Richard Dreyfuss

Acting • 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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2025
Into the DeepFilm
Seamus
★ 5.8
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2025
Waltzing with BrandoFilm
Seymour Kraft
★ 5.6
2023
SweetwaterFilm
Maurice Podoloff
★ 6.9
2023
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched LifeFilm
Self
2023
Commitment to LifeFilm
Self (archive footage)
2022
Murder at Yellowstone CityFilm
Edgar
★ 5.5
2022
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost TestimonyFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.6
2022
Save ChristmasFilm
Santa
2021
Every Last One of ThemFilm
Murphy
★ 5.2
2021
Crime StoryFilm
Ben Myers
★ 3.8
2020
AudreyFilm
Self - Actor
★ 7.1
2020
Stars in the HouseTV
Self • 1 episodes
2019
PolarFilm
Porter
★ 6.4
2019
Daughter of the WolfFilm
Father
★ 5.5
2019
The Last LaughFilm
Buddy Green
★ 5.4
2019
AstronautFilm
Angus
★ 6.1
2018
Book ClubFilm
George
★ 6.2
2018
AsherFilm
Avi
★ 5.8
2018
Firing Line with Margaret HooverTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2018
Bayou CaviarFilm
Yuri
★ 4.6
2018
Third Party President: Citizen RockyFilm
Self
2017
SpielbergFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2017
Shots FiredTV
Arlen Cox • 10 episodes
★ 5.6
2016
MadoffTV
Bernie Madoff • 4 episodes
★ 6.4
2015
ZipperFilm
George Hiller
★ 5.5
2015
Your Family or MineTV
Louis • 10 episodes
★ 6.5
2014
SquattersFilm
David Silverman
★ 6.0
2014
The Real History of Science FictionTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
2014
Caserta Palace DreamFilm
Luigi Vanvitelli
★ 6.0
2013
ParanoiaFilm
Frank Cassidy
★ 5.7
2013
Very Good GirlsFilm
Danny
★ 5.8
2013
MiliusFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2013
Cas & DylanFilm
Dr. Cas Pepper
★ 6.3
2012
ComaTV
Professor Hillside • 2 episodes
★ 6.4
2012
Casting ByFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2011
Bubble GuppiesTV
Captain Acrab • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2011
The Two Million Year Old BoyFilm
Narrator
2010
REDFilm
Alexander Dunning
★ 6.7
2010
ParenthoodTV
Gilliam T. Blount • 4 episodes
★ 7.5
2010
Piranha 3DFilm
Matthew Boyd
★ 5.4
2010
Waking Sleeping BeautyFilm
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2010
Jaws: The Inside StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2009
Leaves of GrassFilm
Pug Rothbaum
★ 6.0
2009
My Life in RuinsFilm
Irv Gideon
★ 6.1
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2009
The Shark Is Still WorkingFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2009
The LightkeepersFilm
Seth
★ 5.8
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical HumanistFilm
Self
2008
W.Film
Dick Cheney
★ 6.1
2008
America BetrayedFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2007
Tin ManTV
Mystic Man • 3 episodes
★ 6.6
2007
Spielberg on SpielbergFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary EditionFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. AlonzoFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2007
Ocean of FearFilm
Narrator
2006
PoseidonFilm
Richard Nelson
★ 5.9
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2006
The Dish on DollsFilm
Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)
2005
WeedsTV
Warren Schiff • 4 episodes
★ 7.5
2005
The Reichen ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.8
2005
The Adventures of Errol FlynnFilm
Self - Actor
★ 7.7
2004
Silver CityFilm
Chuck Raven
★ 6.1
2004
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American ZoetropeFilm
Narrator
★ 7.6
2004
Coast to CoastFilm
Barnaby Pierce
★ 7.0
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2003
The John Garfield StoryFilm
Self
★ 8.4
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionFilm
Theodore Roosevelt
★ 6.0
2003
The Johnstown FloodFilm
narrator
★ 7.5
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionTV
Voice of Theodore Roosevelt • 2 episodes
2002
Manassas: End of InnocenceFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2001
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit ToysFilm
Scoop the Snowman (voice)
★ 5.9
2001
Who Is Cletis Tout?Film
Micah Donnelly
★ 5.9
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the DomeFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Film
Self
★ 7.1
2001
The Day Reagan Was ShotFilm
Alexander Haig
★ 6.4
2001
The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesFilm
Antonio Bolivar
★ 6.4
2001
In Search of PeaceFilm
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
★ 7.0
2001
The Education of Max BickfordTV
Max Bickford • 22 episodes
★ 4.0
2000
Fail SafeFilm
President
★ 6.9
2000
The CrewFilm
Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
★ 5.5
2000
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by MeFilm
Self
★ 7.6
1999
Family GuyTV
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1999
Family GuyTV
Richard Dreyfuss (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1999
LanskyFilm
Meyer Lansky
★ 5.5
1999
Where Are They Now?TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1998
Krippendorf's TribeFilm
Prof. Krippendorf
★ 4.6
1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti'Film
Self
★ 7.8
1998
Lost at Sea: The Search for LongitudeFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
1998
The Entertainment BizTV
Self • 1 episodes
1997
The ViewTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
Night Falls on ManhattanFilm
Sam Vigoda
★ 6.3
1997
The Wonderful World of DisneyTV
★ 6.9
1997
Oliver TwistFilm
Fagin
★ 6.2
1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the YukonFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
1997
HARDtalkTV
★ 8.7
1997
Frank Capra's American DreamFilm
Self
★ 6.3
1997
In the Teeth of JawsFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
James and the Giant PeachFilm
Centipede (voice)
★ 6.6
1996
E! True Hollywood StoryTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1996
TFI FridayTV
★ 7.1
1996
Mad Dog TimeFilm
Vic
★ 5.2
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.1
1996
The Universal StoryFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1995
The American PresidentFilm
Senator Rumson
★ 6.5
1995
Mr. Holland's OpusFilm
Glenn Holland
★ 7.0
1995
The Making of 'Jaws'Film
Self
★ 6.8
1995
The Frank Skinner ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1995
The Last WordFilm
Larry
★ 3.2
1994
Silent FallFilm
Dr. Jake Rainer
★ 5.3
1994
It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinFilm
Self
★ 7.7
1994
Inside the Actors StudioTV
Self • 1 episodes
1993
Another StakeoutFilm
Det. Chris Lecce
★ 5.4
1993
Lost in YonkersFilm
Louie Kurnitz
★ 6.3
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV
★ 5.3
1992
LincolnFilm
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
★ 7.3
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 9.5
1991
What About Bob?Film
Dr. Leo Marvin
★ 6.9
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadFilm
The Player
★ 6.9
1991
Once AroundFilm
Sam Sharpe
★ 6.1
1991
Prisoner of HonorFilm
Col. Picquart
★ 6.1
1990
Postcards from the EdgeFilm
Dr. Frankenthal
★ 6.6
1990
American ChroniclesTV
narrator • 13 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
AlwaysFilm
Pete Sandich
★ 6.2
1989
Let It RideFilm
Jay Trotter
★ 6.3
1988
Moon Over ParadorFilm
Jack Noah
★ 5.8
1987
StakeoutFilm
Det. Chris Lecce
★ 6.5
1987
Tin MenFilm
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
★ 6.3
1987
NutsFilm
Aaron Levinsky
★ 6.4
1987
Citizen SteveFilm
Jedediah
★ 6.0
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1986
Stand by MeFilm
The Writer
★ 7.8
1986
Down and Out in Beverly HillsFilm
Dave Whiteman
★ 5.9
1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.Film
1985
Night of 100 Stars IIFilm
Self
★ 6.8
1984
The Buddy SystemFilm
Joe
★ 4.9
1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway?Film
Ken Harrison
★ 7.1
1980
The CompetitionFilm
Paul Dietrich
★ 6.2
1978
The Big FixFilm
Moses Wine
★ 5.9
1977
Close Encounters of the Third KindFilm
Roy Neary
★ 7.3
1977
The SentinelFilm
Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1977
The Goodbye GirlFilm
Elliot Garfield
★ 7.0
1977
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'Film
Self
★ 10.0
1977
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and PlayFilm
1976
Victory at EntebbeFilm
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
★ 5.2
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
JawsFilm
Hooper
★ 7.7
1975
InsertsFilm
Boy Wonder
★ 5.7
1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzFilm
Duddy
★ 6.1
1974
The Second Coming of SuzanneFilm
Clavius
★ 3.0
1974
New England Our WayFilm
Self
1973
American GraffitiFilm
Curt Henderson
★ 7.1
1973
DillingerFilm
Baby Face Nelson
★ 6.6
1973
Catch-22Film
Yossarian
★ 6.7
1973
MeFilm
Greg
★ 10.0
1973
A Touch of GraceTV
★ 6.0
1972
The Shadow of a GunmanFilm
Tommy Owen
★ 8.0
1972
Two for the MoneyFilm
Morris Gap
★ 7.5
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
The New Dick Van Dyke ShowTV
Tony Injijikian • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1970
TreffpunkteTV
Self • 1 episodes
1969
Room 222TV
★ 6.1
1969
Hello Down ThereFilm
Harold Webster
★ 5.8
1969
The New PeopleTV
★ 6.2
1968
The Mod SquadTV
★ 6.1
1968
The Young RunawaysFilm
Terry
★ 7.0
1967
The GraduateFilm
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
★ 7.6
1967
Valley of the DollsFilm
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1967
Judd, for the DefenseTV
★ 7.7
1967
The Second Hundred YearsTV
Ben Jr. • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1966
That GirlTV
★ 6.2
1966
Felony SquadTV
★ 6.5
1966
Occasional WifeTV
★ 8.0
1966
Hey Landlord!TV
★ 7.5
1965
The Big ValleyTV
Lud • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1965
GidgetTV
★ 6.7
1964
BewitchedTV
★ 7.8
1964
KarenTV
David Rowe III • 27 episodes
★ 5.3
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
Ben CaseyTV
★ 5.9
1955
GunsmokeTV
Gearshon Gorofsky • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.1

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Jaws

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

American Graffiti

Weeds

Poseidon

What About Bob?

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