

Richard Dreyfuss
Acting
October 29, 1947
Brooklyn, 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.
The Filmography


My Life in Ruins

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

W.

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

Poseidon

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Silver City

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Coast to Coast

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

The Johnstown Flood

The Day Reagan Was Shot

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

Who Is Cletis Tout?

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

The Crew
