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Richard Dreyfuss Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1947-10-29

Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
186 Total Roles

Richard Dreyfuss

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies MOVIE Self - (archive footage)
2025 Waltzing with Brando MOVIE Seymour Kraft
2025 Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story MOVIE Self
2025 Into the Deep MOVIE Seamus
2023 Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life MOVIE Self
2023 Sweetwater MOVIE Maurice Podoloff
2022 Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony MOVIE Narrator (voice)
2022 Save Christmas MOVIE Santa
2022 Murder at Yellowstone City MOVIE Edgar
2021 Every Last One of Them MOVIE Murphy

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