Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his leading role in The Goodbye Girl (1977), and was Oscar-nominated in the same category for his portrayal of the title character in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995).
Dreyfuss' many other film credits include American Graffiti, Dillinger (both 1973), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Big Fix (1978), The Competition (1980), Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981), Stand by Me, Down and Out in Beverly Hills (both 1986), Tin Men, Stakeout, Nuts (all 1987), Always (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), What About Bob? (1991), The American President (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Poseidon (2006), and W. (2008).
Acting credits
Film Year Film Role Notes1967Valley of the DollsAssistant Stage ManagerUncreditedThe GraduateBoarding House Resident1968The Young RunawaysTerry1969Hello Down ThereHarold Webster1973American GraffitiCurt HendersonDillingerBaby Face Nelson1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzDuddy KravitzThe Second Coming of SuzanneClavius1975InsertsThe Boy WonderJawsMatthew "Matt" Hooper1977Close Encounters of the Third KindRoy NearyThe Goodbye GirlElliott Garfield1978The Big FixMoses WineAlso producer1980The CompetitionPaul Dietrich1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Ken Harrison1984The Buddy SystemJoe1986Down and Out in Beverly HillsDavid "Dave" WhitemanStand by MeNarrator/Gordie LaChance (adult)1987Tin MenBill 'BB' BabowskyStakeoutDet. Chris LecceNutsAaron Levinsky1988Moon over ParadorJack Noah/President Alphonse Simms1989Let It RideJay TrotterAlwaysPete Sandich1990Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadThe PlayerPostcards from the EdgeDoctor Frankenthal1991Once AroundSam SharpeAlso co-producerWhat About Bob?Leo Marvin1993Lost in YonkersLouie KurnitzAnother StakeoutDetective Chris Lecce1994Silent FallJake Rainer1995The Last WordLarryThe American PresidentSenator Bob RumsonMr. Holland's OpusGlenn Holland1996James and the Giant PeachMr. Centipede (voice)Mad Dog TimeVic1997Night Falls on ManhattanSam Vigoda1998Krippendorf's TribeProf. James Krippendorf2000The CrewBobby Bartellemeo/Narrator2001The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesAntonio BolivarWho Is Cletis Tout?Micah DonnellyRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit ToysScoop T. Snowman (voice)Venus StormPresident Harrison Vance2004Silver CityChuck Raven2006PoseidonRichard Nelson2008Signs of the TimeNarratorDocumentaryW.Dick CheneyAmerica BetrayedNarratorDocumentary2009My Life in RuinsIrvLeaves of GrassPug RothbaumThe LightkeepersSethAlso executive producer2010Piranha 3DMatthew BoydRedAlexander Dunning2012Casting By Himself Documentary2013ParanoiaFrancis CassidyCas and DylanCas Pepper2014Very Good GirlsDanny FieldsSquattersDavid2015ZipperGeorge Hiller2018Book Club GeorgeBayou CaviarYuriAsherAvi2019The Last LaughBuddy GreenPolarPorterDaughter of the WolfFatherAstronautAngus2020AudreyHimselfDocumentary2021Crime StoryBen MyersEvery Last One of ThemMurphy2022Murder at Yellowstone City Edgar Blake 2023 Sweetwater Maurice Podoloff2024 Waltzing with Brando Seymour Kraft 2025Into the DeepSeamus
Television Year Work Role Notes1964KarenDavid Rowe IIIEpisode: "Karen's Simplicity Complex"1965Peyton PlaceCap and Gown Student (uncredited)Episode: 1/941966GidgetNormanEpisode: "Ego-a-Go-Go"BewitchedRodneyEpisode: "Man's Best Friend"1967The Big ValleyLud AkleyEpisode: "Boy Into Man"That GirlJohnny Arthur; WaiterEpisode: "Paper Hats and Everything"1968Judd, for the DefenseLarry CorningEpisode: "Weep the Hunter Home"1969The Ghost & Mrs. MuirMark FinleyEpisode: "Buried on Page One"1970, 1973The Mod SquadCurtis Bell / Caleb Dunne2 episodes1972The Shadow of a GunTommy Owens Television film1973GunsmokeGearshon GorofskyEpisode: "This Golden Land"A Touch of GraceDonaldEpisode: "The Accident"MeGregHollywood Television Theater; later retitled Untold DamageThe New Dick Van Dyke ShowTony InjijikianEpisode: "Mr. Dazzle"1976Victory at EntebbeColonel Yonatan 'Yoni' NetanyahuTelevision film1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleHimself (host)ABC special1991Prisoner of HonorCol. PicquartTelevision film; also producer1994Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarratorEpisode: Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos1997Oliver TwistFaginTelevision film; also producer1999LanskyMeyer LanskyTelevision film2000Fail SafePresident of the United States 2001–2002The Education of Max BickfordMax Bickford22 episodes; also producer2001Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to WashingtonHimself (host)History Channel specialThe Day Reagan Was ShotAlexander HaigTelevision film2003Coast to CoastBarnaby Pierce2007Tin ManMystic ManMiniseries; 3 episodesOcean of FearNarratorTV documentary2009–2010Family GuyHimself (voice)2 episodes2010WeedsWarren Schiff4 episodes2011ParenthoodGilliam T. Blount2012ComaProfessor HillsideMiniseries; 2 episodes 2015Blood and Glory: The Civil War in ColorHimself 4 episodesYour Family or MineLouisSeries regular; 7 episodes2016MadoffBernie MadoffMiniseries; 4 episodes2017Shots FiredArlen CoxMiniseries; 9 episodesHit the RoadJamesEpisode: "Gone Daddy, Gone"2020The Great British Bake OffHimself (contestant)Stand Up to Cancer celebrity special2022Bubble GuppiesCaptain Acrab (voice) Episode: "The Jaw-some Sharkventure!"
Theatre Year Work Role Location1983Total AbandonLenny Keller Broadway1992Death and the MaidenGerardo Escobar2004Sly FoxFoxwell J. Sly2004The ProducersMax BialystockWest End2007Prophesy and HonorCongressman Frank R. ReidHawaii Theatre
See also List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees — Youngest winners for Best Lead Actor List of actors with Academy Award nominations List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories List of Golden Globe winners References
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