7.7
Movie
Acting
Richard Dreyfuss
- Born
- (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 193 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.7
Movie
6.7
Movie
RED
7.8
Movie
Stand by Me
7.4
TV
Family Guy
7.3
Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6.4
Movie
Polar
5.4
Movie
Piranha 3D
5.9
Movie
Poseidon
7.1
Movie
American Graffiti
6.6
Movie
James and the Giant Peach
7.5
TV
Weeds
7.2
Movie
Quiz Show
6.9
Movie
What About Bob?
5.7
Movie
Paranoia
6.2
Movie
Book Club
6.5
Movie
The American President
7.8
TV
Bewitched
6.1
Movie
W.
Acting credits 191
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War Film | Self |
| TBA | Killing Winston Jones Film | Winston Jones |
| TBA | Ocean of Fear TV | Narrator (voice) (6 ep) |
| TBA | Happiness Isn't Everything TV | Jerry Hamburger (1 ep) |
| 2025 | Waltzing with Brando Film | Seymour Kraft |
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Film | Self |
| 2025 | Into the Deep Film | Seamus |
| 2023 | Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life Film | Self |
| 2023 | Sweetwater Film | Maurice Podoloff |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Save Christmas Film | Santa |
| 2022 | Murder at Yellowstone City Film | Edgar |
| 2021 | Every Last One of Them Film | Murphy |
| 2021 | Crime Story Film | Ben Myers |
| 2020 | Audrey Film | Self - Actor |
| 2020 | Stars in the House TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Astronaut Film | Angus |
| 2019 | Daughter of the Wolf Film | Father |
| 2019 | Polar Film | Porter |
| 2019 | The Last Laugh Film | Buddy Green |
| 2018 | Asher Film | Avi |
| 2018 | Bayou Caviar Film | Yuri |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Third Party President: Citizen Rocky Film | Self |
| 2018 | Book Club Film | George |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Spielberg Film | Self |
| 2017 | Shots Fired TV | Arlen Cox (10 ep) |
| 2016 | Madoff TV | Bernie Madoff (4 ep) |
| 2015 | Zipper Film | George Hiller |
| 2015 | Your Family or Mine TV | Louis (10 ep) |
| 2014 | Squatters Film | David Silverman |
| 2014 | The Real History of Science Fiction TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Caserta Palace Dream Film | Luigi Vanvitelli |
| 2013 | Cas & Dylan Film | Dr. Cas Pepper |
| 2013 | Paranoia Film | Frank Cassidy |
| 2013 | Milius Film | Self |
| 2013 | Very Good Girls Film | Danny |
| 2012 | Casting By Film | Self |
| 2012 | Coma TV | Professor Hillside (2 ep) |
| 2011 | The Two Million Year Old Boy Film | Narrator |
| 2011 | Bubble Guppies TV | Captain Acrab (1 ep) |
| 2010 | RED Film | Alexander Dunning |
| 2010 | Piranha 3D Film | Matthew Boyd |
| 2010 | Jaws: The Inside Story Film | Self |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty Film | David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Parenthood TV | Gilliam T. Blount (4 ep) |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers Film | Seth |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass Film | Pug Rothbaum |
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins Film | Irv Gideon |
| 2009 | The Shark Is Still Working Film | Self |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Film | Self |
| 2009 | American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist Film | Self |
| 2008 | W. Film | Dick Cheney |
| 2008 | America Betrayed Film | Narrator |
| 2007 | Tin Man TV | Mystic Man (3 ep) |
| 2007 | Ocean of Fear Film | Narrator |
| 2007 | Spielberg on Spielberg Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Film | Self |
Crew credits 10
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Murder at Yellowstone City Film | Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Every Last One of Them Film | Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Crime Story Film | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Astronaut Film | Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist Film | Co-Producer |
| 1995 | Present Tense, Past Perfect Film | Director |
| 1994 | Quiz Show Film | Executive Producer |
| 1991 | Once Around Film | Co-Producer |
| 1987 | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Film | Writer, Producer |
| 1978 | The Big Fix Film | Producer |