Richard Dreyfuss

October 29, 1947(78 years old)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA|Acting

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.

Movies (131)

Waltzing with Brando
5.8

Waltzing with Brando

2025

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
7.5

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

Into the Deep
5.9

Into the Deep

2025

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

2023

Sweetwater
6.9

Sweetwater

2023

Commitment to Life

Commitment to Life

2023

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
6.9

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

2022

Save Christmas

Save Christmas

2022

Murder at Yellowstone City
5.5

Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Every Last One of Them
5.2

Every Last One of Them

2021

Crime Story
3.8

Crime Story

2021

Audrey
7.2

Audrey

2020

Astronaut
6.2

Astronaut

2019

Daughter of the Wolf
5.5

Daughter of the Wolf

2019

Polar
6.4

Polar

2019

The Last Laugh
5.4

The Last Laugh

2019

Asher
5.8

Asher

2018

Bayou Caviar
4.6

Bayou Caviar

2018

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

2018

Book Club
6.2

Book Club

2018

Spielberg
7.6

Spielberg

2017

Zipper
5.5

Zipper

2015

Squatters
6.0

Squatters

2014

Caserta Palace Dream
6.0

Caserta Palace Dream

2014

Cas & Dylan
6.3

Cas & Dylan

2013

Paranoia
5.7

Paranoia

2013

Milius
7.1

Milius

2013

Very Good Girls
5.8

Very Good Girls

2013

Casting By
6.9

Casting By

2012

The Two Million Year Old Boy

The Two Million Year Old Boy

2011

RED
6.7

RED

2010

Piranha 3D
5.4

Piranha 3D

2010

Jaws: The Inside Story
7.3

Jaws: The Inside Story

2010

The Lightkeepers
5.8

The Lightkeepers

2009

Leaves of Grass
6.0

Leaves of Grass

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

My Life in Ruins
6.2

My Life in Ruins

2009

The Shark Is Still Working
7.3

The Shark Is Still Working

2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
7.0

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

2009

W.
6.2

W.

2008

America Betrayed
6.0

America Betrayed

2008

Ocean of Fear

Ocean of Fear

2007

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
6.7

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

2007

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
6.0

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

2007

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
6.5

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

The Dish on Dolls

The Dish on Dolls

2006

Poseidon
5.9

Poseidon

2006

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
7.7

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

Silver City
6.1

Silver City

2004

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
7.6

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

Coast to Coast
7.0

Coast to Coast

2004

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
6.0

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

2003

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
7.1

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

The John Garfield Story
8.4

The John Garfield Story

2003

The Johnstown Flood
7.5

The Johnstown Flood

2003

Manassas: End of Innocence
8.0

Manassas: End of Innocence

2002

The Day Reagan Was Shot
6.5

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
6.7

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

2001

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
5.9

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

2001

In Search of Peace
7.0

In Search of Peace

2001

Who Is Cletis Tout?
5.8

Who Is Cletis Tout?

2001

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
7.0

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
6.7

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

2001

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
7.6

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

2000

The Crew
5.4

The Crew

2000

Fail Safe
6.9

Fail Safe

2000

Lansky
5.6

Lansky

1999

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
8.0

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

1998

The Making of 'American Graffiti'
7.8

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

1998

Krippendorf's Tribe
4.6

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
7.3

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream
6.5

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

Oliver Twist
6.2

Oliver Twist

1997

Night Falls on Manhattan
6.3

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
8.0

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
7.0

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

In the Teeth of Jaws
8.0

In the Teeth of Jaws

1997

Mad Dog Time
5.3

Mad Dog Time

1996

The Universal Story
8.0

The Universal Story

1996

James and the Giant Peach
6.6

James and the Giant Peach

1996

Mr. Holland's Opus
7.0

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

The Making of 'Jaws'
6.7

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995

The American President
6.5

The American President

1995

The Last Word
3.3

The Last Word

1995

Silent Fall
5.3

Silent Fall

1994

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
8.8

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994

Another Stakeout
5.5

Another Stakeout

1993

Lost in Yonkers
6.3

Lost in Yonkers

1993

Prisoner of Honor
6.3

Prisoner of Honor

1991

What About Bob?
6.9

What About Bob?

1991

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
6.9

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

Once Around
6.1

Once Around

1991

Postcards from the Edge
6.6

Postcards from the Edge

1990

Always
6.2

Always

1989

Let It Ride
6.4

Let It Ride

1989

Moon Over Parador
5.9

Moon Over Parador

1988

Nuts
6.3

Nuts

1987

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
8.0

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

Stakeout
6.5

Stakeout

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

Tin Men
6.3

Tin Men

1987

Citizen Steve
6.0

Citizen Steve

1987

Stand by Me
7.8

Stand by Me

1986

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
5.9

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986

Night of 100 Stars II
8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

The Buddy System
4.7

The Buddy System

1984

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
7.0

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981

The Competition
6.1

The Competition

1980

The Big Fix
5.8

The Big Fix

1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.3

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

The Goodbye Girl
6.9

The Goodbye Girl

1977

The Sentinel
6.1

The Sentinel

1977

Victory at Entebbe
5.1

Victory at Entebbe

1976

Jaws
7.7

Jaws

1975

Inserts
5.7

Inserts

1975

New England Our Way

New England Our Way

1974

The Second Coming of Suzanne
3.0

The Second Coming of Suzanne

1974

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
6.1

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974

Me
10.0

Me

1973

American Graffiti
7.0

American Graffiti

1973

Dillinger
6.6

Dillinger

1973

Catch-22
6.7

Catch-22

1973

The Shadow of a Gunman
8.0

The Shadow of a Gunman

1972

Two for the Money
7.5

Two for the Money

1972

Hello Down There
5.9

Hello Down There

1969

The Young Runaways
7.0

The Young Runaways

1968

Valley of the Dolls
6.0

Valley of the Dolls

1967

The Graduate
7.6

The Graduate

1967

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Killing Winston Jones

Killing Winston Jones

TV Shows (48)