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. 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.
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Waltzing with Brando | Seymour Kraft | 2025-09-19 |
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | 2025-06-20 |
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Into the Deep | Seamus | 2025-01-23 |
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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life | Self | 2023-04-16 |
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Sweetwater | Maurice Podoloff | 2023-04-14 |
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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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Astronaut | Angus | 2019-07-26 |
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Daughter of the Wolf | Father | 2019-06-14 |
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Polar | Porter | 2019-01-25 |
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Asher | Avi | 2018-12-07 |
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Third Party President: Citizen Rocky | Self | 2018-06-18 |
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Book Club | George | 2018-05-18 |
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Bayou Caviar | Yuri | 2018-10-05 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Zipper | George Hiller | 2015-08-28 |
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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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Cas & Dylan | Dr. Cas Pepper | 2013-09-17 |
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Paranoia | Frank Cassidy | 2013-08-14 |
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Very Good Girls | Danny | 2013-01-22 |
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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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RED | Alexander Dunning | 2010-10-13 |
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Piranha 3D | Matthew Boyd | 2010-08-20 |
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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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America Betrayed | Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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W. | Dick Cheney | 2008-10-17 |
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Ocean of Fear | Narrator | 2007-07-29 |
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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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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) | 2001-10-30 |
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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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Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1997-05-15 |
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self | 1997-03-18 |
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self | 1997-03-21 |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-22 |
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Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | 1997-01-01 |
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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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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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Mad Dog Time | Vic | 1996-11-08 |
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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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The American President | Senator Rumson | 1995-11-17 |
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Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland | 1995-12-29 |
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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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Lost in Yonkers | Louie Kurnitz | 1993-05-14 |
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Another Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1993-07-22 |
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Lincoln | William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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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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What About Bob? | Dr. Leo Marvin | 1991-05-17 |
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Postcards from the Edge | Dr. Frankenthal | 1990-09-14 |
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Always | Pete Sandich | 1989-12-22 |
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Let It Ride | Jay Trotter | 1989-08-18 |
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Moon Over Parador | Jack Noah | 1988-09-09 |
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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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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Self | 1987-10-12 |
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Nuts | Aaron Levinsky | 1987-11-20 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1987-03-13 |
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Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | 1987-08-05 |
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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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American Graffiti | Curt Henderson | 1973-08-11 |
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Me | Greg | 1973-11-28 |
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Catch-22 | Yossarian | 1973-05-21 |
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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 |
