Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Dreyfuss is an American Actor well known for his roles in Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and American Graffiti. He continues to be an active actor, recently appearing in W. as Dick Cheney as well as several roles on Television shows such as Weeds and Family Guy.

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Actor Credits (74) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2010 Red Alexander Dunning
2010 Leaves of Grass Pug Rothbaum
2010 Piranha 3-D Matt Boyd
2009 Rove Live (1) Hooper
2009 My Life in Ruins Irv
2009 Family Guy (1) Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator
2008 W. Dick Cheney
2007 Tin Man (3) Mystic Man
2006 Real Time with Bill Maher (1) Himself
2006 The Tony Danza Show (1) Himself
2006 Poseidon Richard Nelson
2006 HBO First Look (1)
2004 The Frank Skinner Show (1)
2004 Silver City Chuck Raven
2002 E! True Hollywood Story (1) Himself
2002 The Education of Max Bickford (22)
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Micah Tobias
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Scoop the Snowman (Narrator)
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Antonio Bolivar
2000 The Crew Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
1999 Lansky Meyer Lansky
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Krippendorf
1997 Oliver Twist Fagin
1997 Night Falls on Manhattan Sam Vigoda
1997 Life and Times (1) Himself - Narrator
1996 Mad Dog Time
1996 James and the Giant Peach Centipede
1996 Mr. Holland's Opus Glenn Holland
1995 The American President Senator Bob Rumson
1994 The Great Battles of the Civil War Narrator
1994 Silent Fall Dr. Jake Rainer
1993 Another Stakeout Detective Chris Lecce
1993 Lost in Yonkers Louie Kurnitz
1992 The American Experience (1)
1991 What About Bob? Dr. Leo Marvin
1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead The Player
1990 Postcards from the Edge Doctor Frankenthal
1990 American Chronicles Narrator
1989 Always Pete Sandich
1989 Let It Ride Jay Trotter
1988 Moon Over Parador Jack Noah / President Alphonse Simms
1987 Nuts Aaron Levinsky
1987 Stakeout Det. Chris Lecce
1987 Tin Men Bill 'BB' Babowsky
1986 Stand by Me The Writer
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills David 'Dave' Whiteman
1982 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Ken Harrison
1980 The Competition Paul Dietrich
1978 Saturday Night Live (1) Himself - Host / Various
1978 The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield
1978 The Big Fix
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Neary
1977 The Sentinel Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater
1976 Victory at Entebbe Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
1976 Inserts Boy Wonder
1975 Jaws Matt Hooper
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Duddy
1974 The Second Coming of Suzanne Clavius
1973 American Graffiti Curt Henderson
1973 A Touch of Grace (1)
1973 Gunsmoke (1)
1973 The Mod Squad (0)
1973 Dillinger
1971 The Young Lawyers (1)
1970 Room 222 (1)
1970 The Young Runaways Terry
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (0)
1967 The Graduate Boarding House Resident
1967 Valley of the Dolls Assistant Stage Manager
1967 The Big Valley (1)
1966 Bewitched (0)
1966 Gidget (1)
1965 Ben Casey (1)
1962 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1)
Producer Credits (2) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2002 The Education of Max Bickford (21)
1994 Quiz Show executive producer
General Information Edit
Credited Name Richard Dreyfuss
Gender Male
Birthday Oct. 29, 1949
Death
Primary Role Actor
Hometown San Diego
Country United States of America
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