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Richard Dreyfuss is a Actor and Producer American born on 29 october 1947 at Brooklyn (USA)

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss
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Birth name Richard Stephen Dreyfuss
Nationality USA
Birth 29 october 1947 (76 years) at Brooklyn (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Holland's Opus, and The Goodbye Girl.

Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl (1977), 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.

Biography

Dreyfuss married writer-producer Jeramie Rain in the early 1980s. With her, he had three children: Emily (1983), Benjamin (1986), and Harry (1990). His elder son, Benjamin, was born with Peters Anomaly, a rare genetic eye disorder which, after many operations, left him blind in his left eye. Dreyfuss and Rain have continued to raise money for ophthalmology centers throughout the United States. After his 1995 divorce from Rain, Dreyfuss then married Janelle Lacey in 1999 but they divorced in 2005.

Dreyfuss' mother died on October 19, 2000, due to complications from a stroke.

Dreyfuss suffers from bipolar disorder. In 2006, he appeared in Stephen Fry's documentary, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, in which Fry (who also has the disorder) interviewed him about his life and use of lithium since the 1970s. Dreyfuss has stated that he is an agnostic.

Dreyfuss and Russian-born Svetlana Erokhin married in 2006 and have lived in San Diego since then, although they frequently visit New York City and London, where Dreyfuss once lived. They lived in Carlsbad, California. In February 2008, they bought a $1.5 million house in the rural community of Olivenhain in eastern Encinitas, California, and plan to renovate the 1970s structure with state-of-the-art green technologies.

Dreyfuss has gotten into feuds with actors he has worked with, notably Robert Shaw (Jaws) and Bill Murray (What About Bob?).

Best films

Jaws (1975)
(Actor)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
(Actor)
Poseidon (2006)
(Actor)
American Graffiti (1973)
(Actor)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
(Actor)
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
(Actor)

Usually with

Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(4 films)
George Lucas
George Lucas
(4 films)
Larry Bishop
Larry Bishop
(3 films)
John Williams
John Williams
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Dreyfuss (78 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019PolarActorPorter
2018Killing Winston JonesActorWinston Jones
2018Book ClubActorGeorge
2017SpielbergActorSelf
2015ZipperActorGeorge Hiller
2014SquattersActorDavid Silverman
2013ParanoiaActorFrank Cassidy
2013Very Good GirlsActorDanny
2013Cas & DylanActorDr. Cas Pepper
2012NoActor
2012Casting ByActorSelf
2010Piranha 3DActorMatthew Boyd
2010REDActorAlexander Dunning
2009Leaves of GrassActorPug Rothbaum
2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleActorSelf
2009The LightkeepersActor, Executive producerSeth
2009My Life in RuinsActorIrv Gideon
2009Waking Sleeping BeautyActorDavid 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
2008W.ActorDick Cheney
2007Suburban GirlActor
2007The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws'ActorSelf
2007Tin Man (TV miniseries)ActorMystic Man
2006PoseidonActorRichard Nelson
2004Silver CityActorChuck Raven
2004Coast to CoastActorBarnaby Pierce
2001Fail SafeActorPresident
2001The Day Reagan Was ShotActorAlexander Haig
2001The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesActor
2001Who Is Cletis Tout?ActorMicah Donnelly
2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeActorSelf
2001Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit ToysActorScoop the Snowman (voice)
2000The CrewActorBobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
1999LanskyActorMeyer Lansky
1998Krippendorf's TribeActorProf. Krippendorf
1997Night Falls on ManhattanActorSam Vigoda
1997The Call of the Wild: Dog of the YukonActorNarrator (voice)
1997Oliver TwistActor, Co-ProducerFagin
1996James and the Giant PeachActorCentipede (voice)
1996Mad Dog TimeActorVic
1995Mr. Holland's OpusActorGlenn Holland
1995The American PresidentActorSenator Rumson
1994Quiz ShowExecutive Producer
1994Silent FallActorDr. Jake Rainer
1993Another StakeoutActorDet. Chris Lecce
1993Lost in YonkersActorLouie Kurnitz
1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadActorThe Player
1991Once AroundActor, Co-ProducerSam Sharpe
1991What About Bob?ActorDr. Leo Marvin
1991Prisoner of HonorActor, ProducerCol. Picquart
1990Postcards from the EdgeActorDoctor Frankenthal
1989AlwaysActorPete Sandich
1989Let It RideActorJay Trotter
1988Moon Over ParadorActorJack Noah
1987NutsActorAaron Levinsky
1987StakeoutActorDet. Chris Lecce
1987Tin MenActorBill 'BB' Babowsky
1986Stand by MeActorThe Writer
1986Down and Out in Beverly HillsActorDave Whiteman
1984The Buddy SystemActorJoe
1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?ActorKen Harrison
1980The CompetitionActorPaul Dietrich
1979OthelloActor
1978The Big FixActor, ProducerMoses Wine
1978The Big FixActor, ProducerMoses Wine
1977The Goodbye GirlActorElliot Garfield
1977Close Encounters of the Third KindActorRoy Neary
1977The SentinelActorMan on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)
1976Victory at EntebbeActorColonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
1975JawsActorMatt Hooper
1975InsertsActorBoy Wonder
1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzActorDuddy
1974The Second Coming of SuzanneActorClavius
1973American GraffitiActorCurt Henderson
1973DillingerActorBaby Face Nelson
1969Hello Down ThereActorHarold Webster
1968Valley of the DollsActorAssistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1968The Young RunawaysActorTerry
1967The GraduateActorBoarding House Resident (uncredited)