Richard Dreyfuss
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Jaws
1975
as Hooper
The Goodbye Girl
1977
as Elliot Garfield
RED
2010
as Alexander Dunning
Stand by Me
1986
as The Writer
Poseidon
2006
as Richard Nelson
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Roy Neary
Polar
2019
as Porter
The Graduate
1967
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Piranha 3D
2010
as Matthew Boyd
American Graffiti
1973
as Curt Henderson
Always
1989
as Pete Sandich
Quiz Show
1994
Executive Producer
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Glenn Holland
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Centipede (voice)
Spielberg
2017
as Self
The American President
1995
as Senator Rumson
W.
2008
as Dick Cheney
Stakeout
1987
as Det. Chris Lecce
What About Bob?
1991
as Dr. Leo Marvin
Paranoia
2013
as Frank Cassidy