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Richard Dreyfuss
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.
40
Films
6.5
Avg Score
Filmography (40)
Into the Deep
35
as Seamus
Waltzing with Brando
83
as Seymour Kraft
Polar
63
as Porter
Book Club
61
as George
Paranoia
56
as Frank Cassidy
Piranha 3D
55
as Matthew Boyd
RED
70
as Alexander Dunning
Leaves of Grass
64
as Pug Rothbaum
My Life in Ruins
59
as Irv Gideon
W.
63
as Dick Cheney
Poseidon
57
as Richard Nelson
Who Is Cletis Tout?
63
as Micah Donnelly
Fail Safe
74
as President
Krippendorf's Tribe
51
as Prof. Krippendorf
Night Falls on Manhattan
66
as Sam Vigoda
James and the Giant Peach
67
as Centipede (voice)
Mr. Holland's Opus
73
as Glenn Holland
The American President
68
as Senator Rumson
The Last Word
48
as Larry
Quiz Show
75
Executive Producer
Another Stakeout
56
as Det. Chris Lecce
What About Bob?
70
as Dr. Leo Marvin
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
73
as The Player
Once Around
65
as Sam Sharpe
Co-Producer
Postcards from the Edge
67
as Dr. Frankenthal
Always
64
as Pete Sandich
Let It Ride
68
as Jay Trotter
Stakeout
67
as Det. Chris Lecce
Tin Men
66
as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
Stand by Me
81
as The Writer
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
62
as Dave Whiteman
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
76
as Roy Neary
The Sentinel
63
as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
The Goodbye Girl
74
as Elliot Garfield
Jaws
81
as Hooper
Inserts
63
as Boy Wonder
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
67
as Duddy
American Graffiti
74
as Curt Henderson
The Graduate
80
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
60
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)