1947-10-29 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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. 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.
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Into the Deep | Seamus | 2025-01-23 |
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Waltzing with Brando | Seymour Kraft | 2024-11-30 |
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Sweetwater | Maurice Podoloff | 2023-04-14 |
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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life | Self | 2023-04-16 |
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Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony | Narrator (voice) | 2022-12-05 |
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Murder at Yellowstone City | Edgar | 2022-06-24 |
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Save Christmas | Santa | 2022-12-01 |
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Every Last One of Them | Murphy | 2021-10-22 |
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Crime Story | Ben Myers | 2021-08-13 |
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Audrey | Self - Actor | 2020-11-30 |
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The Last Laugh | Buddy Green | 2019-01-11 |
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Polar | Porter | 2019-01-25 |
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Astronaut | Angus | 2019-07-26 |
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Daughter of the Wolf | Father | 2019-06-14 |
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Book Club | George | 2018-05-18 |
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Third Party President: Citizen Rocky | Self | 2018-06-18 |
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Bayou Caviar | Yuri | 2018-10-05 |
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Asher | Avi | 2018-12-07 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Zipper | George Hiller | 2015-08-28 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Caserta Palace Dream | Luigi Vanvitelli | 2014-03-18 |
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Squatters | David Silverman | 2014-05-14 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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Very Good Girls | Danny | 2013-01-22 |
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Cas & Dylan | Dr. Cas Pepper | 2013-09-17 |
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Paranoia | Frank Cassidy | 2013-08-14 |
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Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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The Two Million Year Old Boy | Narrator | 2011-01-26 |
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Jaws: The Inside Story | Self | 2010-06-16 |
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Piranha 3D | Matthew Boyd | 2010-08-20 |
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RED | Alexander Dunning | 2010-10-13 |
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The Lightkeepers | Seth | 2009-12-18 |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty | David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
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Leaves of Grass | Pug Rothbaum | 2009-09-13 |
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My Life in Ruins | Irv Gideon | 2009-06-05 |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
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The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" | Self | 2009-05-02 |
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W. | Dick Cheney | 2008-10-17 |
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America Betrayed | Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | Self | 2007-01-01 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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Ocean of Fear | Narrator | 2007-07-29 |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
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Poseidon | Richard Nelson | 2006-05-03 |
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self - Actor | 2005-04-05 |
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Silver City | Chuck Raven | 2004-09-17 |
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Coast to Coast | Barnaby Pierce | 2004-04-03 |
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | Narrator | 2004-09-14 |
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
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The Johnstown Flood | narrator | 2003-01-01 |
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Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 2003-05-27 |
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The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
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Manassas: End of Innocence | Narrator | 2002-02-19 |
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | Self | 2001-05-08 |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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In Search of Peace | Yitzhak Rabin (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys | Scoop the Snowman (voice) | 2001-10-14 |
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Who Is Cletis Tout? | Micah Donnelly | 2001-09-12 |
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | 2001-03-07 | |
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The Day Reagan Was Shot | Alexander Haig | 2001-12-09 |
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Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Self | 2000-08-29 |
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The Crew | Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator | 2000-08-21 |
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Fail Safe | President | 2000-04-09 |
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Lansky | Meyer Lansky | 1999-02-27 |
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The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Self | 1998-09-15 |
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Krippendorf's Tribe | Prof. Krippendorf | 1998-02-27 |
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude | Narrator | 1998-10-06 |
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self | 1997-03-21 |
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Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1997-05-15 |
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self | 1997-03-18 |
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Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | 1997-01-01 |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-22 |
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In the Teeth of Jaws | Self | 1997-01-01 |
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Night Falls on Manhattan | Sam Vigoda | 1997-03-21 |
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Mad Dog Time | Vic | 1996-11-08 |
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The Universal Story | Self | 1996-04-21 |
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James and the Giant Peach | Centipede (voice) | 1996-04-12 |
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The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | 1995-11-28 |
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The Last Word | Larry | 1995-08-27 |
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Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland | 1995-12-29 |
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The American President | Senator Rumson | 1995-11-17 |
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994-10-25 |
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Silent Fall | Dr. Jake Rainer | 1994-10-28 |
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Another Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1993-07-22 |
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Lost in Yonkers | Louie Kurnitz | 1993-05-14 |
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Lincoln | William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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What About Bob? | Dr. Leo Marvin | 1991-05-17 |
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Prisoner of Honor | Col. Picquart | 1991-11-02 |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | The Player | 1991-02-08 |
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Once Around | Sam Sharpe | 1991-01-18 |
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Postcards from the Edge | Dr. Frankenthal | 1990-09-14 |
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Let It Ride | Jay Trotter | 1989-08-18 |
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Always | Pete Sandich | 1989-12-22 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
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Moon Over Parador | Jack Noah | 1988-09-09 |
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Self | 1987-10-12 |
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Citizen Steve | Jedediah | 1987-01-01 |
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Tin Men | Bill 'BB' Babowsky | 1987-03-06 |
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Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1987-08-05 |
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Nuts | Aaron Levinsky | 1987-11-20 |
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Dave Whiteman | 1986-01-31 |
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Stand by Me | The Writer | 1986-08-08 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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The Buddy System | Joe | 1984-05-04 |
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Ken Harrison | 1981-12-02 |
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The Competition | Paul Dietrich | 1980-12-03 |
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The Big Fix | Moses Wine | 1978-10-06 |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Roy Neary | 1977-12-14 |
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The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' | Self | 1977-01-01 |
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The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | 1977-11-27 |
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The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play | 1977-01-01 | |
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The Sentinel | Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited) | 1977-01-07 |
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Victory at Entebbe | Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu | 1976-12-22 |
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Inserts | Boy Wonder | 1975-02-20 |
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Jaws | Hooper | 1975-06-20 |
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The Second Coming of Suzanne | Clavius | 1974-10-04 |
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Duddy | 1974-04-11 |
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New England Our Way | Self | 1974-12-09 |
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Dillinger | Baby Face Nelson | 1973-07-20 |
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Catch-22 | Yossarian | 1973-05-21 |
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Me | Greg | 1973-11-28 |
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American Graffiti | Curt Henderson | 1973-08-11 |
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Two for the Money | Morris Gap | 1972-02-26 |
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The Shadow of a Gunman | Tommy Owen | 1972-12-04 |
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Hello Down There | Harold Webster | 1969-01-01 |
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The Young Runaways | Terry | 1968-09-11 |
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Valley of the Dolls | Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1967-12-27 |
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The Graduate | Boarding House Resident (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
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I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War | Self |
