RICHARD DREYFUSS

Richard Dreyfuss
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 29, 1947
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Richard Dreyfuss 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. 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
Starring
2025·
Into the DeepSeamus
2024·
Waltzing with BrandoSeymour Kraft
2023·
SweetwaterMaurice Podoloff
2022·
Save ChristmasSanta
Edgar
Narrator (voice)
2020·
Stars in the HouseSelf
Jerry Hamburger
TBA·
Ocean of FearNarrator (voice)
2021·
Crime StoryBen Myers
Murphy
2020·
AudreySelf - Actor
2019·
AstronautAngus
2019·
Daughter of the WolfFather
2019·
PolarPorter
2019·
The Last LaughBuddy Green
Self
Self - Guest
2018·
AsherAvi
2018·
Bayou CaviarYuri
2018·
Book ClubGeorge
Self
2017·
Shots FiredArlen Cox
2017·
SpielbergSelf
2016·
MadoffBernie Madoff
2015·
Your Family or MineLouis
2015·
ZipperGeorge Hiller
Self
Self (archive footage)
2014·
Caserta Palace DreamLuigi Vanvitelli
2014·
SquattersDavid Silverman
2013·
MiliusSelf
2013·
Cas & DylanDr. Cas Pepper
2013·
ParanoiaFrank Cassidy
2013·
Very Good GirlsDanny
2012·
ComaProfessor Hillside
2012·
Casting BySelf
2011·
Bubble GuppiesCaptain Acrab
Narrator
2010·
ParenthoodGilliam T. Blount
2010·
REDAlexander Dunning
2010·
Piranha 3DMatthew Boyd
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
2009·
The LightkeepersSeth
2009·
Leaves of GrassPug Rothbaum
2009·
My Life in RuinsIrv Gideon
2008·
America BetrayedNarrator
2008·
W.Dick Cheney
2006·
PoseidonRichard Nelson
2005·
WeedsWarren Schiff
Self - Actor
2004·
Coast to CoastBarnaby Pierce
2004·
Silver CityChuck Raven
Self
2003·
The Johnstown Floodnarrator
Theodore Roosevelt
Self
Narrator
2001·
In Search of PeaceYitzhak Rabin (voice)
Self
Scoop the Snowman (voice)
Alexander Haig
2001·
Who Is Cletis Tout?Micah Donnelly
2000·
The CrewBobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
2000·
Fail SafePresident
1999·
Family GuyRichard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice), Richard Dreyfuss (voice)
1999·
LanskyMeyer Lansky
1998·
Krippendorf's TribeProf. Krippendorf
Self
1997·
In the Teeth of JawsSelf
Self
Narrator (voice)
1997·
Oliver TwistFagin
Sam Vigoda
1996·
Mad Dog TimeVic
Centipede (voice)
1995·
The Last WordLarry
1995·
The Making of 'Jaws'Self
Senator Rumson
1995·
Mr. Holland's OpusGlenn Holland
1994·
Silent FallDr. Jake Rainer
1993·
Lost in YonkersLouie Kurnitz
1993·
Another StakeoutDet. Chris Lecce
1991·
Prisoner of HonorCol. Picquart
The Player
1991·
Once AroundSam Sharpe
1991·
What About Bob?Dr. Leo Marvin
Dr. Frankenthal
1989·
Let It RideJay Trotter
1989·
AlwaysPete Sandich
1988·
Moon Over ParadorJack Noah
Self
Self
2007·
Tin ManMystic Man
2007·
Ocean of FearNarrator
2005·
The Reichen ShowSelf
Max Bickford
1999·
Where Are They Now?Self
Self
Narrator
Self
1997·
The ViewSelf
Self
Self - Guest
1996·
The Daily ShowSelf
1996·
The Universal StorySelf
Self
Self
Narrator (Voice)
1992·
LincolnWilliam Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
1987·
NutsAaron Levinsky
1987·
Citizen SteveJedediah
1987·
StakeoutDet. Chris Lecce
1987·
Tin MenBill 'BB' Babowsky
Dave Whiteman
1986·
Stand by MeThe Writer
Self
1984·
The Buddy SystemJoe
Ken Harrison
1980·
The CompetitionPaul Dietrich
1978·
The Big FixMoses Wine
1977·
The SentinelMan on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
1977·
The Goodbye GirlElliot Garfield
Self
Roy Neary
1976·
Victory at EntebbeColonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
1975·
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975·
InsertsBoy Wonder
1975·
JawsHooper
1974·
New England Our WaySelf
Clavius
Duddy
1973·
A Touch of Grace1973·
MeGreg
1973·
DillingerBaby Face Nelson
1973·
Catch-22Yossarian
1973·
American GraffitiCurt Henderson
1972·
Two for the MoneyMorris Gap
Tommy Owen
1971·
Great PerformancesSelf
1970·
TreffpunkteSelf
1969·
The New People1969·
Room 2221969·
Hello Down ThereHarold Webster
1968·
The Mod Squad1968·
The Young RunawaysTerry
1967·
Judd for the Defense1967·
Valley of the DollsAssistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1967·
The GraduateBoarding House Resident (uncredited)
1966·
Occasional Wife1966·
Hey Landlord!1966·
Felony Squad1966·
That Girl1965·
The Big ValleyLud
1965·
Gidget1964·
KarenDavid Rowe III
1964·
BewitchedSelf
1961·
Ben Casey1956·
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1955·
GunsmokeGearshon Gorofsky
1953·
The OscarsSelf
Production
Executive Producer
2021·
Crime StoryExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
2019·
AstronautExecutive Producer
1997·
Oliver TwistCo-Producer
Director
1994·
Quiz ShowExecutive Producer
1991·
Once AroundCo-Producer
Producer, Writer
1978·
The Big FixProducer