As Actor
Leaves of Grass
2009
6.0
Richard Dreyfuss
Acting
Birth date
October 29, 1947
Birth place
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.
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My Life in Ruins
2009
6.1
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The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
2009
7.2
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W.
2008
6.2
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
6.0
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Poseidon
2006
5.9
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
7.8
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Silver City
2004
6.1
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
7.5
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Coast to Coast
2004
6.6
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Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
5.0
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The Johnstown Flood
2003
6.0
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
6.4
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001
5.8
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Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
5.9
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
6.9
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
6.6
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Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000
7.5
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The Crew
2000
5.5
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Fail Safe
2000
7.0