Richard Dreyfuss
Actor

Richard Dreyfuss

October 29, 1947 · 79 y.o. Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Oscar1978
Golden Globe1978
BAFTA1979
17works on TOMO
3major awards
8.1best: Jaws

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.

Career at a glance

Active years

1973 — now
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Peak: 2010sTotal: 17 works
52yrs career
17films
Dramatop genre

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