Richard Dreyfuss
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 29, 1947 (77 years old)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
An American actor best known for starring in a number of 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. Dreyfuss 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.
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Actor Micah Donnelly
Who Is Cletis Tout?
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Actor Alexander Haig
The Day Reagan Was Shot
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Actor Scoop the Snowman (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Actor Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
In Search of Peace
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Actor Sam Vigoda
Night Falls on Manhattan
Actor Fagin
Oliver Twist
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
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Frank Capra's American Dream
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In the Teeth of Jaws
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
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Oliver Twist
