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Richard Dreyfuss

Also known as Richard Stephen Dreyfuss

American actor

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Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor, novelist, and television actor born in Brooklyn on October 29, 1947. He is educated at Beverly Hills High School and resides in Encinitas. Dreyfuss is left-handed and speaks English. He has been recognized in the Academy Award Best Actor collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

His notable works include The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, American Graffiti, Down And Out In Beverly Hills, America Betrayed, and The two Georges. Dreyfuss has received the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has also been nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. He is married to Jeramie Rain and has three children.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 29 October 1947
Works: 9

Top works

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
American Graffiti
Down And Out In Beverly Hills
America Betrayed
The two Georges

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

Waltzing with Brando — Seymour Kraft2025
Into the Deep — Seamus2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life — Self2023
Sweetwater — Maurice Podoloff2023
Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony — Narrator (voice)2022
Murder at Yellowstone City — Edgar2022
Save Christmas — Santa2022
Every Last One of Them — Murphy2021

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Spouse: Jeramie Rain
Sibling: Lorin Dreyfuss
Occupation: stage actor
Educated at: Beverly Hills High School
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
Image: Richard Dreyfuss Cannes 2013.jpg
Height: 165
Number of children: 3
Residence: Encinitas

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Commons category: Richard Dreyfuss
date of birth: 1947-10-29
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
ethnic group: American Jews
medical condition: bipolar disorder
name in native language: Richard Stephen Dreyfuss
start of work period: 1964-00-00
social media followers: 133024
writing language: English language
handedness: left-handedness

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Encyclopedic overview

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (/ˈdraɪfəs/ DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe.

Dreyfuss rose to prominence with starring roles in American Graffiti (1973), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Jaws (1975), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elliot Garfield in the 1977 romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl, and was Oscar-nominated in the same category for his title role in the 1995 drama Mr. Holland's Opus. His other film credits include The Competition (1980), Stand by Me (1986), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Stakeout (1987), Nuts (1987), Always (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), What About Bob? (1991), The American President (1995), Poseidon (2006) , W. (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), and Red (2010).

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