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Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Acting

Born: October 29, 1947Brooklyn, 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
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2025
Waltzing with Brando

Waltzing with Brando

Seymour Kraft

2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Self

2025
Into the Deep

Into the Deep

Seamus

2025
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Self

2023
Sweetwater

Sweetwater

Maurice Podoloff

2023
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

Narrator (voice)

2022
Save Christmas

Save Christmas

Santa

2022
Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

Edgar

2022
Every Last One of Them

Every Last One of Them

Murphy

2021
Crime Story

Crime Story

Ben Myers

2021
Audrey

Audrey

Self - Actor

2020
Astronaut

Astronaut

Angus

2019
Daughter of the Wolf

Daughter of the Wolf

Father

2019
Polar

Polar

Porter

2019
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

Buddy Green

2019
Asher

Asher

Avi

2018
Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

Yuri

2018
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Self

2018
Book Club

Book Club

George

2018
Spielberg

Spielberg

Self

2017
Zipper

Zipper

George Hiller

2015
Squatters

Squatters

David Silverman

2014
Caserta Palace Dream

Caserta Palace Dream

Luigi Vanvitelli

2014
Cas & Dylan

Cas & Dylan

Dr. Cas Pepper

2013
Paranoia

Paranoia

Frank Cassidy

2013
Milius

Milius

Self

2013
Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

Danny

2013
Casting By

Casting By

Self

2012
The Two Million Year Old Boy

The Two Million Year Old Boy

Narrator

2011
RED

RED

Alexander Dunning

2010
Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

Matthew Boyd

2010
Jaws: The Inside Story

Jaws: The Inside Story

Self

2010
The Lightkeepers

The Lightkeepers

Seth

2009
Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

Pug Rothbaum

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

2009
My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

Irv Gideon

2009
The Shark Is Still Working

The Shark Is Still Working

Self

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Self

2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

Self

2009
W.

W.

Dick Cheney

2008
America Betrayed

America Betrayed

Narrator

2008
Ocean of Fear

Ocean of Fear

Narrator

2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

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

Self

2007
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

Self

2007
The Dish on Dolls

The Dish on Dolls

Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)

2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Self

2006
Poseidon

Poseidon

Richard Nelson

2006
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor

2005
Silver City

Silver City

Chuck Raven

2004
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Narrator

2004
Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

Barnaby Pierce

2004
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Theodore Roosevelt

2003
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

Self

2003
The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

Self

2003
The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood

narrator

2003
Manassas: End of Innocence

Manassas: End of Innocence

Narrator

2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Alexander Haig

2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Self

2001
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

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

Scoop the Snowman (voice)

2001
In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

2001
Who Is Cletis Tout?

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Micah Donnelly

2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Self

2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Antonio Bolivar

2001
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Self

2000
The Crew

The Crew

Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

2000
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

President

2000
Lansky

Lansky

Meyer Lansky

1999
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Narrator

1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Self

1998
Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe

Prof. Krippendorf

1998
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

Narrator (voice)

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

Self

1997
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Fagin

1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Self

1997
Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

Sam Vigoda

1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Self

1997
In the Teeth of Jaws

In the Teeth of Jaws

Self

1997
Mad Dog Time

Mad Dog Time

Vic

1996
The Universal Story

The Universal Story

Self

1996
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Centipede (voice)

1996
Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

Glenn Holland

1995
The Making of 'Jaws'

The Making of 'Jaws'

Self

1995
The American President

The American President

Senator Rumson

1995
The Last Word

The Last Word

Larry

1995
Silent Fall

Silent Fall

Dr. Jake Rainer

1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Self

1994
Another Stakeout

Another Stakeout

Det. Chris Lecce

1993
Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

Louie Kurnitz

1993

Lincoln

William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

1992
Prisoner of Honor

Prisoner of Honor

Col. Picquart

1991
What About Bob?

What About Bob?

Dr. Leo Marvin

1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

The Player

1991
Once Around

Once Around

Sam Sharpe

1991
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Dr. Frankenthal

1990
Always

Always

Pete Sandich

1989
Let It Ride

Let It Ride

Jay Trotter

1989
Moon Over Parador

Moon Over Parador

Jack Noah

1988
Nuts

Nuts

Aaron Levinsky

1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

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

Self

1987
Stakeout

Stakeout

Det. Chris Lecce

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self

1987
Tin Men

Tin Men

Bill 'BB' Babowsky

1987
Citizen Steve

Citizen Steve

Jedediah

1987
Stand by Me

Stand by Me

The Writer

1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Dave Whiteman

1986
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

1985
The Buddy System

The Buddy System

Joe

1984
Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Ken Harrison

1981
The Competition

The Competition

Paul Dietrich

1980
The Big Fix

The Big Fix

Moses Wine

1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary

1977
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Elliot Garfield

1977
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)

1977

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

1977

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

Self

1977
Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

1976
Jaws

Jaws

Hooper

1975
Inserts

Inserts

Boy Wonder

1975
New England Our Way

New England Our Way

Self

1974
The Second Coming of Suzanne

The Second Coming of Suzanne

Clavius

1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Duddy

1974
Me

Me

Greg

1973
American Graffiti

American Graffiti

Curt Henderson

1973
Dillinger

Dillinger

Baby Face Nelson

1973
Catch-22

Catch-22

Yossarian

1973
The Shadow of a Gunman

The Shadow of a Gunman

Tommy Owen

1972
Two for the Money

Two for the Money

Morris Gap

1972
Hello Down There

Hello Down There

Harold Webster

1969
The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways

Terry

1968
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

1967
The Graduate

The Graduate

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

1967