Acting
Richard Dreyfuss
Born Oct 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.
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Acting
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Documentary
Killing Winston Jones
Comedy
Ocean of Fear
Documentary
Waltzing with Brando
2025
Drama · Comedy
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
Documentary
Into the Deep
2025
Horror · Action · Thriller
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
Documentary
Sweetwater
2023
Drama
Commitment to Life
2023
Documentary
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
2022
War · Documentary · History
Save Christmas
2022
Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
Western · Mystery
Every Last One of Them
2021
Action · Thriller
Crime Story
2021
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Audrey
2020
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Astronaut
2019
Drama · Comedy
Daughter of the Wolf
2019
Action · Thriller
Polar
2019
Action · Crime · Drama
The Last Laugh
2019
Comedy
Asher
2018
Thriller · Action · Drama
Bayou Caviar
2018
Crime · Thriller
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
2018
Documentary
Book Club
2018
Romance · Comedy · Drama
Spielberg
2017
Documentary
Shots Fired
2017
Crime · Drama
Madoff
2016
Crime · Drama
Zipper
2015
Thriller · Drama
Your Family or Mine
2015
Comedy
Squatters
2014
Drama
Caserta Palace Dream
2014
History · Drama
Cas & Dylan
2013
Comedy · Drama
Paranoia
2013
Drama · Thriller
Milius
2013
Documentary
Very Good Girls
2013
Drama
Casting By
2012
Documentary
Coma
2012
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Two Million Year Old Boy
2011
Documentary
Bubble Guppies
2011
Animation · Family · Kids
RED
2010
Action · Adventure · Comedy
Piranha 3D
2010
Comedy · Horror
Jaws: The Inside Story
2010
Documentary · TV Movie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010
Documentary
Parenthood
2010
Drama
The Lightkeepers
2009
Comedy · Drama
Leaves of Grass
2009
Comedy · Crime · Thriller
My Life in Ruins
2009
Comedy · Romance
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
Documentary
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Documentary
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009
Documentary · History · War
W.
2008
Drama
America Betrayed
2008
Documentary
Tin Man
2007
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ocean of Fear
2007
Documentary
Spielberg on Spielberg
2007
Documentary · TV Movie
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
Documentary
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
Documentary
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
Documentary
The Dish on Dolls
2006
Documentary
Poseidon
2006
Adventure · Action · Thriller
Weeds
2005
Comedy · Crime · Drama
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Documentary · TV Movie
Silver City
2004
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
Documentary
Coast to Coast
2004
Drama · TV Movie
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
Documentary · History
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
Documentary
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Documentary · History
The John Garfield Story
2003
Documentary · TV Movie
The Johnstown Flood
2003
Documentary · History
Manassas: End of Innocence
2002
History · War
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Drama · TV Movie
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
Comedy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001
Animation · Family
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
Drama
In Search of Peace
2001
Documentary · History · War
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
Action · Comedy · Crime
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
Documentary
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
Drama · Adventure
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000
Documentary
The Crew
2000
Action · Comedy · Crime
Fail Safe
2000
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Lansky
1999
Drama · Crime · TV Movie
Family Guy
1999
Animation · Comedy
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
1998
Adventure · Documentary · Drama
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
Documentary
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
Comedy · Family
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Animation · Family
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997
Adventure · Drama · Family
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Oliver Twist
1997
Family · Drama
HARDtalk
1997
Talk
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
Drama · Crime
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
Documentary · TV Movie
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
Documentary
In the Teeth of Jaws
1997
Documentary · TV Movie
Mad Dog Time
1996
Action · Comedy · Crime
The Universal Story
1996
Documentary
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Family · Animation · Adventure
TFI Friday
1996
Comedy
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Drama · Music
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995
Documentary
The American President
1995
Drama · Romance · Comedy
The Last Word
1995
Thriller · Crime · Drama
Silent Fall
1994
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
Documentary
Another Stakeout
1993
Comedy · Crime · Action
Lost in Yonkers
1993
Drama · Comedy
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Talk · Comedy
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Animation · Family · Kids
Prisoner of Honor
1991
Drama · History · TV Movie
What About Bob?
1991
Comedy
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
Comedy · Drama
Once Around
1991
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Comedy · Drama
Always
1989
Romance · Fantasy · Drama
Let It Ride
1989
Comedy
Moon Over Parador
1988
Comedy · Romance
Nuts
1987
Drama
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
Family · Documentary · Comedy
Stakeout
1987
Action · Comedy · Romance
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Documentary
Tin Men
1987
Comedy · Drama
Citizen Steve
1987
Comedy
Stand by Me
1986
Drama · Adventure
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
Comedy
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Comedy · Music · TV Movie
The Buddy System
1984
Drama · Comedy · Romance
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Drama
The Competition
1980
Drama · Romance · Music
The Big Fix
1978
Comedy · Thriller · Mystery
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Science Fiction · Drama
The Goodbye Girl
1977
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Sentinel
1977
Horror · Mystery · Fantasy
Victory at Entebbe
1976
Action · Drama · History
Jaws
1975
Horror · Thriller · Adventure
Inserts
1975
Drama · Comedy
New England Our Way
1974
Documentary
The Second Coming of Suzanne
1974
Drama
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
Drama · Comedy
Me
1973
Drama · Comedy · TV Movie
American Graffiti
1973
Comedy · Drama
Dillinger
1973
Crime · Drama
Catch-22
1973
Comedy · War · TV Movie
A Touch of Grace
1973
Comedy
The Shadow of a Gunman
1972
Drama · TV Movie
Two for the Money
1972
Crime · Drama · TV Movie
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
Comedy
The New People
1969
Drama
Room 222
1969
Comedy · Drama
Hello Down There
1969
Comedy · Music · Science Fiction
The Mod Squad
1968
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Young Runaways
1968
Drama
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Drama
The Graduate
1967
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Drama
The Second Hundred Years
1967
Comedy
Occasional Wife
1966
Comedy
Felony Squad
1966
Crime · Drama
Hey Landlord!
1966
Comedy
That Girl
1966
Comedy
Gidget
1965
Comedy
The Big Valley
1965
Western · Drama
Karen
1964
Comedy
Bewitched
1964
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy · Family
Ben Casey
1961
Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Written
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
Family · Documentary · Comedy