Richard Dreyfuss

Acting

Richard Dreyfuss

Born October 29, 1947Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA188 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Waltzing with Brando
2025Waltzing with Brando
as Seymour KraftMovie
Into the Deep
2025Into the Deep
as SeamusMovie
Sweetwater
2023Sweetwater
as Maurice PodoloffMovie
Save Christmas
2022Save Christmas
as SantaMovie
Crime Story
2021Crime Story
as Ben MyersMovie
Audrey
2020Audrey
as Self - ActorMovie
Astronaut
2019Astronaut
as AngusMovie
Polar
2019Polar
as PorterMovie
The Last Laugh
2019The Last Laugh
as Buddy GreenMovie
Asher
2018Asher
as AviMovie
Bayou Caviar
2018Bayou Caviar
as YuriMovie
Book Club
2018Book Club
as GeorgeMovie
Spielberg
2017Spielberg
as SelfMovie
Shots Fired
2017Shots Fired
as Arlen CoxTV
Madoff
2016Madoff
as Bernie MadoffTV
Zipper
2015Zipper
as George HillerMovie
Squatters
2014Squatters
as David SilvermanMovie
Caserta Palace Dream
2014Caserta Palace Dream
as Luigi VanvitelliMovie
Cas & Dylan
2013Cas & Dylan
as Dr. Cas PepperMovie
Paranoia
2013Paranoia
as Frank CassidyMovie
Milius
2013Milius
as SelfMovie
Very Good Girls
2013Very Good Girls
as DannyMovie
Casting By
2012Casting By
as SelfMovie
Coma
2012Coma
as Professor HillsideTV
Bubble Guppies
2011Bubble Guppies
as Captain AcrabTV
RED
2010RED
as Alexander DunningMovie
Piranha 3D
2010Piranha 3D
as Matthew BoydMovie
Parenthood
2010Parenthood
as Gilliam T. BlountTV
Leaves of Grass
2009Leaves of Grass
as Pug RothbaumMovie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009Waking Sleeping Beauty
as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)Movie
My Life in Ruins
2009My Life in Ruins
as Irv GideonMovie
W.
2008W.
as Dick CheneyMovie
America Betrayed
2008America Betrayed
as NarratorMovie
Tin Man
2007Tin Man
as Mystic ManTV
Ocean of Fear
2007Ocean of Fear
as NarratorMovie
The Dish on Dolls
2006The Dish on Dolls
as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)Movie
Poseidon
2006Poseidon
as Richard NelsonMovie
Weeds
2005Weeds
as Warren SchiffTV
Silver City
2004Silver City
as Chuck RavenMovie
Coast to Coast
2004Coast to Coast
as Barnaby PierceMovie
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Theodore RooseveltMovie
The Johnstown Flood
2003The Johnstown Flood
as narratorMovie
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Alexander HaigMovie
In Search of Peace
2001In Search of Peace
as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)Movie
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001Who Is Cletis Tout?
as Micah DonnellyMovie
The Crew
2000The Crew
as Bobby Bartellemeo / NarratorMovie
Fail Safe
2000Fail Safe
as PresidentMovie
Lansky
1999Lansky
as Meyer LanskyMovie
Family Guy
1999Family Guy
as Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)TV
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998Krippendorf's Tribe
as Prof. KrippendorfMovie
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
Oliver Twist
1997Oliver Twist
as FaginMovie
Mad Dog Time
1996Mad Dog Time
as VicMovie
James and the Giant Peach
1996James and the Giant Peach
as Centipede (voice)Movie
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995Mr. Holland's Opus
as Glenn HollandMovie
The American President
1995The American President
as Senator RumsonMovie
The Last Word
1995The Last Word
as LarryMovie
Silent Fall
1994Silent Fall
as Dr. Jake RainerMovie
Quiz Show
1994Quiz Show
Executive ProducerMovie
Another Stakeout
1993Another Stakeout
as Det. Chris LecceMovie
Lost in Yonkers
1993Lost in Yonkers
as Louie KurnitzMovie
L
1992Lincoln
as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)Movie
Prisoner of Honor
1991Prisoner of Honor
as Col. PicquartMovie
What About Bob?
1991What About Bob?
as Dr. Leo MarvinMovie
Once Around
1991Once Around
as Sam SharpeMovie
Postcards from the Edge
1990Postcards from the Edge
as Dr. FrankenthalMovie
Always
1989Always
as Pete SandichMovie
Let It Ride
1989Let It Ride
as Jay TrotterMovie
Moon Over Parador
1988Moon Over Parador
as Jack NoahMovie
Nuts
1987Nuts
as Aaron LevinskyMovie
Stakeout
1987Stakeout
as Det. Chris LecceMovie
Tin Men
1987Tin Men
as Bill 'BB' BabowskyMovie
Citizen Steve
1987Citizen Steve
as JedediahMovie
Stand by Me
1986Stand by Me
as The WriterMovie
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Ken HarrisonMovie
The Competition
1980The Competition
as Paul DietrichMovie
The Big Fix
1978The Big Fix
as Moses WineMovie
The Goodbye Girl
1977The Goodbye Girl
as Elliot GarfieldMovie
The Sentinel
1977The Sentinel
as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)Movie
Victory at Entebbe
1976Victory at Entebbe
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' NetanyahuMovie
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostTV
Jaws
1975Jaws
as HooperMovie
Inserts
1975Inserts
as Boy WonderMovie
Me
1973Me
as GregMovie
American Graffiti
1973American Graffiti
as Curt HendersonMovie
Dillinger
1973Dillinger
as Baby Face NelsonMovie
Catch-22
1973Catch-22
as YossarianMovie
The Shadow of a Gunman
1972The Shadow of a Gunman
as Tommy OwenMovie
Two for the Money
1972Two for the Money
as Morris GapMovie
Hello Down There
1969Hello Down There
as Harold WebsterMovie
Valley of the Dolls
1967Valley of the Dolls
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)Movie
The Graduate
1967The Graduate
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)Movie
Karen
1964Karen
as David Rowe IIITV
Gunsmoke
1955Gunsmoke
as Gearshon GorofskyTV
Killing Winston Jones
Killing Winston Jones
as Winston JonesMovie
Ocean of Fear
Ocean of Fear
as Narrator (voice)TV
H
Happiness Isn't Everything
as Jerry HamburgerTV