Biography
An American actor best known for starring in a number of 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. Dreyfuss 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
all 190
Movies 139
self 61
TV Shows 51
Narrator 9
Voice 5
Producer 4
Writer 2
Director 1
Seymour Kraft

Waltzing with Brando (2024)
Movie
Maurice Podoloff

Sweetwater (2023)
Movie
Edgar / Executive Producer

Murder at Yellowstone City (2022)
Movie
Ben Myers / Executive Producer

Crime Story (2021)
Movie
Self - Actor

Audrey (2020)
Movie
Angus / Executive Producer

Astronaut (2019)
Movie
Porter

Polar (2019)
Movie
6.19
Buddy Green

The Last Laugh (2019)
Movie
George

Book Club (2018)
Movie
Arlen Cox

Shots Fired (2017)
TV
6
Bernie Madoff

Madoff (2016)
TV
George Hiller

Zipper (2015)
Movie
6
Self - Actor and Historian

Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color (2015)
TV
Vanvitelli

Caserta Palace Dream (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Dr. Cas Pepper

Cas & Dylan (2013)
Movie
Frank Cassidy

Paranoia (2013)
Movie
6
Professor Hillside

Coma (2012)
TV
6
Captain Acrab

Bubble Guppies (2011)
TV
5.25
Doctor Frankenthal

Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010)
Movie
Alexander Dunning

RED (2010)
Movie
6.09
Matthew Boyd

Piranha 3D (2010)
Movie
Gilliam T. Blount

Parenthood (2010)
TV
4.86
Seth Atkins

The Lightkeepers (2009)
Movie
Pug Rothbaum

Leaves of Grass (2009)
Movie
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Movie
Dick Cheney

W. (2008)
Movie
Mystic Man

Tin Man (2007)
TV
6
Narrator

Ocean of Fear (2007)
Movie
Richard Nelson

Poseidon (2006)
Movie
5
Warren Schiff

Weeds (2005)
TV
6.02
Self - Actor

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Movie
Chuck Raven

Silver City (2004)
Movie
Barnaby Pierce

Coast to Coast (2004)
Movie
Self - Host

Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr (2004)
Movie
Theodore Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion (2003)
Movie
6.83
Narrator

The Johnstown Flood (2003)
Movie
Alexander Haig

The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Movie
Scoop the Snowman (voice)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Movie
5.28
Max Bickford

The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
TV
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

In Search of Peace (2001)
Movie
Micah Tobias

Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
Movie
Self - Narrator

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me (2000)
Movie
Bobby Bartellemeo

The Crew (2000)
Movie
President

Fail Safe (2000)
Movie
Meyer Lansky

Lansky (1999)
Movie
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice) / Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Family Guy (1999)
TV
6.7
Krippendorf

Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
Movie
6.36
Self - Interviewee

50 Years: The Best of Hollywood (1998)
Movie
Sam Vigoda

Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
Movie
Self - Actor

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
Movie
Self - Actor

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997)
Movie
Self - Interviewee

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
Movie
Self - Guest

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
TV
3.93
Centipede (voice)

James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Movie
6.89
Glenn Holland

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Movie
6
Senator Rumson

The American President (1995)
Movie
5.5
Dr. Jake Rainer

Silent Fall (1994)
Movie
Executive Producer

Quiz Show (1994)
Movie
6
Det. Chris Lecce

Another Stakeout (1993)
Movie
6.4
Louie Kurnitz

Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Movie
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

Lincoln (1992)
Movie
Narrator (Voice)

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
TV
Col. Picquart

Prisoner of Honor (1991)
Movie
Dr. Leo Marvin

What About Bob? (1991)
Movie
7.5
Sam Sharpe

Once Around (1991)
Movie
Dr. Frankenthal

Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Movie
9
Pete Sandich

Always (1989)
Movie
7.33
Jay Trotter

Let It Ride (1989)
Movie
Jack Noah

Moon Over Parador (1988)
Movie
6
Aaron Levinsky

Nuts (1987)
Movie
Self / Writer / Producer

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987)
Movie
Chris Lecce

Stakeout (1987)
Movie
6.25
Jedediah

Citizen Steve (1987)
Movie
The Writer

Stand by Me (1986)
Movie
7.7
Dave Whiteman

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Movie
6
Ken Harrison

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Movie
Paul Dietrich

The Competition (1980)
Movie
6
Moses Wine

The Big Fix (1978)
Movie
Elliot Garfield

The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Movie
6
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)

The Sentinel (1977)
Movie
4
Self - Interviewee

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (1977)
Movie
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Self - Host

Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Hooper

Jaws (1975)
Movie
6.03
Boy Wonder

Inserts (1975)
Movie
Greg

Me (1973)
Movie
Curt Henderson

American Graffiti (1973)
Movie
6.4
Baby Face Nelson

Dillinger (1973)
Movie
Capt. John Yossarian

Catch-22 (1973)
Movie
Tommy Owen

The Shadow of a Gunman (1972)
Movie
Morris Gap

Two for the Money (1972)
Movie
Harold Webster

Hello Down There (1969)
Movie
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Movie
8
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

The Graduate (1967)
Movie
5.19
David Rowe III

Karen (1964)
TV
Gearshon Gorofsky

Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Narrator

American Chronicles
TV
Narrator

Ocean of Fear
TV
Jerry Hamburger

Happiness Isn't Everything
TV
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-10-29 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States
Height165-centimeter
RelationshipsJeramie Rain (1983 - 1995)
ChildrenHarry Dreyfuss, Emily Dreyfuss, Ben Dreyfuss
SiblingsLorin Dreyfuss
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesEncinitas, United States of America
Also Known AsRichard Stephen Dreyfuss, 리차드 드레이퓨즈
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Academy Award for Best Actor
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