
Born Oct 29, 1947 (age 78) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.

as Hooper

as Alexander Dunning

as The Writer

as Roy Neary

as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

as Porter
as Matthew Boyd
as Richard Nelson
as Curt Henderson
as Centipede (voice)
as Dr. Leo Marvin
as Frank Cassidy
as George
as Senator Rumson
as Dick Cheney
as Pete Sandich
as Pug Rothbaum
as Det. Chris Lecce
as Glenn Holland
as Danny
as Irv Gideon
as Father
as The Player
as Dr. Frankenthal
as Dave Whiteman
as Det. Chris Lecce
as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
as Elliot Garfield
as Buddy Green
as George Hiller
as Avi
as Seamus
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
as Sam Vigoda
as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
as Aaron Levinsky
as Baby Face Nelson
as Fagin
as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
as Jay Trotter
as Edgar · Executive producer
as Scoop the Snowman (voice)
as Prof. Krippendorf
as Jack Noah
as President
as Dr. Jake Rainer
as Chuck Raven
as Micah Donnelly
as Sam Sharpe
as Murphy · Executive producer
as David Silverman
as Vic
as Ken Harrison