
Richard Dreyfuss
Known For
Acting
Born
1947-10-29 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For

Family Guy
as Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)

Family Guy
as Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

The Daily Show
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

The View
as Self

Great Performances
as Self

Bewitched

Weeds
as Warren Schiff

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Big Valley
as Lud

Parenthood
as Gilliam T. Blount

The Oscars
as Self

Bubble Guppies
as Captain Acrab

Ben Casey

Gunsmoke
as Gearshon Gorofsky

Jaws
as Hooper

The Wonderful World of Disney

Stars in the House
as Self