Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Dreyfuss

Acting 78 October 29, 1947

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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, J…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Jaws

Jaws

7.7 1975 Movie
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4 1999 TV Show
RED

RED

6.7 2010 Movie
Stand by Me

Stand by Me

7.8 1986 Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7.4 1977 Movie
The Graduate

The Graduate

7.6 1967 Movie
The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.4 1996 TV Show
The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
Polar

Polar

6.4 2019 Movie
Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

5.4 2010 Movie
Poseidon

Poseidon

5.9 2006 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Waltzing with Brando

    Movie Seymour Kraft

  2. 2025
    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Movie Self

  3. 2025
    Into the Deep

    Movie Seamus

  4. 2023
    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Movie Self

  5. 2023
    Sweetwater

    Movie Maurice Podoloff

  6. 2023
    Commitment to Life

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2022
    Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  8. 2022
    Save Christmas

    Movie Santa

  9. 2022
    Murder at Yellowstone City

    Movie Edgar

  10. 2021
    Every Last One of Them

    Movie Murphy

  11. 2021
    Crime Story

    Movie Ben Myers

  12. 2020
    Audrey

    Movie Self - Actor

  13. 2020
    Stars in the House

    TV show Self

  14. 2019
    Astronaut

    Movie Angus

  15. 2019
    Daughter of the Wolf

    Movie Father

  16. 2019
    Polar

    Movie Porter

More credits
  1. 2019
    The Last Laugh

    Movie Buddy Green

  2. 2018
    Asher

    Movie Avi

  3. 2018
    Bayou Caviar

    Movie Yuri

  4. 2018
    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    TV show Self

  5. 2018
    Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

    Movie Self

  6. 2018
    Book Club

    Movie George

  7. 2018
    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    TV show Self - Guest

  8. 2017
    Spielberg

    Movie Self

  9. 2017
    Shots Fired

    TV show Arlen Cox

  10. 2016
    Madoff

    TV show Bernie Madoff

  11. 2015
    Zipper

    Movie George Hiller

  12. 2015
    Your Family or Mine

    TV show Louis

  13. 2014
    Squatters

    Movie David Silverman

  14. 2014
    The Real History of Science Fiction

    TV show Self

  15. 2014
    Caserta Palace Dream

    Movie Luigi Vanvitelli

  16. 2013
    Cas & Dylan

    Movie Dr. Cas Pepper

  17. 2013
    Paranoia

    Movie Frank Cassidy

  18. 2013
    Milius

    Movie Self

  19. 2013
    Very Good Girls

    Movie Danny

  20. 2012
    Casting By

    Movie Self

  21. 2012
    Coma

    TV show Professor Hillside

  22. 2011
    The Two Million Year Old Boy

    Movie Narrator

  23. 2011
    Bubble Guppies

    TV show Captain Acrab

  24. 2010
    RED

    Movie Alexander Dunning