Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Known for
Acting
Born
October 29, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Movie · as Self

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Killing Winston Jones poster

Killing Winston Jones

Movie · as Winston Jones

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Ocean of Fear poster

Ocean of Fear

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

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Happiness Isn't Everything

Happiness Isn't Everything

TV · as Jerry Hamburger · 1 ep

2025
Waltzing with Brando poster

Waltzing with Brando

Movie · as Seymour Kraft

2025
Into the Deep poster

Into the Deep

Movie · as Seamus

2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story poster

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2023
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life poster

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Movie · as Self

2023
Sweetwater poster

Sweetwater

Movie · as Maurice Podoloff

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony poster

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Murder at Yellowstone City poster

Murder at Yellowstone City

Movie · as Edgar

2022
Save Christmas poster

Save Christmas

Movie · as Santa

2021
Every Last One of Them poster

Every Last One of Them

Movie · as Murphy

2021
Crime Story poster

Crime Story

Movie · as Ben Myers

2020
Audrey poster

Audrey

Movie · as Self - Actor

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Last Laugh poster

The Last Laugh

Movie · as Buddy Green

2019
Polar poster

Polar

Movie · as Porter

2019
Daughter of the Wolf poster

Daughter of the Wolf

Movie · as Father

2019
Astronaut poster

Astronaut

Movie · as Angus

2018
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky poster

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Movie · as Self

2018
Book Club poster

Book Club

Movie · as George

2018
Bayou Caviar poster

Bayou Caviar

Movie · as Yuri

2018
Asher poster

Asher

Movie · as Avi

2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Spielberg poster

Spielberg

Movie · as Self

2017
Shots Fired poster

Shots Fired

TV · as Arlen Cox · 10 eps

2016
Madoff poster

Madoff

TV · as Bernie Madoff · 4 eps

2015
Zipper poster

Zipper

Movie · as George Hiller

2015
Your Family or Mine poster

Your Family or Mine

TV · as Louis · 10 eps

2014
Squatters poster

Squatters

Movie · as David Silverman

2014
Caserta Palace Dream poster

Caserta Palace Dream

Movie · as Luigi Vanvitelli

2014
The Real History of Science Fiction poster

The Real History of Science Fiction

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Very Good Girls poster

Very Good Girls

Movie · as Danny

2013
Paranoia poster

Paranoia

Movie · as Frank Cassidy

2013
Cas & Dylan poster

Cas & Dylan

Movie · as Dr. Cas Pepper

2013
Milius poster

Milius

Movie · as Self

2012
Casting By poster

Casting By

Movie · as Self

2012
Coma poster

Coma

TV · as Professor Hillside · 2 eps

2011
The Two Million Year Old Boy poster

The Two Million Year Old Boy

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Bubble Guppies poster

Bubble Guppies

TV · as Captain Acrab · 1 ep

2010
Piranha 3D poster

Piranha 3D

Movie · as Matthew Boyd

2010
RED poster

RED

Movie · as Alexander Dunning

2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty poster

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

2010
Jaws: The Inside Story poster

Jaws: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2010
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

TV · as Gilliam T. Blount · 4 eps

2009
My Life in Ruins poster

My Life in Ruins

Movie · as Irv Gideon

2009
Leaves of Grass poster

Leaves of Grass

Movie · as Pug Rothbaum

2009
The Lightkeepers poster

The Lightkeepers

Movie · as Seth

2009
The Shark Is Still Working poster

The Shark Is Still Working

Movie · as Self

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Movie · as Self

2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist poster

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

Movie · as Self

2008
W. poster

W.

Movie · as Dick Cheney

2008
America Betrayed poster

America Betrayed

Movie · as Narrator

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

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

Movie · as Self

2007
Ocean of Fear poster

Ocean of Fear

Movie · as Narrator

2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo poster

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Movie · as Self

2007
Spielberg on Spielberg poster

Spielberg on Spielberg

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Tin Man poster

Tin Man

TV · as Mystic Man · 3 eps

2006
Poseidon poster

Poseidon

Movie · as Richard Nelson

2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters poster

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Movie · as Self

2006
The Dish on Dolls poster

The Dish on Dolls

Movie · as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie · as Self - Actor

2005
Weeds poster

Weeds

TV · as Warren Schiff · 4 eps

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Silver City poster

Silver City

Movie · as Chuck Raven

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

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Coast to Coast poster

Coast to Coast

Movie · as Barnaby Pierce

2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion poster

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt

2003
The Johnstown Flood poster

The Johnstown Flood

Movie · as narrator

2003
The John Garfield Story poster

The John Garfield Story

Movie · as Self

2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion poster

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

TV · as Voice of Theodore Roosevelt · 2 eps

2002
Manassas: End of Innocence poster

Manassas: End of Innocence

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Who Is Cletis Tout? poster

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Movie · as Micah Donnelly

2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories poster

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Movie · as Antonio Bolivar

2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot poster

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Movie · as Alexander Haig

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

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Scoop the Snowman (voice)

2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome poster

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Movie · as Self

2001
In Search of Peace poster

In Search of Peace

Movie · as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

2001
The Education of Max Bickford poster

The Education of Max Bickford

TV · as Max Bickford · 22 eps

2000
Fail Safe poster

Fail Safe

Movie · as President

2000
The Crew poster

The Crew

Movie · as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

2000
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me poster

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Movie · as Self

1999
Lansky poster

Lansky

Movie · as Meyer Lansky

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice), Richard Dreyfuss (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Krippendorf's Tribe poster

Krippendorf's Tribe

Movie · as Prof. Krippendorf

1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti' poster

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Movie · as Self

1998
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude poster

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Movie · as Narrator

1998
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Night Falls on Manhattan poster

Night Falls on Manhattan

Movie · as Sam Vigoda

1997
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

Movie · as Fagin

1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon poster

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream poster

Frank Capra's American Dream

Movie · as Self

1997
In the Teeth of Jaws poster

In the Teeth of Jaws

Movie · as Self

1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady poster

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Movie · as Self

1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero poster

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · 1 ep

1997
HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk

TV · 1 ep

1996
James and the Giant Peach poster

James and the Giant Peach

Movie · as Centipede (voice)

1996
Mad Dog Time poster

Mad Dog Time

Movie · as Vic

1996
The Universal Story poster

The Universal Story

Movie · as Self

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Mr. Holland's Opus poster

Mr. Holland's Opus

Movie · as Glenn Holland

1995
The American President poster

The American President

Movie · as Senator Rumson

1995
The Making of 'Jaws' poster

The Making of 'Jaws'

Movie · as Self

1995
The Last Word poster

The Last Word

Movie · as Larry

1995
The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein poster

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Movie · as Self

1994
Silent Fall poster

Silent Fall

Movie · as Dr. Jake Rainer

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Another Stakeout poster

Another Stakeout

Movie · as Det. Chris Lecce

1993
Lost in Yonkers poster

Lost in Yonkers

Movie · as Louie Kurnitz

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories poster

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1991
What About Bob? poster

What About Bob?

Movie · as Dr. Leo Marvin

1991
Once Around poster

Once Around

Movie · as Sam Sharpe

1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Movie · as The Player

1991
Prisoner of Honor poster

Prisoner of Honor

Movie · as Col. Picquart

1990
Postcards from the Edge poster

Postcards from the Edge

Movie · as Dr. Frankenthal

1990
American Chronicles

American Chronicles

TV · as narrator · 13 eps

1989
Always poster

Always

Movie · as Pete Sandich

1989
Let It Ride poster

Let It Ride

Movie · as Jay Trotter

1988
Moon Over Parador poster

Moon Over Parador

Movie · as Jack Noah

1987
Tin Men poster

Tin Men

Movie · as Bill 'BB' Babowsky

1987
Stakeout poster

Stakeout

Movie · as Det. Chris Lecce

1987
Citizen Steve poster

Citizen Steve

Movie · as Jedediah

1987
Nuts poster

Nuts

Movie · as Aaron Levinsky

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

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

Movie · as Self

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self

1986
Stand by Me poster

Stand by Me

Movie · as The Writer

1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills poster

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Movie · as Dave Whiteman

1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Movie

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1984
The Buddy System poster

The Buddy System

Movie · as Joe

1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Movie · as Ken Harrison

1980
The Competition poster

The Competition

Movie · as Paul Dietrich

1978
The Big Fix poster

The Big Fix

Movie · as Moses Wine

1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Movie · as Roy Neary

1977
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

Movie · as Self

1977
The Goodbye Girl poster

The Goodbye Girl

Movie · as Elliot Garfield

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

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

1977
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

Movie

1976
Victory at Entebbe poster

Victory at Entebbe

Movie · as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

1975
Jaws poster

Jaws

Movie · as Hooper

1975
Inserts poster

Inserts

Movie · as Boy Wonder

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz poster

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Movie · as Duddy

1974
The Second Coming of Suzanne poster

The Second Coming of Suzanne

Movie · as Clavius

1974
New England Our Way poster

New England Our Way

Movie · as Self

1973
American Graffiti poster

American Graffiti

Movie · as Curt Henderson

1973
Catch-22 poster

Catch-22

Movie · as Yossarian

1973
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as Baby Face Nelson

1973
Me poster

Me

Movie · as Greg

1973
A Touch of Grace poster

A Touch of Grace

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Shadow of a Gunman poster

The Shadow of a Gunman

Movie · as Tommy Owen

1972
Two for the Money poster

Two for the Money

Movie · as Morris Gap

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Tony Injijikian · 1 ep

1970
Treffpunkte

Treffpunkte

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Hello Down There poster

Hello Down There

Movie · as Harold Webster

1969
Room 222 poster

Room 222

TV · 1 ep

1969
The New People poster

The New People

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Young Runaways poster

The Young Runaways

Movie · as Terry

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 2 eps

1967
The Graduate poster

The Graduate

Movie · as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

1967
Valley of the Dolls poster

Valley of the Dolls

Movie · as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Second Hundred Years poster

The Second Hundred Years

TV · as Ben Jr. · 1 ep

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 1 ep

1966
Hey Landlord! poster

Hey Landlord!

TV · 1 ep

1966
Occasional Wife poster

Occasional Wife

TV · 1 ep

1965
Gidget poster

Gidget

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Lud · 1 ep

1964
Bewitched poster

Bewitched

TV · 1 ep

1964
Karen poster

Karen

TV · as David Rowe III · 27 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Gearshon Gorofsky · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps