
Acting
Richard Dreyfuss
1947 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
30 films
Bio
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
Hooper

Poseidon
Richard Nelson

Stand by Me
The Writer

RED
Alexander Dunning

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary

Polar
Porter

The Graduate
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Piranha 3D
Matthew Boyd

James and the Giant Peach
Centipede (voice)

Lansky
Meyer Lansky

Quiz Show
Executive Producer

Audrey
Self - Actor