Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Acting

October 29, 1947Brooklyn, 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

Jaws

1975

RED

RED

2010

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

1986

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

The Graduate

The Graduate

1967

Polar

Polar

2019

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

2010

Poseidon

Poseidon

2006

American Graffiti

American Graffiti

1973

Acting187

Waltzing with Brando

Waltzing with Brando

2025

Seymour Kraft

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

Self

Into the Deep

Into the Deep

2025

Seamus

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

2023

Self

Sweetwater

Sweetwater

2023

Maurice Podoloff

Commitment to Life

Commitment to Life

2023

Self (archive footage)

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

2022

Narrator (voice)

Save Christmas

Save Christmas

2022

Santa

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Edgar

Every Last One of Them

Every Last One of Them

2021

Murphy

Crime Story

Crime Story

2021

Ben Myers

Audrey

Audrey

2020

Self - Actor

Stars in the House

Stars in the House

2020

Self

Astronaut

Astronaut

2019

Angus

Daughter of the Wolf

Daughter of the Wolf

2019

Father

Polar

Polar

2019

Porter

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

2019

Buddy Green

Asher

Asher

2018

Avi

Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

2018

Yuri

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2018

Self

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

2018

Self

Book Club

Book Club

2018

George

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018

Self - Guest

Spielberg

Spielberg

2017

Self

Shots Fired

Shots Fired

2017

Arlen Cox

Madoff

Madoff

2016

Bernie Madoff

Zipper

Zipper

2015

George Hiller

Your Family or Mine

Your Family or Mine

2015

Louis

Squatters

Squatters

2014

David Silverman

The Real History of Science Fiction

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

Self

Caserta Palace Dream

Caserta Palace Dream

2014

Luigi Vanvitelli

Cas & Dylan

Cas & Dylan

2013

Dr. Cas Pepper

Paranoia

Paranoia

2013

Frank Cassidy

Milius

Milius

2013

Self

Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

2013

Danny

Casting By

Casting By

2012

Self

Coma

Coma

2012

Professor Hillside

The Two Million Year Old Boy

The Two Million Year Old Boy

2011

Narrator

Bubble Guppies

Bubble Guppies

2011

Captain Acrab

RED

RED

2010

Alexander Dunning

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

2010

Matthew Boyd

Jaws: The Inside Story

Jaws: The Inside Story

2010

Self

Parenthood

Parenthood

2010

Gilliam T. Blount

The Lightkeepers

The Lightkeepers

2009

Seth

Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

2009

Pug Rothbaum

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

2009

Irv Gideon

The Shark Is Still Working

The Shark Is Still Working

2009

Self

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

Self

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

2009

Self

W.

2008

Dick Cheney

America Betrayed

America Betrayed

2008

Narrator

Tin Man

Tin Man

2007

Mystic Man

Ocean of Fear

Ocean of Fear

2007

Narrator

Spielberg on Spielberg

Spielberg on Spielberg

2007

Self (archive footage)

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

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

2007

Self

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

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

2007

Self

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

Self

The Dish on Dolls

The Dish on Dolls

2006

Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)

Poseidon

Poseidon

2006

Richard Nelson

The Reichen Show

The Reichen Show

2005

Self

Weeds

Weeds

2005

Warren Schiff

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

Self - Actor

Silver City

Silver City

2004

Chuck Raven

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

Narrator

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

2004

Barnaby Pierce

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

2003

Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

2003

Self

The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

2003

Self

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood

2003

narrator

Manassas: End of Innocence

Manassas: End of Innocence

2002

Narrator

The Day Reagan Was Shot

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

Alexander Haig

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

2001

Self

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

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

2001

Scoop the Snowman (voice)

The Education of Max Bickford

The Education of Max Bickford

2001

Max Bickford

In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

2001

Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Who Is Cletis Tout?

2001

Micah Donnelly

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

Self

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

2001

Antonio Bolivar

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

2000

Self

The Crew

The Crew

2000

Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000

President

Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

1999

Self

Lansky

Lansky

1999

Meyer Lansky

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999

Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice) / Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

1998

Narrator

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

1998

Self

Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

Prof. Krippendorf

The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

1998

Self

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

The View

The View

1997

Self

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

1997

Narrator (voice)

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

Self

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1997

Fagin

HARDtalk

HARDtalk

1997

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

Sam Vigoda

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

Self

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

Self

In the Teeth of Jaws

In the Teeth of Jaws

1997

Self

Mad Dog Time

Mad Dog Time

1996

Vic

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

Self - Guest

The Universal Story

The Universal Story

1996

Self

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

1996

Centipede (voice)

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

Glenn Holland

The Making of 'Jaws'

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995

Self

The American President

The American President

1995

Senator Rumson

The Frank Skinner Show

The Frank Skinner Show

1995

Self

The Last Word

The Last Word

1995

Larry

Silent Fall

Silent Fall

1994

Dr. Jake Rainer

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994

Self

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

Self

Another Stakeout

Another Stakeout

1993

Det. Chris Lecce

Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

1993

Louie Kurnitz

Lincoln

1992

William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

1992

Narrator (voice)

Prisoner of Honor

Prisoner of Honor

1991

Col. Picquart

What About Bob?

What About Bob?

1991

Dr. Leo Marvin

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

The Player

Once Around

Once Around

1991

Sam Sharpe

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990

Dr. Frankenthal

American Chronicles

American Chronicles

1990

narrator

Always

Always

1989

Pete Sandich

Let It Ride

Let It Ride

1989

Jay Trotter

Moon Over Parador

Moon Over Parador

1988

Jack Noah

Nuts

Nuts

1987

Aaron Levinsky

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

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

1987

Self

Stakeout

Stakeout

1987

Det. Chris Lecce

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

Self

Tin Men

Tin Men

1987

Bill 'BB' Babowsky

Citizen Steve

Citizen Steve

1987

Jedediah

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

1986

The Writer

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986

Dave Whiteman

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Self

The Buddy System

The Buddy System

1984

Joe

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981

Ken Harrison

The Competition

The Competition

1980

Paul Dietrich

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

1978

Moses Wine

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

Roy Neary

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

1977

Elliot Garfield

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1977

Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

1977

Self

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

1977

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

1976

Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Self - Host

Jaws

Jaws

1975

Hooper

Inserts

Inserts

1975

Boy Wonder

New England Our Way

New England Our Way

1974

Self

The Second Coming of Suzanne

The Second Coming of Suzanne

1974

Clavius

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974

Duddy

Me

1973

Greg

American Graffiti

American Graffiti

1973

Curt Henderson

Dillinger

Dillinger

1973

Baby Face Nelson

Catch-22

Catch-22

1973

Yossarian

A Touch of Grace

A Touch of Grace

1973

The Shadow of a Gunman

The Shadow of a Gunman

1972

Tommy Owen

Two for the Money

Two for the Money

1972

Morris Gap

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

1971

Tony Injijikian

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Self

Treffpunkte

1970

Self

The New People

The New People

1969

Room 222

Room 222

1969

Hello Down There

Hello Down There

1969

Harold Webster

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

1968

The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways

1968

Terry

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Graduate

The Graduate

1967

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Judd, for the Defense

Judd, for the Defense

1967

The Second Hundred Years

The Second Hundred Years

1967

Ben Jr.

Occasional Wife

Occasional Wife

1966

Felony Squad

Felony Squad

1966

Hey Landlord!

Hey Landlord!

1966

That Girl

That Girl

1966

Gidget

Gidget

1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965

Lud

Karen

Karen

1964

David Rowe III

Bewitched

Bewitched

1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Self

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

1961

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955

Gearshon Gorofsky

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953

Self

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Self

Killing Winston Jones

Killing Winston Jones

Winston Jones

Ocean of Fear

Ocean of Fear

Narrator (voice)

Happiness Isn't Everything

Happiness Isn't Everything

Jerry Hamburger

Production9

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Executive Producer

Every Last One of Them

Every Last One of Them

2021

Executive Producer

Crime Story

Crime Story

2021

Executive Producer

Astronaut

Astronaut

2019

Executive Producer

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1997

Co-Producer

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994

Executive Producer

Once Around

Once Around

1991

Co-Producer

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

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

1987

Producer

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

1978

Producer

Directing1

Present Tense, Past Perfect

Present Tense, Past Perfect

1995

Director

Writing1

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

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

1987

Writer