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Richard Dreyfuss, born in 1947, has carved a versatile career in film, television, and theater since the 1960s. Roles in classics like American Graffiti, Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind cemented his status, while his Academy Award for Best Actor for The Goodbye Girl and subsequent nominations underscore his enduring talent. Beyond cinema, Dreyfuss's television work has garnered him Golden Globe and BAFTA accolades, solidifying his reputation as a consummate performer capable of nuanced, memorable turns across mediums.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Waltzing with Brando | Seymour Kraft | Film |
| 2020 | Audrey | Self - Actor | Film |
| 2020 | Jaws Toy Movie | Matt Hooper (voice) | Film |
| 2019 | The Last Laugh | Buddy Green | Film |
| 2019 | Polar | Porter | Film |
| 2018 | Book Club | George | Film |
| 2015 | Zipper | George Hiller | Film |
| 2014 | Squatters | David Silverman | Film |
| 2013 | Milius | Self | Film |
| 2013 | Very Good Girls | Danny | Film |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Frank Cassidy | Film |
| 2012 | Coma | Professor Hillside | TV |
| 2011 | The Two Million Year Old Boy | Narrator | Film |
| 2010 | Jaws: The Inside Story | Self | Film |
| 2010 | Piranha 3D | Matthew Boyd | Film |
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins | Irv Gideon | Film |
| 2009 | The Lightkeepers | Seth | Film |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass | Pug Rothbaum | Film |
| 2009 | The Shark Is Still Working | Self | Film |
| 2008 | America Betrayed | Narrator | Film |
| 2008 | W. | Dick Cheney | Film |
| 2007 | Spielberg on Spielberg | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2007 | Ocean of Fear | Narrator | Film |
| 2007 | Tin Man | Mystic Man | TV |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | Film |
| 2006 | The Dish on Dolls | Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage) | Film |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Richard Nelson | Film |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self - Actor | Film |
| 2004 | A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | Narrator | Film |
| 2004 | Silver City | Chuck Raven | Film |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 2003 | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | Film |
| 2001 | The Education of Max Bickford | Max Bickford | TV |
| 2001 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys | Scoop the Snowman (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | In Search of Peace | Yitzhak Rabin (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Alexander Haig | Film |
| 2001 | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Who Is Cletis Tout? | Micah Donnelly | Film |
| 2001 | The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | Antonio Bolivar | Film |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | President | Film |
| 2000 | The Crew | Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator | Film |
| 2000 | Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Self | Film |
| 1999 | Lansky | Meyer Lansky | Film |
| 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | Prof. Krippendorf | Film |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Sam Vigoda | Film |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | Film |
| 1997 | The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | Film |
| 1997 | In the Teeth of Jaws | Self | Film |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Vic | Film |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Centipede (voice) | Film |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland | Film |
| 1995 | The American President | Senator Rumson | Film |
| 1995 | The Last Word | Larry | Film |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | Film |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | Film |
| 1994 | Silent Fall | Dr. Jake Rainer | Film |
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | Film |
| 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | Louie Kurnitz | Film |
| 1991 | Once Around | Sam Sharpe | Film |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Col. Picquart | Film |
| 1991 | What About Bob? | Dr. Leo Marvin | Film |
| 1990 | American Chronicles | narrator | TV |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Dr. Frankenthal | Film |
| 1989 | Let It Ride | Jay Trotter | Film |
| 1989 | Always | Pete Sandich | Film |
| 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Jack Noah | Film |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Bill 'BB' Babowsky | Film |
| 1987 | Nuts | Aaron Levinsky | Film |
| 1987 | Citizen Steve | Jedediah | Film |
| 1987 | Stakeout | Det. Chris Lecce | Film |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Dave Whiteman | Film |
| 1986 | Stand by Me | The Writer | Film |
| 1984 | The Buddy System | Joe | Film |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Ken Harrison | Film |
| 1980 | The Competition | Paul Dietrich | Film |
| 1978 | The Big Fix | Moses Wine | Film |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited) | Film |
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | Film |
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