Richard Dreyfuss


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Actor | Director | Executive Producer | Producer | Co-Producer

An American actor best known for starring in a number of 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. Dreyfuss 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...

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Date of Birth: Oct 29, 1947


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Filmography

Actor (152 Known Credits)


Crime Story

Ben Myers

Audrey

Self

Polar

Porter

The Last Laugh

Buddy Green

Astronaut

Angus

Book Club

George

Asher

Avi

Spielberg

Himself

Shots Fired

Arlen Cox

Madoff

Bernie Madoff

Zipper

George Hiller

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

Squatters

David Silverman

Caserta Palace Dream

Luigi Vanvitelli

Paranoia

Frank Cassidy

Milius

Himself

Cas & Dylan

Dr. Cas Pepper

Coma

Professor Hillside

RED

Alexander Dunning

Piranha 3D

Matthew Boyd

Leaves of Grass

Pug Rothbaum

My Life in Ruins

Irv Gideon

Waking Sleeping Beauty

David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

W.

Dick Cheney

Ocean of Fear

Narrator (voice)

Tin Man

Mystic Man

Poseidon

Richard Nelson

Weeds

Warren Schiff

Silver City

Chuck Raven

Coast to Coast

Barnaby Pierce

Who Is Cletis Tout?

Micah Donnelly

In Search of Peace

Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Alexander Haig

The Crew

Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

Fail Safe

President

Family Guy

Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Family Guy

Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)

Lansky

Meyer Lansky

Krippendorf's Tribe

Prof. Krippendorf

The View

Self

James and the Giant Peach

Centipede (voice)

Mr. Holland's Opus

Glenn Holland

The American President

Senator Bob Rumson

Silent Fall

Dr. Jake Rainer

Another Stakeout

Det. Chris Lecce

Lost in Yonkers

Louie Kurnitz

Lincoln

William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

What About Bob?

Dr. Leo Marvin

Prisoner of Honor

Col. Picquart

Postcards from the Edge

Doctor Frankenthal

Always

Pete Sandich

Let It Ride

Jay Trotter

Moon Over Parador

Jack Noah / President Alphonse Simms

Stakeout

Det. Chris Lecce

Tin Men

Bill 'BB' Babowsky

Nuts

Aaron Levinsky

Citizen Steve

Jedediah

Stand by Me

The Writer

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

David 'Dave' Whiteman

The Competition

Paul Dietrich

The Big Fix

Moses Wine

The Goodbye Girl

Elliot Garfield

The Sentinel

Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)

Victory at Entebbe

Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host / Roy Neary / Various

Jaws

Matt Hooper

Inserts

Boy Wonder

American Graffiti

Curt Henderson

Dillinger

Baby Face Nelson

Catch-22

Yossarian

Two for the Money

Morris Gap

Hello Down There

Harold Webster

Valley of the Dolls

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Graduate

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Karen

David Rowe III

Gunsmoke

Gearshon Gorofsky

Ocean of Fear

Narrator

Waltzing With Brando

Seymour Kraft

Sweetwater

Maurice Podoloff

Santa
Crime Story (2021)
Ben Myers
Audrey (2020)
Self
Polar (2019)
Porter
Father
Buddy Green
Astronaut (2019)
Angus
Book Club (2018)
George
Bayou Caviar (2018)
Yuri
Asher (2018)
Avi
Spielberg (2017)
Himself
Shots Fired (2017)
Arlen Cox
Madoff (2016)
Bernie Madoff
Zipper (2015)
George Hiller
Louis
Self (archive footage)
Squatters (2014)
David Silverman
Luigi Vanvitelli
Danny
Paranoia (2013)
Frank Cassidy
Milius (2013)
Himself
Cas & Dylan (2013)
Dr. Cas Pepper
Casting By (2012)
Self
Coma (2012)
Professor Hillside
RED (2010)
Alexander Dunning
Piranha 3D (2010)
Matthew Boyd
Pug Rothbaum
Irv Gideon
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Seth
W. (2008)
Dick Cheney
Ocean of Fear (2007)
Narrator (voice)
Tin Man (2007)
Mystic Man
Poseidon (2006)
Richard Nelson
Weeds (2005 - 2012)
Warren Schiff
The Reichen Show (2005 - 2006)
Self
Himself - Actor
Silver City (2004)
Chuck Raven
Barnaby Pierce
Theodore Roosevelt
Max Bickford
Micah Donnelly
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Alexander Haig
The Crew (2000)
Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
Fail Safe (2000)
President
Family Guy (1999 - 2023)
Richard Dreyfuss (voice)
Family Guy (1999 - 2023)
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)
Where Are They Now? (1999 - 2002)
Self
Lansky (1999)
Meyer Lansky
Prof. Krippendorf
The View (1997 - 2022)
Self
Oliver Twist (1997)
Fagin
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996 - 2002)
Self - Guest
Centipede (voice)
Sam Vigoda
Mad Dog Time (1996)
Vic
The Frank Skinner Show (1995 - 2005)
Self
Glenn Holland
Senator Bob Rumson
The Last Word (1995)
Larry
Himself
Inside the Actors Studio (1994 - 2018)
Self
Silent Fall (1994)
Dr. Jake Rainer
Det. Chris Lecce
Louie Kurnitz
Lincoln (1992)
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
narrator
Dr. Leo Marvin
Once Around (1991)
Sam
Col. Picquart
Doctor Frankenthal
Always (1989)
Pete Sandich
Let It Ride (1989)
Jay Trotter
Jack Noah / President Alphonse Simms
Stakeout (1987)
Det. Chris Lecce
Tin Men (1987)
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
Nuts (1987)
Aaron Levinsky
Citizen Steve (1987)
Jedediah
Stand by Me (1986)
The Writer
David 'Dave' Whiteman
Joe
Ken Harrison
Paul Dietrich
The Big Fix (1978)
Moses Wine
Elliot Garfield
The Sentinel (1977)
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Saturday Night Live (1975 - 2022)
Self - Host / Roy Neary / Various
Jaws (1975)
Matt Hooper
Inserts (1975)
Boy Wonder
Himself
Curt Henderson
Dillinger (1973)
Baby Face Nelson
Catch-22 (1973)
Yossarian
Morris Gap
Great Performances (1971 - 2020)
Self
Treffpunkte (1970 - 1976)
Self
Harold Webster
Terry
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Graduate (1967)
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Karen (1964 - 1965)
David Rowe III
Gunsmoke (1955 - 1975)
Gearshon Gorofsky
The Oscars (1953 - 2022)
Self
Narrator
Seymour Kraft
Maurice Podoloff

Director (1 Known Credits)


Executive Producer (4 Known Credits)


Murder at Yellowstone City

Executive Producer

Every Last One of Them

Executive Producer

Astronaut

Executive Producer

Quiz Show

Executive Producer

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Astronaut (2019)
Executive Producer
Quiz Show (1994)
Executive Producer

Producer (1 Known Credits)


The Big Fix

Producer

The Big Fix (1978)
Producer

Co-Producer (2 Known Credits)


Oliver Twist

Co-Producer

Once Around

Co-Producer

Oliver Twist (1997)
Co-Producer
Once Around (1991)
Co-Producer

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