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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Jaws (1975) — Hooper
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RED (2010) — Alexander Dunning
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Stand by Me (1986) — The Writer
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Family Guy (1999) — Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — Roy Neary
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The Graduate (1967) — Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
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Polar (2019) — Porter
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Piranha 3D (2010) — Matthew Boyd
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Poseidon (2006) — Richard Nelson
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American Graffiti (1973) — Curt Henderson
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James and the Giant Peach (1996) — Centipede (voice)
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Weeds (2005) — Warren Schiff
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Paranoia (2013) — Frank Cassidy
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What About Bob? (1991) — Dr. Leo Marvin
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Book Club (2018) — George
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The American President (1995) — Senator Rumson
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Bewitched (1964)
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W. (2008) — Dick Cheney
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Always (1989) — Pete Sandich
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The Daily Show (1996) — Self
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Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
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Leaves of Grass (2009) — Pug Rothbaum
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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) — Glenn Holland
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Very Good Girls (2013) — Danny
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Stakeout (1987) — Det. Chris Lecce
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My Life in Ruins (2009) — Irv Gideon
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Daughter of the Wolf (2019) — Father
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) — The Player
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Spielberg (2017) — Self
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Postcards from the Edge (1990) — Dr. Frankenthal
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) — Dave Whiteman
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Another Stakeout (1993) — Det. Chris Lecce
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The Sentinel (1977) — Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
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Tin Man (2007) — Mystic Man
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The Goodbye Girl (1977) — Elliot Garfield
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Parenthood (2010) — Gilliam T. Blount
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The Last Laugh (2019) — Buddy Green
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Zipper (2015) — George Hiller
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Asher (2018) — Avi
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Into the Deep (2025) — Seamus