Richard Dreyfuss

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

181

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-10-29 (77 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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The View

    The View

  • Weeds

    Weeds

  • Parenthood

    Parenthood

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Bubble Guppies

    Bubble Guppies

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Jaws

    Jaws

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Polar

    Polar

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

  • The Shark Is Still Working

    The Shark Is Still Working

  • Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Graduate

    The Graduate

  • RED

    RED

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  • The Frank Skinner Show

    The Frank Skinner Show

  • Stand by Me

    Stand by Me

  • Piranha 3D

    Piranha 3D

  • Poseidon

    Poseidon

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • Occasional Wife

    Occasional Wife

  • Bayou Caviar

    Bayou Caviar

  • Book Club

    Book Club

  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

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

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Daughter of the Wolf

    Daughter of the Wolf

  • Into the Deep

    Into the Deep

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • Always

    Always

  • The Making of 'American Graffiti'

    The Making of 'American Graffiti'

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

  • Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

  • Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

  • Krippendorf's Tribe

    Krippendorf's Tribe

  • Paranoia

    Paranoia

  • Jaws: The Inside Story

    Jaws: The Inside Story

  • What About Bob?

    What About Bob?

  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    Night Falls on Manhattan

  • The American President

    The American President

  • Asher

    Asher

  • Treffpunkte

    Treffpunkte

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • Let It Ride

    Let It Ride

  • The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

  • The Real History of Science Fiction

    The Real History of Science Fiction

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Moon Over Parador

    Moon Over Parador

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • Silent Fall

    Silent Fall

  • Squatters

    Squatters

  • Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    Whose Life Is It Anyway?

  • The Education of Max Bickford

    The Education of Max Bickford

  • Hey Landlord!

    Hey Landlord!

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Mr. Holland's Opus

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    The Making of 'Jaws'

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • The Big Fix

    The Big Fix

  • Tin Man

    Tin Man

  • Victory at Entebbe

    Victory at Entebbe

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Who Is Cletis Tout?

    Who Is Cletis Tout?

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • My Life in Ruins

    My Life in Ruins

  • Astronaut

    Astronaut

  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    In the Teeth of Jaws

  • Zipper

    Zipper

  • W.

    W.

  • Waltzing with Brando

    Waltzing with Brando

  • Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

  • Murder at Yellowstone City

    Murder at Yellowstone City

  • The Goodbye Girl

    The Goodbye Girl

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

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

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

  • Karen

    Karen

  • The New People

    The New People

  • Once Around

    Once Around

  • The Shadow of a Gunman

    The Shadow of a Gunman

  • Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

    Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

  • The Competition

    The Competition

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

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

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Lost in Yonkers

    Lost in Yonkers

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • The Last Laugh

    The Last Laugh

  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

  • American Graffiti

    American Graffiti

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • Save Christmas

    Save Christmas

  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

  • Two for the Money

    Two for the Money

  • Me

    Me

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • The Day Reagan Was Shot

    The Day Reagan Was Shot

  • Coma

    Coma

  • Hello Down There

    Hello Down There

  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    The Adventures of Errol Flynn

  • Every Last One of Them

    Every Last One of Them

  • The Young Runaways

    The Young Runaways

  • Audrey

    Audrey

  • The Lightkeepers

    The Lightkeepers

  • Your Family or Mine

    Your Family or Mine

  • The Buddy System

    The Buddy System

  • Another Stakeout

    Another Stakeout

  • Cas & Dylan

    Cas & Dylan

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

    The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

  • Silver City

    Silver City

  • Inserts

    Inserts

  • Madoff

    Madoff

  • Lansky

    Lansky

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • Happiness Isn't Everything

    Happiness Isn't Everything

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

  • Citizen Steve

    Citizen Steve

  • Caserta Palace Dream

    Caserta Palace Dream

  • A Touch of Grace

    A Touch of Grace

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

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

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

  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • America Betrayed

    America Betrayed

  • Very Good Girls

    Very Good Girls

  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

  • Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

    Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

  • Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

    Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • The Two Million Year Old Boy

    The Two Million Year Old Boy

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

    Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • The Second Coming of Suzanne

    The Second Coming of Suzanne

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

    The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

  • Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

    Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

  • 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

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Milius

    Milius

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

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

  • It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

    It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

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

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

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • New England Our Way

    New England Our Way

  • Manassas: End of Innocence

    Manassas: End of Innocence

  • Ocean of Fear

    Ocean of Fear

  • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

  • 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

  • The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

  • Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

    Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

  • In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace