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Richard Dreyfuss
Actor

Richard Dreyfuss

29 Oct 1947Born
78Age
136Credits
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USABirthplace

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

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 136 credits.

  1. TBAKilling Winston JonesFilm: Winston Jones
  2. TBAOcean of FearSeries: Narrator (voice) (6 episodes)
  3. TBAHappiness Isn't EverythingSeries: Jerry Hamburger (1 episode)
  4. 2025Waltzing with BrandoFilm: Seymour Kraft
  5. 2025Into the DeepFilm: Seamus
  6. 2023SweetwaterFilm: Maurice Podoloff
  7. 2022Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost TestimonyFilm: Narrator (voice)
  8. 2022Save ChristmasFilm: Santa
  9. 2022Murder at Yellowstone CityFilm: Edgar
  10. 2021Every Last One of ThemFilm: Murphy
  11. 2021Crime StoryFilm: Ben Myers
  12. 2019AstronautFilm: Angus
  13. 2019Daughter of the WolfFilm: Father
  14. 2019PolarFilm: Porter
  15. 2019The Last LaughFilm: Buddy Green
  16. 2018AsherFilm: Avi
  17. 2018Bayou CaviarFilm: Yuri
  18. 2018Book ClubFilm: George
  19. 2017Shots FiredSeries: Arlen Cox (10 episodes)
  20. 2016MadoffSeries: Bernie Madoff (4 episodes)
  21. 2015ZipperFilm: George Hiller
  22. 2015Your Family or MineSeries: Louis (10 episodes)
  23. 2014SquattersFilm: David Silverman
  24. 2014Caserta Palace DreamFilm: Luigi Vanvitelli
  25. 2013Cas & DylanFilm: Dr. Cas Pepper
  26. 2013ParanoiaFilm: Frank Cassidy
  27. 2013Very Good GirlsFilm: Danny
  28. 2012ComaSeries: Professor Hillside (2 episodes)
  29. 2011The Two Million Year Old BoyFilm: Narrator
  30. 2011Bubble GuppiesSeries: Captain Acrab (1 episode)
  31. 2010REDFilm: Alexander Dunning
  32. 2010Piranha 3DFilm: Matthew Boyd
  33. 2010ParenthoodSeries: Gilliam T. Blount (4 episodes)
  34. 2009The LightkeepersFilm: Seth
  35. 2009Leaves of GrassFilm: Pug Rothbaum
  36. 2009Waking Sleeping BeautyFilm: David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
  37. 2009My Life in RuinsFilm: Irv Gideon
  38. 2008W.Film: Dick Cheney
  39. 2008America BetrayedFilm: Narrator
  40. 2007Tin ManSeries: Mystic Man (3 episodes)
  41. 2007Ocean of FearFilm: Narrator
  42. 2006The Dish on DollsFilm: Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)
  43. 2006PoseidonFilm: Richard Nelson
  44. 2005WeedsSeries: Warren Schiff (4 episodes)
  45. 2004Silver CityFilm: Chuck Raven
  46. 2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American ZoetropeFilm: Narrator
  47. 2004Coast to CoastFilm: Barnaby Pierce
  48. 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionFilm: Theodore Roosevelt
  49. 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionSeries: Voice of Theodore Roosevelt (2 episodes)
  50. 2003The Johnstown FloodFilm: narrator
  51. 2002Manassas: End of InnocenceFilm: Narrator
  52. 2001The Day Reagan Was ShotFilm: Alexander Haig
  53. 2001Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit ToysFilm: Scoop the Snowman (voice)
  54. 2001The Education of Max BickfordSeries: Max Bickford (22 episodes)
  55. 2001In Search of PeaceFilm: Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
  56. 2001Who Is Cletis Tout?Film: Micah Donnelly
  57. 2001The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesFilm: Antonio Bolivar
  58. 2000The CrewFilm: Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
  59. 2000Fail SafeFilm: President
  60. 1999LanskyFilm: Meyer Lansky
  61. 1999Family GuySeries: Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice), Richard Dreyfuss (voice) (1 episode)
  62. 1998Lost at Sea: The Search for LongitudeFilm: Narrator
  63. 1998Krippendorf's TribeFilm: Prof. Krippendorf
  64. 1997The Wonderful World of DisneySeries (1 episode)
  65. 1997The Call of the Wild: Dog of the YukonFilm: Narrator (voice)
  66. 1997Oliver TwistFilm: Fagin
  67. 1997Night Falls on ManhattanFilm: Sam Vigoda
  68. 1996Mad Dog TimeFilm: Vic
  69. 1996James and the Giant PeachFilm: Centipede (voice)
  70. 1996TFI FridaySeries (1 episode)
  71. 1995Mr. Holland's OpusFilm: Glenn Holland
  72. 1995The American PresidentFilm: Senator Rumson
  73. 1995The Last WordFilm: Larry
  74. 1995Present Tense, Past PerfectFilm: Director
  75. 1994Silent FallFilm: Dr. Jake Rainer
  76. 1993Another StakeoutFilm: Det. Chris Lecce
  77. 1993Lost in YonkersFilm: Louie Kurnitz
  78. 1992LincolnFilm: William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
  79. 1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesSeries: Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
  80. 1991Prisoner of HonorFilm: Col. Picquart

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