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Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Actor·b. 1947·Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

7 horror credits

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.

Actor7 films

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2025
Into the Deep

Into the Deep

Seamus

2025
Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

Matthew Boyd

2010 3.0
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary

1977 4.1
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)

1977 3.5
Jaws

Jaws

Hooper

1975 4.3
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

1967