10/29/1947
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA:
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (nato il 29 ottobre 1947 a New York) è un attore statunitense, attivo nel cinema, in televisione e a teatro dalla fine degli anni Sessanta. Dopo i primi ruoli televisivi, si afferma sul grande schermo grazie a film come American Graffiti (1973) e Lo squalo (1975), diventando uno degli attori più riconoscibili del cinema americano degli anni Settanta. Nel 1977 recita in Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo di Steven Spielberg e nello stesso anno interpreta il protagonista di Goodbye Girl, ruolo che gli vale l'Oscar come miglior attore, rendendolo all'epoca il più giovane vincitore della categoria. Successivamente continua a lavorare in produzioni di successo come Stakeout - Indagine ad alto rischio, Always - Per sempre e What About Bob?. Nel 1995 ottiene una seconda candidatura all'Oscar come miglior attore per Mr. Holland's Opus, nel quale interpreta un insegnante di musica che dedica gran parte della propria vita ai suoi studenti. Nel corso della carriera riceve inoltre un Golden Globe e un BAFTA Award, consolidando la sua presenza sia nel cinema drammatico sia nella commedia. Dreyfuss ha lavorato anche intensamente in televisione e a teatro, partecipando a film per la televisione e serie come The Education of Max Bickford e Madoff. Tra le sue interpretazioni cinematografiche più note figurano inoltre The Goodbye Girl, Stand by Me - Ricordo di un'estate, Poseidon Adventure e Silver City. Con una carriera lunga oltre cinquant'anni, Richard Dreyfuss ha attraversato generi e generazioni del cinema americano, distinguendosi soprattutto per la sua capacità di alternare ruoli drammatici, commedie e personaggi intensi.
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Into the Deep (2025) as Seamus |
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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life (2023) as Self |
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Sweetwater (2023) as Maurice Podoloff |
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Commitment to Life (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
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Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony (2022) as Narrator (voice) |
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Save Christmas (2022) as Santa |
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Murder at Yellowstone City (2022) as Edgar |
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Every Last One of Them (2021) as Murphy |
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Crime Story (2021) as Ben Myers |
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Audrey (2020) as Self - Actor |
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Astronaut (2019) as Angus |
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Daughter of the Wolf (2019) as Father |
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Polar (2019) as Porter |
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The Last Laugh (2019) as Buddy Green |
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Asher (2018) as Avi |
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Bayou Caviar (2018) as Yuri |
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Third Party President: Citizen Rocky (2018) as Self |
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Book Club (2018) as George |
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Spielberg (2017) as Self |
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Zipper (2015) as George Hiller |
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Squatters (2014) as David Silverman |
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Caserta Palace Dream (2014) as Luigi Vanvitelli |
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Cas & Dylan (2013) as Dr. Cas Pepper |
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Paranoia (2013) as Frank Cassidy |
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Milius (2013) as Self |
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Very Good Girls (2013) as Danny |
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Casting By (2012) as Self |
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The Two Million Year Old Boy (2011) as Narrator |
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RED (2010) as Alexander Dunning |
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Piranha 3D (2010) as Matthew Boyd |
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Jaws: The Inside Story (2010) as Self |
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The Lightkeepers (2009) as Seth |
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Leaves of Grass (2009) as Pug Rothbaum |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) |
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My Life in Ruins (2009) as Irv Gideon |
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The Shark Is Still Working (2009) as Self |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) as Self |
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American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist (2009) as Self |
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W. (2008) as Dick Cheney |
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America Betrayed (2008) as Narrator |
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Ocean of Fear (2007) as Narrator |
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Spielberg on Spielberg (2007) as Self (archive footage) |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) as Self |
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007) as Self |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006) as Self |
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The Dish on Dolls (2006) as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage) |
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Poseidon (2006) as Richard Nelson |
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005) as Self - Actor |
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Silver City (2004) as Chuck Raven |
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) as Narrator |
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Coast to Coast (2004) as Barnaby Pierce |
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Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion (2003) as Theodore Roosevelt |
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self |
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The John Garfield Story (2003) as Self |
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The Johnstown Flood (2003) as narrator |
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Manassas: End of Innocence (2002) as Narrator |
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The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) as Alexander Haig |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) as Self |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) as Scoop the Snowman (voice) |
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In Search of Peace (2001) as Yitzhak Rabin (voice) |
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Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) as Micah Donnelly |
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001) as Self |
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) as Antonio Bolivar |
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Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me (2000) as Self |
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The Crew (2000) as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator |
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Fail Safe (2000) as President |
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Lansky (1999) as Meyer Lansky |
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998) as Narrator |
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The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998) as Self |
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Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) as Prof. Krippendorf |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) as Narrator (voice) |
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Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) as Self |
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Oliver Twist (1997) as Fagin |
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997) as Self |
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Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) as Sam Vigoda |
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997) as Self |
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In the Teeth of Jaws (1997) as Self |
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Mad Dog Time (1996) as Vic |
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The Universal Story (1996) as Self |
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James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Centipede (voice) |
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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) as Glenn Holland |
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The Making of 'Jaws' (1995) as Self |
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The American President (1995) as Senator Rumson |
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The Last Word (1995) as Larry |
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Silent Fall (1994) as Dr. Jake Rainer |
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994) as Self |
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Another Stakeout (1993) as Det. Chris Lecce |
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Lost in Yonkers (1993) as Louie Kurnitz |
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Lincoln (1992) as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) |
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Prisoner of Honor (1991) as Col. Picquart |
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What About Bob? (1991) as Dr. Leo Marvin |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) as The Player |
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Once Around (1991) as Sam Sharpe |
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Postcards from the Edge (1990) as Dr. Frankenthal |
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Always (1989) as Pete Sandich |
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Let It Ride (1989) as Jay Trotter |
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Moon Over Parador (1988) as Jack Noah |
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Nuts (1987) as Aaron Levinsky |
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) as Self |
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Stakeout (1987) as Det. Chris Lecce |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self |
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Tin Men (1987) as Bill 'BB' Babowsky |
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Citizen Steve (1987) as Jedediah |
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Stand by Me (1986) as The Writer |
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) as Dave Whiteman |
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An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986) as |
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self |
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The Buddy System (1984) as Joe |
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) as Ken Harrison |
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The Competition (1980) as Paul Dietrich |
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The Big Fix (1978) as Moses Wine |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as Roy Neary |
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The Goodbye Girl (1977) as Elliot Garfield |
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The Sentinel (1977) as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited) |
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The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (1977) as |
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The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' (1977) as Self |
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Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu |
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Jaws (1975) as Hooper |
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Inserts (1975) as Boy Wonder |
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New England Our Way (1974) as Self |
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The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) as Clavius |
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) as Duddy |
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Me (1973) as Greg |
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American Graffiti (1973) as Curt Henderson |
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Dillinger (1973) as Baby Face Nelson |
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Catch-22 (1973) as Yossarian |
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The Shadow of a Gunman (1972) as Tommy Owen |
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Two for the Money (1972) as Morris Gap |
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Hello Down There (1969) as Harold Webster |
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The Young Runaways (1968) as Terry |
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Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) |
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The Graduate (1967) as Boarding House Resident (uncredited) |
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Killing Winston Jones () as Winston Jones |
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I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War () as Self |
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Murder at Yellowstone City (2022) Executive Producer |
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Every Last One of Them (2021) Executive Producer |
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Crime Story (2021) Executive Producer |
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Astronaut (2019) Executive Producer |
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Oliver Twist (1997) Co-Producer |
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Present Tense, Past Perfect (1995) Director |
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Quiz Show (1994) Executive Producer |
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Once Around (1991) Co-Producer |
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) Writer |
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) Producer |
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The Big Fix (1978) Producer |