Richard Dreyfuss
Known for ActingBorn 1947-10-29Brooklyn, 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
Jaws
1975 · as Hooper
Stand by Me
1986 · as The Writer
Poseidon
2006 · as Richard Nelson
The Graduate
1967 · as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
RED
2010 · as Alexander Dunning
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · as Roy Neary
Piranha 3D
2010 · as Matthew Boyd
Polar
2019 · as Porter
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · as Centipede (voice)
American Graffiti
1973 · as Curt Henderson
Always
1989 · as Pete Sandich
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · as Glenn Holland
Zipper
2015 · as George Hiller
The Crew
2000 · as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
The American President
1995 · as Senator Rumson
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
What About Bob?
1991 · as Dr. Leo Marvin
Citizen Steve
1987 · as Jedediah