed

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

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

  • The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood