Richard Dreyfuss

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    October 29, 1947 (77 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

    Richard Dreyfuss

    Biography

    Richard Dreyfuss 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. 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 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

    • James and the Giant Peach

      James and the Giant Peach

      1996

    • Weeds

      Weeds

      2005

    • Paranoia

      Paranoia

      2013

    • What About Bob?

      What About Bob?

      1991

    • Book Club

      Book Club

      2018