Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

1947-10-29

THE 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. Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus.

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

Poseidon

Poseidon

Jaws

Jaws

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

W.

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

American Graffiti

American Graffiti

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

What About Bob?

What About Bob?

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Tin Men

Tin Men

Stakeout

Stakeout

Always

Always

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

Fail Safe

Fail Safe

My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

Catch-22

Catch-22

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe

Waltzing with Brando

Waltzing with Brando

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Inserts

Inserts

Another Stakeout

Another Stakeout

The American President

The American President

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

Moon Over Parador

Moon Over Parador

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Citizen Steve

Citizen Steve

Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

Dillinger

Dillinger

Nuts

Nuts

The Competition

The Competition

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

Hello Down There

Hello Down There

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

The Buddy System

The Buddy System

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

RED

RED

Mad Dog Time

Mad Dog Time

Once Around

Once Around

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

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Silent Fall

Silent Fall

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Silver City

Silver City

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

The Lightkeepers

The Lightkeepers

The Day Reagan Was Shot

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Let It Ride

Let It Ride

The Crew

The Crew

Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

Lansky

Lansky

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Paranoia

Paranoia

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

In the Teeth of Jaws

In the Teeth of Jaws

Cas & Dylan

Cas & Dylan

The Two Million Year Old Boy

The Two Million Year Old Boy

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

Prisoner of Honor

Prisoner of Honor

Sweetwater

Sweetwater

The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways

The Second Coming of Suzanne

The Second Coming of Suzanne

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Squatters

Squatters

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

The Shadow of a Gunman

The Shadow of a Gunman

The Graduate

The Graduate

The Making of 'Jaws'

The Making of 'Jaws'

Audrey

Audrey

The Last Word

The Last Word

Zipper

Zipper

Milius

Milius

Me

Caserta Palace Dream

Caserta Palace Dream

Save Christmas

Save Christmas

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

Jaws: The Inside Story

Jaws: The Inside Story

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

America Betrayed

America Betrayed

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

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

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

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

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

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Spielberg

Spielberg

Book Club

Book Club

Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

Asher

Asher

The Universal Story

The Universal Story

Ocean of Fear

Ocean of Fear

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

Polar

Polar

Daughter of the Wolf

Daughter of the Wolf

Astronaut

Astronaut

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

New England Our Way

New England Our Way

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

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

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

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

Manassas: End of Innocence

Manassas: End of Innocence

Every Last One of Them

Every Last One of Them

Crime Story

Crime Story

Two for the Money

Two for the Money

Casting By

Casting By

Lincoln

Lincoln

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Into the Deep

Into the Deep