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Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Dreyfuss

Born Oct 29, 1947 · 78 years191 titles 138 movies · 53 TV
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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.

Also known as

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss

Born

Oct 29, 1947

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

189

Acting credits

1

Directing

1

Writing

9

Other crew

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Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1953 1 title(s)

1955 1 title(s)

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Undated 4 title(s)