Richard Dreyfuss



First NameRichard
Last NameDreyfuss
Full Name at BirthRichard Stephen Dreyfus
Age64
Date of BirthOctober 29, 1947
BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York, USA
Height5' 5" (165 cm)
BuildAverage
Eye ColorBlue
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignScorpio
ReligionJewish
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolBeverly Hills High School
OccupationActor
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameThe Goodbye Girl
MotherGeraldine Dreyfuss
Brother(s)Lorin Dreyfuss

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is 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.


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Filmography

Selected Richard Dreyfuss film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Different Kind of Love
Ezra

2011
The Big Valley
Charles Crocker

2010
Matt Boyd

2010
Gilliam T. Blount

2010
Red
Alexander Dunning

2010
Lone Star Trixie
Virgil

2009
Pug Rothbaum

2009
Irv

2009
Seth

2009
Happiness Isn't Everything
Jerry Hamburger

2008
W.
Dick Cheney

2008
Narrator

2007
Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever
Narrator

2007
Mystic Man

2006
Richard Nelson

2005
Warren Schiff

2004
Chuck Raven

2004
Copshop
Leonard Manzo

2003
Barnaby Pierce

2001
Antonio Bolivar

2001
Micah Tobias

2001
Alexander Haig

2001
The Education of Max Bickford
Max Bickford

2000
Bobby Bartellemeo, Narrator

2000
President

1999
Meyer Lansky

1999
Narrator, Richard Dreyfuss

1998
Krippendorf

1997
Oliver Twist
Fagin

1996
Centipede

1996
Vic

1996
Sam Vigoda

1995
Glenn Holland

1995
Senator Bob Rumson

1995
The Last Word
Larry

1994
Dr. Jake Rainer

1994
The Great Battles of the Civil War
Narrator

1993
Chris Lecce

1993
Louie Kurnitz

1992
Lincoln
William Tecumsah Sherman

1991
Sam Sharpe

1991
Dr. Leo Marvin

1991
Col. Picquart

1990
Doctor Frankenthal

1989
Pete Sandich

1989
Jay Trotter

1988
Jack Noah/President Alphonse Simms

1988
Narrator

1987
Aaron Levinsky

1987
Chris Lecce

1987
Bill 'BB' Babowsky

1986
David 'Dave' Whiteman

1986
The Writer

1984
Joe

1981
Ken Harrison

1980
Paul Dietrich

1978
Moses Wine

1977
Elliot Garfield

1977
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater

1976
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

1975
Matt Hooper

1974
Boy Wonder

1973
Curt

1973
Baby Face Nelson

1973
Catch-22
Capt. John Yossarian

1973
A Touch of Grace
Donald

1972
The Shadow of a Gunman
Tommy Owen

1972
Two for the Money
Morris Gap

1971
Tony Injijikian

1971
Untold Damage
Greg

1969
Harold Webster

1969
Stan Siebert

1969
Dr. Tolliver

1969
The New People
Dr. Owen Rudd

1969
The Young Lawyers
Mike Chester

1968
Terry

1968
Mark Finlay-editor of the Schooner Bay Beacon

1968
Caleb Dunne, Curtis Bell

1967
Boarding House Resident

1967
Assistant Stage Manager

1967
Judd for the Defense
Larry Corning

1967
The Second Hundred Years
Ben Jr.

1966
Herbie Aroon

1966
Harold, Warren

1966
Occasional Wife
Rudolph

1965
Durf The Drag

1965
Johnny

1965
Lud Akley

1964
Rodney

1964
Karen
David Rowe III

1961
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1955
Gearshon Gorofsky

1953
Riggs

Producer Credits

2004
Copshop
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2004
Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr
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2001
The Education of Max Bickford
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2001
Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington
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1997
Oliver Twist
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1994
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1991
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1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
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1978
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Soundtrack Credits

1989
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1975
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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Academy Award for Best Actor
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1961–1980)
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