Richard Dreyfuss
Oct 29, 1947 (77 years old) in 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.
Known For
Family Guy
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)
Jaws
Hooper
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Parenthood
Gilliam T. Blount
Great Performances
Self
The Big Valley
Lud
Weeds
Warren Schiff
Gunsmoke
Gearshon Gorofsky
RED
Alexander Dunning
Credits
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Self★ NR -
Happiness Isn't Everything FutureJerry Hamburger★ NR -
Waltzing with Brando 2025Seymour Kraft★ NR -
Self★ 7.7 -
Into the Deep 2025Seamus★ 5.9 -
Self★ NR -
Sweetwater 2023Maurice Podoloff★ 6.9 -
Narrator (voice)★ 6.6 -
Save Christmas 2022Santa★ NR -
Edgar★ 5.5 -
Murphy★ 5.4 -
Crime Story 2021Ben Myers★ 3.8 -
Audrey 2020Self - Actor★ 7.2 -
Stars in the House 2020Self★ NR -
Astronaut 2019Angus★ 6.1 -
Daughter of the Wolf 2019Father★ 5.6 -
Polar 2019Porter★ 6.3 -
The Last Laugh 2019Buddy Green★ 5.4 -
Asher 2018Avi★ 5.8 -
Bayou Caviar 2018Yuri★ 4.7 -
Self★ NR -
Book Club 2018George★ 6.2 -
Self - Guest★ 7.5 -
Spielberg 2017Self★ 7.6 -
Shots Fired 2017Arlen Cox★ 5.7 -
Madoff 2016Bernie Madoff★ 6.4 -
Zipper 2015George Hiller★ 5.5 -
Your Family or Mine 2015Louis★ 6.5 -
Squatters 2014David Silverman★ 6 -
Self★ 6.9 -
Caserta Palace Dream 2014Luigi Vanvitelli★ 6 -
Cas & Dylan 2013Dr. Cas Pepper★ 6.1 -
Paranoia 2013Frank Cassidy★ 5.7 -
Milius 2013Self★ 7.1 -
Very Good Girls 2013Danny★ 5.8 -
Casting By 2012Self★ 7.1 -
Coma 2012Professor Hillside★ 6.4 -
Narrator★ NR -
Bubble Guppies 2011Captain Acrab★ 7.6 -
RED 2010Alexander Dunning★ 6.7 -
Piranha 3D 2010Matthew Boyd★ 5.4 -
Self★ 7.3 -
Parenthood 2010Gilliam T. Blount★ 7.5 -
The Lightkeepers 2009Seth★ 5.9 -
Leaves of Grass 2009Pug Rothbaum★ 6 -
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)★ 7.2 -
My Life in Ruins 2009Irv Gideon★ 6.1 -
Self★ 7.2 -
Self★ 6.9 -
W. 2008Dick Cheney★ 6.2 -
America Betrayed 2008Narrator★ 6 -
Tin Man 2007Mystic Man★ 6.7 -
Ocean of Fear 2007Narrator★ NR -
Self★ 6.7 -
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Self★ 6.5 -
Poseidon 2006Richard Nelson★ 5.9 -
Weeds 2005Warren Schiff★ 7.5 -
Self - Actor★ 7.8 -
Silver City 2004Chuck Raven★ 6.1 -
Narrator★ 7.5 -
Coast to Coast 2004Barnaby Pierce★ 6.6 -
Theodore Roosevelt★ 5 -
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Self★ 8 -
The Johnstown Flood 2003narrator★ 6 -
Narrator★ NR -
Alexander Haig★ 6.4 -
Self★ 6.5 -
Scoop the Snowman (voice)★ 5.8 -
Max Bickford★ 1 -
In Search of Peace 2001Yitzhak Rabin (voice)★ 6.5 -
Who Is Cletis Tout? 2001Micah Donnelly★ 5.9 -
Self★ 6.9 -
★ 6.6 -
Self★ 7.5 -
The Crew 2000Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator★ 5.5 -
Fail Safe 2000President★ 7 -
Where Are They Now? 1999Self★ 7.5 -
Lansky 1999Meyer Lansky★ 5.5 -
Family Guy 1999Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)★ 7.4 -
Narrator★ 9 -
Self★ 7.8 -
Krippendorf's Tribe 1998Prof. Krippendorf★ 4.5 -
Self★ NR
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★ 6.7 -
Narrator (voice)★ 7.4 -
Oliver Twist 1997Fagin★ 6.2 -
Sam Vigoda★ 6.3 -
Self★ 8 -
Self★ NR -
Self★ 6.2 -
In the Teeth of Jaws 1997Self★ 8 -
Mad Dog Time 1996Vic★ 5.3 -
The Universal Story 1996Self★ 7.7 -
Centipede (voice)★ 6.6 -
Mr. Holland's Opus 1995Glenn Holland★ 7 -
The Making of 'Jaws' 1995Self★ 6.7 -
Senator Rumson★ 6.5 -
The Last Word 1995Larry★ 2.5 -
Silent Fall 1994Dr. Jake Rainer★ 5.3 -
Self★ 8.5 -
Another Stakeout 1993Det. Chris Lecce★ 5.5 -
Lost in Yonkers 1993Louie Kurnitz★ 6.3 -
Lincoln 1992William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)★ 6.8
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Narrator (Voice)★ 10 -
Prisoner of Honor 1991Col. Picquart★ 6.2 -
What About Bob? 1991Dr. Leo Marvin★ 6.9 -
The Player★ 6.9 -
Once Around 1991Sam Sharpe★ 6.1 -
Dr. Frankenthal★ 6.6 -
Always 1989Pete Sandich★ 6.3 -
Let It Ride 1989Jay Trotter★ 6.3 -
Moon Over Parador 1988Jack Noah★ 5.8 -
Nuts 1987Aaron Levinsky★ 6.3 -
Self★ NR -
Stakeout 1987Det. Chris Lecce★ 6.5 -
Self★ 6 -
Tin Men 1987Bill 'BB' Babowsky★ 6.4 -
Citizen Steve 1987Jedediah★ 5.9 -
Stand by Me 1986The Writer★ 7.9 -
Dave Whiteman★ 5.9 -
Self★ 8 -
The Buddy System 1984Joe★ 4.7 -
Ken Harrison★ 7.1 -
The Competition 1980Paul Dietrich★ 6.2 -
The Big Fix 1978Moses Wine★ 5.7 -
Roy Neary★ 7.3 -
The Goodbye Girl 1977Elliot Garfield★ 6.9 -
The Sentinel 1977Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)★ 6.1 -
Self★ NR
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Victory at Entebbe 1976Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu★ 5.1 -
Jaws 1975Hooper★ 7.7 -
Inserts 1975Boy Wonder★ 5.7 -
New England Our Way 1974Self★ NR -
Clavius★ 2.3 -
Duddy★ 5.9 -
Me 1973Greg★ NR -
American Graffiti 1973Curt Henderson★ 7 -
Dillinger 1973Baby Face Nelson★ 6.6 -
Catch-22 1973Yossarian★ 5 -
A Touch of Grace 1973★ 5 -
Tommy Owen★ NR -
Two for the Money 1972Morris Gap★ NR -
Great Performances 1971Self★ 5.5 -
The New People 1969★ 5.7 -
Room 222 1969★ 6 -
Hello Down There 1969Harold Webster★ 5.9 -
The Mod Squad 1968★ 6.2 -
The Young Runaways 1968Terry★ 6 -
Valley of the Dolls 1967Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)★ 6 -
The Graduate 1967Boarding House Resident (uncredited)★ 7.6 -
Judd for the Defense 1967★ 7.5 -
Occasional Wife 1966★ 7.5 -
Felony Squad 1966★ 6.4 -
Hey Landlord! 1966★ 5 -
That Girl 1966★ 6.3 -
Gidget 1965★ 6.4 -
The Big Valley 1965Lud★ 6.1 -
Karen 1964David Rowe III★ 4 -
Bewitched 1964★ 7.9 -
Ben Casey 1961★ 5.6 -
Tony Awards 1956Self - Presenter★ 5.9 -
Gunsmoke 1955Gearshon Gorofsky★ 6.6 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 7
