Richard Dreyfuss
Born October 29, 1947 (Age: 78)
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Book Club
2018
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as George
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Age: 70
Paranoia
2013
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as Frank Cassidy
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Age: 65
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 65
RED
2010
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as Alexander Dunning
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Age: 62
Piranha 3D
2010
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as Matthew Boyd
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Age: 62
Leaves of Grass
2009
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as Pug Rothbaum
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Age: 61
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
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Age: 61
My Life in Ruins
2009
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as Irv Gideon
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Age: 61
W.
2008
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as Dick Cheney
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Age: 60
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
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as Self
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Age: 59
The Dish on Dolls
2006
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as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)
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Age: 58
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
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as Self
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Age: 58
Poseidon
2006
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as Richard Nelson
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Age: 58
Silver City
2004
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as Chuck Raven
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Age: 56
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
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as Micah Donnelly
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Age: 53
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000
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as Self
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Age: 52
The Crew
2000
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as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
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Age: 52
Fail Safe
2000
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as President
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Age: 52
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
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as Sam Vigoda
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Age: 49
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
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as Self
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Age: 49
Mad Dog Time
1996
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as Vic
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Age: 49
James and the Giant Peach
1996
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as Centipede (voice)
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Age: 48
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
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as Glenn Holland
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Age: 48
The American President
1995
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as Senator Rumson
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Age: 48
Another Stakeout
1993
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as Det. Chris Lecce
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Age: 45
What About Bob?
1991
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as Dr. Leo Marvin
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Age: 43
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
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as The Player
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Age: 43
Postcards from the Edge
1990
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as Dr. Frankenthal
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Age: 42
Always
1989
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as Pete Sandich
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Age: 42
Let It Ride
1989
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as Jay Trotter
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Age: 41
Stakeout
1987
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as Det. Chris Lecce
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Age: 39
Stand by Me
1986
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as The Writer
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Age: 38
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
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as Dave Whiteman
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Age: 38
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
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as Ken Harrison
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Age: 34
The Big Fix
1978
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as Moses Wine
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Age: 30
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
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as Roy Neary
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Age: 30
The Goodbye Girl
1977
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as Elliot Garfield
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Age: 30
The Sentinel
1977
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as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
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Age: 29
No Image
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
1977
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as
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Age: 29
No Image
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
1977
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as Self
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Age: 29
Jaws
1975
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as Hooper
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Age: 27
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
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as Duddy
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Age: 26
American Graffiti
1973
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as Curt Henderson
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Age: 25
Dillinger
1973
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as Baby Face Nelson
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Age: 25