Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfussborn 1947

usually

Actor

Popularity

3.7

Famous

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. 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.

Credits

Waltzing with Brando
Waltzing with Brando

2024

Drama • History

as Seymour Kraft

10
0.3
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

2023

Documentary

as Self

0
0.4
Sweetwater
Sweetwater

2023

Drama

as Maurice Podoloff

7
0.6
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony

2022

Documentary • History • TV Movie • War

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
0.6
Save Christmas
Save Christmas

2022

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Santa

0
0.2
Murder at Yellowstone City
Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Mystery • Western

as Edgar

5.4
1.9
Audrey
Audrey

2020

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Self - Actor

7.2
1
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

2018

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Zipper
Zipper

2015

Drama • Thriller

as George Hiller

5.5
1.1
Squatters
Squatters

2014

Drama

as David Silverman

6
0.7
Caserta Palace Dream
Caserta Palace Dream

2014

Drama • History

as Luigi Vanvitelli

6
0.2
Cas & Dylan
Cas & Dylan

2013

Comedy • Drama

as Dr. Cas Pepper

6.1
0.2
Paranoia
Paranoia

2013

Drama • Thriller

as Frank Cassidy

5.7
1.9
Milius
Milius

2013

Documentary

as Self

7.1
0.5
Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls

2013

Drama

as Danny

5.8
1.2
The Two Million Year Old Boy
The Two Million Year Old Boy

2011

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0
RED
RED

2010

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as Alexander Dunning

6.7
6
Piranha 3D
Piranha 3D

2010

Comedy • Horror

as Matthew Boyd

5.4
4.8
Jaws: The Inside Story
Jaws: The Inside Story

2010

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

7.3
0.3
The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers

2009

Comedy • Drama

as Seth

6
0.9
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass

2009

Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as Pug Rothbaum

6
0.8
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

Documentary

as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

7.2
1.3
My Life in Ruins
My Life in Ruins

2009

Comedy • Romance

as Irv Gideon

6.1
1
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

2009

Documentary

as Self

7.2
0.5
W.
W.

2008

Drama • History

as Dick Cheney

6.2
1.4
America Betrayed
America Betrayed

2008

Documentary

as Narrator

6
0
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

2007

Documentary

as Self

6.7
0.3
Poseidon
Poseidon

2006

Action • Adventure • Drama • Thriller

as Richard Nelson

5.9
3.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self - Actor

7.8
0.3
Silver City
Silver City

2004

Comedy • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Chuck Raven

6.1
0.7
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

Documentary

as Narrator

7.5
0.3
Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast

2004

Drama • TV Movie

as Barnaby Pierce

6.6
0.4
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

2003

Documentary • History

as Theodore Roosevelt

5
0.1
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

Documentary • History

as Self

7.1
0.5
The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

Drama • TV Movie

as Alexander Haig

6.4
0.2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Who Is Cletis Tout?

2001

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Micah Donnelly

5.9
0.8
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

2001

Adventure • Drama

6.6
0.2
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

2000

Documentary

as Self

7.5
0.4
The Crew
The Crew

2000

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

5.5
0.6
Fail Safe
Fail Safe

2000

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as President

7
1.1
Lansky
Lansky

1999

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Meyer Lansky

5.6
0.8
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
The Making of 'American Graffiti'

1998

Documentary

as Self

7.8
0.4
Krippendorf's Tribe
Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

Comedy • Family

as Prof. Krippendorf

4.6
0.5
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

1997

Adventure • Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
0.5
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist

1997

Drama • Family

as Fagin

6.2
0.5
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Sam Vigoda

6.3
1.2
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

Documentary

as Self

8
0.1
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

Documentary

as Self

6.2
0.4
In the Teeth of Jaws
In the Teeth of Jaws

1997

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

8
0.2
Mad Dog Time
Mad Dog Time

1996

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Vic

5.3
0.6
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach

1996

Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Centipede (voice)

6.6
2.5
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

Drama • Music

as Glenn Holland

7
1.7
The Making of 'Jaws'
The Making of 'Jaws'

1995

Documentary

as Self

6.7
0.2
The American President
The American President

1995

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Senator Rumson

6.5
1.8
The Last Word
The Last Word

1995

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Larry

2.5
0.3
Silent Fall
Silent Fall

1994

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Dr. Jake Rainer

5.2
0.5
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994

Documentary

as Self

8.5
0.2
Another Stakeout
Another Stakeout

1993

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Det. Chris Lecce

5.5
0.7
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers

1993

Drama

as Louie Kurnitz

6.4
0.6
Prisoner of Honor
Prisoner of Honor

1991

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Col. Picquart

6.2
0.2
What About Bob?
What About Bob?

1991

Comedy

as Dr. Leo Marvin

6.9
1.5
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

Comedy • Drama

as The Player

6.9
0.6
Once Around
Once Around

1991

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Sam Sharpe

6.1
0.4
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge

1990

Comedy • Drama

as Dr. Frankenthal

6.6
1.3
Always
Always

1989

Drama • Fantasy • Romance

as Pete Sandich

6.3
1.4
Let It Ride
Let It Ride

1989

Comedy

as Jay Trotter

6.3
0.8
Moon Over Parador
Moon Over Parador

1988

Comedy • Romance

as Jack Noah

5.8
0.5
Nuts
Nuts

1987

Drama

as Aaron Levinsky

6.3
0.8
Stakeout
Stakeout

1987

Action • Comedy • Romance

as Det. Chris Lecce

6.5
1.2
Tin Men
Tin Men

1987

Comedy • Drama

as Bill 'BB' Babowsky

6.3
1.2
Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve

1987

Comedy

as Jedediah

5.9
0.2
Stand by Me
Stand by Me

1986

Crime • Drama

as The Writer

7.9
6.3
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986

Comedy

as Dave Whiteman

5.9
1.3
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

8
0.5
The Buddy System
The Buddy System

1984

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Joe

4.7
0.3
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981

Drama

as Ken Harrison

7.1
0.4
The Competition
The Competition

1980

Drama • Music • Romance

as Paul Dietrich

6.2
0.4
The Big Fix
The Big Fix

1978

Comedy • Mystery • Thriller

as Moses Wine

5.7
0.3
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

Drama • Science Fiction

as Roy Neary

7.3
5
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl

1977

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Elliot Garfield

6.9
1.2
The Sentinel
The Sentinel

1977

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery

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

6.1
0.8
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

1977

Documentary

as Self

0
0.2
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

1977

0
0.1
Victory at Entebbe
Victory at Entebbe

1976

Action • Drama • History • TV Movie

as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

5.1
0.6
Jaws
Jaws

1975

Adventure • Horror • Thriller

as Hooper

7.7
12.4
Inserts
Inserts

1975

Comedy • Drama

as Boy Wonder

5.7
0.7
The Second Coming of Suzanne
The Second Coming of Suzanne

1974

Drama

as Clavius

2.3
0.2
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974

Comedy • Drama

as Duddy

5.9
0.3
Me
Me

1973

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Greg

0
0.2
American Graffiti
American Graffiti

1973

Comedy • Drama

as Curt Henderson

7
2.8
Dillinger
Dillinger

1973

Action • Crime • Drama

as Baby Face Nelson

6.6
3
Catch-22
Catch-22

1973

Comedy • TV Movie • War

as Yossarian

5
0.2
The Shadow of a Gunman
The Shadow of a Gunman

1972

Drama • TV Movie

as Tommy Owen

0
0.1
The Young Runaways
The Young Runaways

1968

Drama

as Terry

6
0.2
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls

1967

Drama • Romance

as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

6
1.3
The Graduate
The Graduate

1967

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

7.6
4.4
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Into the Deep
Into the Deep

2025

Action • Horror • Thriller

as Seamus

6.3
1.3
Every Last One of Them
Every Last One of Them

2021

Action • Thriller

as Murphy

5.3
1.1
Crime Story
Crime Story

2021

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Ben Myers

3.9
0.6
Astronaut
Astronaut

2019

Comedy • Drama

as Angus

6.1
2.1
Daughter of the Wolf
Daughter of the Wolf

2019

Action • Thriller

as Father

5.5
2.5
Polar
Polar

2019

Action • Crime • Drama

as Porter

6.3
5.5
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh

2019

Comedy

as Buddy Green

5.4
1
Asher
Asher

2018

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Avi

5.8
1
Bayou Caviar
Bayou Caviar

2018

Crime • Thriller

as Yuri

4.5
0.5
Book Club
Book Club

2018

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as George

6.2
1.7
Spielberg
Spielberg

2017

Documentary

as Self

7.6
1.6
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

7
0.8
Casting By
Casting By

2012

Documentary

as Self

7.1
0.5
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

Documentary

as Self

6.9
0.9
Ocean of Fear
Ocean of Fear

2007

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0.1
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

Documentary

as Self

6
0.3
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

Documentary

as Self

6.5
0.3
The John Garfield Story
The John Garfield Story

2003

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

8
0.1
The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood

2003

Documentary • History

as narrator

6
0.1
Manassas: End of Innocence
Manassas: End of Innocence

2002

History • War

as Narrator

0
0.1
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

2001

Comedy

as Self

6.5
0.4
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

2001

Animation • Family

as Scoop the Snowman (voice)

5.8
0.4
In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace

2001

Documentary • History • War

as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

6.5
0.2
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

Documentary

as Self

6.9
0.4
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

1998

Adventure • Documentary • Drama • History • TV Movie

as Narrator

9
0.3
The Universal Story
The Universal Story

1996

Documentary

as Self

7.7
0.2
Lincoln
Lincoln

1992

Documentary

as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

6.8
0.4
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

Documentary

as Self

6
0.3
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

Comedy • Documentary • Family

as Self

0
0.2
New England Our Way
New England Our Way

1974

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Two for the Money
Two for the Money

1972

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Morris Gap

0
0.1
Hello Down There
Hello Down There

1969

Comedy • Music • Science Fiction

as Harold Webster

5.9
0.4

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