
Richard Dreyfuss
Born
1947-10-29
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 Outs...
Known for

Jaws
Hooper

RED
Alexander Dunning

Stand by Me
The Writer

Family Guy
Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)

Family Guy
Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary

The Graduate
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Polar
Porter

Piranha 3D
Matthew Boyd

Poseidon
Richard Nelson

American Graffiti
Curt Henderson

James and the Giant Peach
Centipede (voice)

Weeds
Warren Schiff

Paranoia
Frank Cassidy

What About Bob?
Dr. Leo Marvin