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Birthday: Oct 29, 1947
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Richard Dreyfuss

An American actor best known for starring in a number of 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. 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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Stand by Me The Writer 1986
Poseidon Richard Nelson 2006
Jaws Hooper 1975
Mr. Holland's Opus Glenn Holland 1995
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony Narrator (voice) 2022
W. Dick Cheney 2008
James and the Giant Peach Centipede (voice) 1996
American Graffiti Curt Henderson 1973
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Neary 1977
What About Bob? Dr. Leo Marvin 1991
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Self 1994
Tin Men Bill 'BB' Babowsky 1987
Stakeout Det. Chris Lecce 1987
Always Pete Sandich 1989
Victory at Entebbe Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu 1976
Fail Safe President 2000
My Life in Ruins Irv Gideon 2009
Catch-22 Yossarian 1973
Postcards from the Edge Dr. Frankenthal 1990
Krippendorf's Tribe Prof. Krippendorf 1998
Waltzing with Brando Seymour Kraft 2024
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Ken Harrison 1981
Inserts Boy Wonder 1975
Another Stakeout Det. Chris Lecce 1993
The American President Senator Rumson 1995
Who Is Cletis Tout? Micah Donnelly 2001
Leaves of Grass Pug Rothbaum 2009
Moon Over Parador Jack Noah 1988
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Dave Whiteman 1986
Citizen Steve Jedediah 1987
Lost in Yonkers Louie Kurnitz 1993
Dillinger Baby Face Nelson 1973
Nuts Aaron Levinsky 1987
The Competition Paul Dietrich 1980
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' Self 1977
The Big Fix Moses Wine 1978
Hello Down There Harold Webster 1969
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Duddy 1974
The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield 1977
Piranha 3D Matthew Boyd 2010
The Buddy System Joe 1984
Night Falls on Manhattan Sam Vigoda 1997
RED Alexander Dunning 2010
Mad Dog Time Vic 1996
Once Around Sam Sharpe 1991
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self 2003
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2001
Oliver Twist Fagin 1997
Silent Fall Dr. Jake Rainer 1994
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life Self 2023
The Sentinel Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited) 1977
Silver City Chuck Raven 2004
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead The Player 1991
The Lightkeepers Seth 2009
Let It Ride Jay Trotter 1989
The Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig 2001
The Crew Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator 2000
Very Good Girls Danny 2013
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Narrator (voice) 1997
Lansky Meyer Lansky 1999
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" Self 2009
Frank Capra's American Dream Self 1997
The Adventures of Errol Flynn Self - Actor 2005
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion Theodore Roosevelt 2003
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me Self 2000
Paranoia Frank Cassidy 2013
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Narrator 2004
In the Teeth of Jaws Self 1997
Cas & Dylan Dr. Cas Pepper 2013
The Two Million Year Old Boy Narrator 2011
Murder at Yellowstone City Edgar 2022
Prisoner of Honor Col. Picquart 1991
Sweetwater Maurice Podoloff 2023
The Young Runaways Terry 1968
The Second Coming of Suzanne Clavius 1974
Waking Sleeping Beauty David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) 2009
Squatters David Silverman 2014
Coast to Coast Barnaby Pierce 2004
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady Self 1997
The Shadow of a Gunman Tommy Owen 1972
The Graduate Boarding House Resident (uncredited) 1967
The Making of 'Jaws' Self 1995
Audrey Self - Actor 2020
The Last Word Larry 1995
Zipper George Hiller 2015
Milius Self 2013
Me Greg 1973
Caserta Palace Dream Luigi Vanvitelli 2014
Save Christmas Santa 2022
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play 1977
Valley of the Dolls Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) 1967
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero Self 1997
Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985
Jaws: The Inside Story Self 2010
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War Self 1970
America Betrayed Narrator 2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Self 2007
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky Self 2018
The Making of 'American Graffiti' Self 1998
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude Narrator 1998
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Self 2009
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Self 1987
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Self 2001
Spielberg Self 2017
Book Club George 2018
Bayou Caviar Yuri 2018
Asher Avi 2018
The Universal Story Self 1996
Ocean of Fear Narrator 2007
The Last Laugh Buddy Green 2019
Polar Porter 2019
Daughter of the Wolf Father 2019
Astronaut Angus 2019
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self 1988
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
New England Our Way Self 1974
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Scoop the Snowman (voice) 2001
The Johnstown Flood narrator 2003
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self 2001
In Search of Peace Yitzhak Rabin (voice) 2001
The John Garfield Story Self 2003
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Self 2007
Manassas: End of Innocence Narrator 2002
Every Last One of Them Murphy 2021
Crime Story Ben Myers 2021
Two for the Money Morris Gap 1972
Casting By Self 2012
Lincoln William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) 1992
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Self 2006
Into the Deep Seamus 2025
Series Cast Year
Weeds Warren Schiff 2005
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Family Guy Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice) 1999
Gidget 1965
The Daily Show Self 1996
That Girl 1966
The View Self 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Room 222 1969
The Mod Squad 1968
Gunsmoke Gearshon Gorofsky 1955
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer Self - Guest 2018
Bewitched 1964
Felony Squad 1966
The Education of Max Bickford Max Bickford 2001
Karen David Rowe III 1964
Hey Landlord! 1966
Tin Man Mystic Man 2007
Judd for the Defense 1967
The New People 1969
Occasional Wife 1966
Ben Casey 1961
The Frank Skinner Show Self 1995
The Wonderful World of Disney 1997
Where Are They Now? Self 1999
The Oscars Self 1953
A Touch of Grace 1973
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Shots Fired Arlen Cox 2017
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Self 2018
Your Family or Mine Louis 2015
Coma Professor Hillside 2012
Family Guy Richard Dreyfuss (voice) 1999
Madoff Bernie Madoff 2016
Ocean of Fear Narrator (voice) 1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Rosie O'Donnell Show Self - Guest 1996
The Reichen Show Self 2005
The Big Valley Lud 1965
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Narrator (Voice) 1992
Happiness Isn't Everything Jerry Hamburger 1970
Stars in the House Self 2020
The Real History of Science Fiction Self 2014
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Self 1998
Parenthood Gilliam T. Blount 2010
Treffpunkte Self 1970
Bubble Guppies Captain Acrab 2011
Great Performances Self 1971
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
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