Jaws1975
As Hooper
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Richard Dreyfuss
Born
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 (136)
Stand by Me1986
As The Writer
TMDb 7.8 / 10
RED2010
As Alexander Dunning
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Graduate1967
As Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977
As Roy Neary
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Polar2019
As Porter
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Piranha 3D2010
As Matthew Boyd
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Poseidon2006
As Richard Nelson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
James and the Giant Peach1996
As Centipede (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The American President1995
As Senator Rumson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Paranoia2013
As Frank Cassidy
TMDb 5.7 / 10
American Graffiti1973
As Curt Henderson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Book Club2018
As George
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Daughter of the Wolf2019
As Father
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Always1989
As Pete Sandich
TMDb 6.2 / 10
My Life in Ruins2009
As Irv Gideon
TMDb 6.1 / 10
What About Bob?1991
As Dr. Leo Marvin
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Another Stakeout1993
As Det. Chris Lecce
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Into the Deep2025
As Seamus
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Stakeout1987
As Det. Chris Lecce
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Murder at Yellowstone City2022
As Edgar
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Sentinel1977
As Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mr. Holland's Opus1995
As Glenn Holland
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Down and Out in Beverly Hills1986
As Dave Whiteman
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Leaves of Grass2009
As Pug Rothbaum
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Goodbye Girl1977
As Elliot Garfield
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Zipper2015
As George Hiller
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Dillinger1973
As Baby Face Nelson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Crew2000
As Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Lansky1999
As Meyer Lansky
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Asher2018
As Avi
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Night Falls on Manhattan1997
As Sam Vigoda
TMDb 6.4 / 10
W.2008
As Dick Cheney
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Tin Men1987
As Bill 'BB' Babowsky
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Inserts1975
As Boy Wonder
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony2022
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Valley of the Dolls1967
As Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Postcards from the Edge1990
As Dr. Frankenthal
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Very Good Girls2013
As Danny
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Audrey2020
As Self - Actor
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Adventures of Errol Flynn2005
As Self - Actor
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Spielberg2017
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Big Fix1978
As Moses Wine
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Let It Ride1989
As Jay Trotter
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Crime Story2021
As Ben Myers
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Bayou Caviar2018
As Yuri
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Moon Over Parador1988
As Jack Noah
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sweetwater2023
As Maurice Podoloff
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Fail Safe2000
As President
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Waking Sleeping Beauty2009
As David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys2001
As Scoop the Snowman (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Krippendorf's Tribe1998
As Prof. Krippendorf
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Who Is Cletis Tout?2001
As Micah Donnelly
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Catch-221973
As Yossarian
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Every Last One of Them2021
As Murphy
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon1997
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Silent Fall1994
As Dr. Jake Rainer
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
As The Player
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mad Dog Time1996
As Vic
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Last Laugh2019
As Buddy Green
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Astronaut2019
As Angus
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Once Around1991
As Sam Sharpe
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Me1973
As Greg
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Shark Is Still Working2009
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Citizen Steve1987
As Jedediah
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Whose Life Is It Anyway?1981
As Ken Harrison
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Waltzing with Brando2025
As Seymour Kraft
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Night of 100 Stars II1985
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale2009
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Victory at Entebbe1976
As Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Nuts1987
As Aaron Levinsky
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Silver City2004
As Chuck Raven
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Commitment to Life2023
As Self (archive footage)
Casting By2012
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The John Garfield Story2003
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Squatters2014
As David Silverman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Oliver Twist1997
As Fagin
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'2001
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories2001
As Antonio Bolivar
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jaws: The Inside Story2010
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974
As Duddy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Day Reagan Was Shot2001
As Alexander Haig
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Lightkeepers2009
As Seth
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Universal Story1996
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters2006
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville1987
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Frank Capra's American Dream1997
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition2007
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hello Down There1969
As Harold Webster
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo2007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Milius2013
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion2003
As Theodore Roosevelt
TMDb 6.0 / 10
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist2009
As Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Competition1980
As Paul Dietrich
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lost in Yonkers1993
As Louie Kurnitz
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope2004
As Narrator
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Shadow of a Gunman1972
As Tommy Owen
TMDb 8.0 / 10
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.1986
The Second Coming of Suzanne1974
As Clavius
TMDb 3.0 / 10
In the Teeth of Jaws1997
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Coast to Coast2004
As Barnaby Pierce
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Making of 'American Graffiti'1998
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Prisoner of Honor1991
As Col. Picquart
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life2023
As Self
Spielberg on Spielberg2007
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Dish on Dolls2006
As Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)
The Making of 'Jaws'1995
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Killing Winston JonesRelease date TBA
As Winston Jones
The Young Runaways1968
As Terry
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Word1995
As Larry
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Save Christmas2022
As Santa
New England Our Way1974
As Self
Caserta Palace Dream2014
As Luigi Vanvitelli
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky2018
As Self
In Search of Peace2001
As Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero1997
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lincoln
Lincoln1992
As William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarRelease date TBA
As Self
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'1977
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me2000
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Cas & Dylan2013
As Dr. Cas Pepper
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Johnstown Flood2003
As narrator
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Buddy System1984
As Joe
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play1977
Two for the Money1972
As Morris Gap
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Ocean of Fear2007
As Narrator
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady1997
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Two Million Year Old Boy2011
As Narrator
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude1998
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
America Betrayed2008
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Manassas: End of Innocence2002
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
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