Richard Dreyfuss
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dreyfuss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 29, 1947 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the series Karen 1964-10-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Save Christmas 2022-12-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Save Christmas | Santa | 2022-12-01 |
| Movie | The Last Laugh | Buddy Green | 2019-01-11 |
| Movie | Polar | Porter | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Book Club | George | 2018-05-18 |
| Movie | Third Party President: Citizen Rocky | Self | 2018-06-18 |
| Series | Shots Fired | Arlen Cox | 2017-03-22 |
| Movie | Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
| Movie | Zipper | George Hiller | 2015-08-28 |
| Movie | Caserta Palace Dream | Luigi Vanvitelli | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Squatters | David Silverman | 2014-05-14 |
| Movie | Very Good Girls | Danny | 2013-01-22 |
| Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
| Movie | Paranoia | Frank Cassidy | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | Cas & Dylan | Dr. Cas Pepper | 2013-09-17 |
| Series | Coma | Professor Hillside | 2012-09-03 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | RED | Alexander Dunning | 2010-10-13 |
| Movie | Jaws: The Inside Story | Self | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | Piranha 3D | Matthew Boyd | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | My Life in Ruins | Irv Gideon | 2009-06-05 |
| Movie | The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Movie | Leaves of Grass | Pug Rothbaum | 2009-09-13 |
| Movie | The Lightkeepers | Seth | 2009-12-18 |
| Movie | W. | Dick Cheney | 2008-10-17 |
| Series | Ocean of Fear | Narrator (voice) | 2007-07-29 |
| Movie | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
| Series | Tin Man | Mystic Man | 2007-12-02 |
| Movie | Poseidon | Richard Nelson | 2006-05-03 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self - Actor | 2005-04-05 |
| Movie | Coast to Coast | Barnaby Pierce | 2004-04-03 |
| Movie | Silver City | Chuck Raven | 2004-09-17 |
| Movie | A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | Narrator | 2004-09-14 |
| Movie | The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
| Movie | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 2003-05-27 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | Self | 2001-05-08 |
| Series | The Education of Max Bickford | Max Bickford | 2001-09-23 |
| Movie | Who Is Cletis Tout? | Micah Donnelly | 2001-09-12 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys | Scoop the Snowman (voice) | 2001-10-14 |
| Movie | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Alexander Haig | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | President | 2000-04-09 |
| Movie | Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Self | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | The Crew | Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator | 2000-08-21 |
| Movie | Lansky | Meyer Lansky | 1999-02-27 |
| Movie | Krippendorf's Tribe | Prof. Krippendorf | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Self | 1998-09-15 |
| Movie | In the Teeth of Jaws | Self | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Night Falls on Manhattan | Sam Vigoda | 1997-03-21 |
| Movie | Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1997-05-15 |
| Movie | James and the Giant Peach | Centipede (voice) | 1996-04-12 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Time | Vic | 1996-11-08 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Larry | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | The American President | Senator Rumson | 1995-11-17 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | 1995-11-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994-10-25 |
| Movie | Silent Fall | Dr. Jake Rainer | 1994-10-28 |
| Movie | Lost in Yonkers | Louie Kurnitz | 1993-05-14 |
| Movie | Another Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1993-07-22 |
| Movie | Lincoln | William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | The Player | 1991-02-08 |
| Movie | Once Around | Sam Sharpe | 1991-01-18 |
| Movie | What About Bob? | Dr. Leo Marvin | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Prisoner of Honor | Col. Picquart | 1991-11-02 |
| Movie | Postcards from the Edge | Dr. Frankenthal | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Let It Ride | Jay Trotter | 1989-08-18 |
| Movie | Always | Pete Sandich | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Jack Noah | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Tin Men | Bill 'BB' Babowsky | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | Nuts | Aaron Levinsky | 1987-11-20 |
| Movie | Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1987-08-05 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | The Buddy System | Joe | 1984-05-04 |
| Movie | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Ken Harrison | 1981-12-02 |
| Movie | The Competition | Paul Dietrich | 1980-12-03 |
| Movie | The Big Fix | Moses Wine | 1978-10-06 |
| Movie | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | 1977-11-27 |
| Movie | The Sentinel | Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited) | 1977-01-07 |
| Movie | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Roy Neary | 1977-12-14 |
| Movie | Victory at Entebbe | Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu | 1976-12-13 |
| Movie | Inserts | Boy Wonder | 1975-02-20 |
| Movie | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Duddy | 1974-04-11 |
| Movie | The Second Coming of Suzanne | Clavius | 1974-10-04 |
| Movie | Dillinger | Baby Face Nelson | 1973-07-20 |
| Movie | American Graffiti | Curt Henderson | 1973-08-11 |
| Movie | Two for the Money | Morris Gap | 1972-02-26 |
| Movie | Hello Down There | Harold Webster | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | The Young Runaways | Terry | 1968-09-11 |
| Movie | Valley of the Dolls | Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1967-12-27 |
| Movie | The Graduate | Boarding House Resident (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
| Series | Karen | David Rowe III | 1964-10-05 |