Richard Dreyfuss

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RECENT CREDITS

My Life in Ruins (FILM) Jun. 5, 2009

W. (FILM) Oct. 17, 2008

America Betrayed (FILM) Aug. 15, 2008

Real Time With Bill Maher (TV) Nov. 17, 2006

Poseidon (FILM) May. 12, 2006

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HIGHLIGHTS

Was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War; performed his alternative service at Los Angeles County General Hospital.

Began his acting career with appearances on '60s sitcoms like Karen and Bewitched.

In 1978, the 30-year-old actor was the youngest person to win a Best Actor Oscar, for The Goodbye Girl. That record held until 29-year-old Adrien Brody won for The Pianist in 2003.

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Sweetwater -Abe Saperstein

Actor

Film

W. 2008 -Dick Cheney

Actor

Film

Poseidon 2006 -Richard Nelson

Actor

Film

Silver City 2004 -Chuck Raven

Actor

Film

Who Is Cletis Tout? 2002 -Micah

Actor

Film

The Crew 2000 -Bobby Bartellemeo

Actor

Film

What About Bob? 1991 -Dr. Leo Marvin

Actor

Film

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1991 -Player King

Actor

Film

Once Around 1991 -Sam Sharpe

Producer, Actor

Film

Postcards from the Edge 1990 -Dr. Frankenthal

Actor

Film

Always 1989 -Pete Sandich

Actor

Film

Let It Ride 1989 -Trotter

Actor

Film

Moon over Parador 1988 -Jack Noah

Actor

Film

Nuts 1987 -Aaron Levinsky

Actor

Film

Stakeout 1987 -Chris Lecce

Actor

Film

Tin Men 1987 -Bill "BB" Babowsky

Actor

Film

Stand by Me 1986 -The Writer

Actor

Film

Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986 -Dave Whiteman

Actor

Film

Big Valley -Lud Akely

Actor

Class of the 20th Century

Host

Dawn of Man

Narrator

Education of Max Bickford 2001-2002 -Max Bickford

Actor

One More Time (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

The Egg and I (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

The Bad Girl (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Murder of the First (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Past, Present, Future (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

An Open Book (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Genesis (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Money Changes Everything (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Episode Twelve (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

The Cost of Living (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

The Good, the Bad and the Lawyers (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Save the Country (2002) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

It's Not the Wrapping, It's the Candy (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

A Very Great Man (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Revisionism (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Do It Yourself (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

In the Details (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Hearts and Minds (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Who Is Breckenridge Long? (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Pilot Episode (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Herding Cats (2001) -Max Bickford

Actor

TV Episode

Fail Safe -The President

Actor

Family Guy -Himself

Voice

Johnstown Flood

Narrator

Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington

Host

Papal Concert to Commemorate the Holocaust

Narrator

Prisoner of Honor

Actor

Saturday Night Live

Host

Richard Dreyfuss; Jimmy Buffett; Gary Tigerman (1978) -Host

Host

TV Episode

The Day Reagan Was Shot -Alexander Haig

Actor

America Betrayed 2008 -Narrator

Voice

Film

The Old Man Who Read Stories 2001 -Antonio Bolivar

Actor

Film

Krippendorf's Tribe 1998 -James Krippendorf

Actor

Film

Addicted to Love 1997 -astronomer

Actor

Film

Night Falls on Manhattan 1997 -Sam Vigoda

Actor

Film

Mad Dog Time 1996 -Vic

Actor

Film

James and the Giant Peach 1996 -Centipede

Voice

Film

Mr. Holland's Opus 1996 -Glenn Holland

Actor

Film

The American President 1995 -Senator Bob Rumson

Actor

Film

Silent Fall 1994 -Jake Rainer

Actor

Film

Quiz Show 1994

Executive Producer

Film

Another Stakeout 1993 -Chris Lecce

Actor

Film

Lost in Yonkers 1993 -Uncle Louie

Actor

Film

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 -Roy Neary

Actor

Film

Inserts 1976 -Boy Wonder

Actor

Film

Jaws 1975 -Matt Hooper

Actor

Film

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1974 -Duddy

Actor

Film

American Graffiti 1973 -Curt Henderson

Actor

Film

Hello Down There 1969 -Harold Webster

Actor

Film

The Young Runaways 1968 -Terry

Actor

Film

The Graduate 1967 -Hotel resident (uncredited)

Actor

Film

Valley of the Dolls 1967

Actor

Film

Victory at Entebbe -Col. Netanyahu

Actor

Film

Time Machine: Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington -Host

Actor

Film

Tin Man -Mystic Man

Actor

Film

Two for the Money

Actor

Film

Whose Life Is It Anyway? -Ken Harrison

Actor

Film

The Last Word -Larry

Actor

Film

The Day Reagan Was Shot -Alexander Haig

Actor

Film

The Goodbye Girl -Elliott Garfield

Actor

Film

The Second Coming of Suzanne -Clavius

Actor

Film

The Shadow of a Gunman

Actor

Film

The Universal Story -Narrator

Voice

Film

The Big Fix -Moses Wine

Producer, Actor

Film

The Buddy System -Joe

Actor

Film

The Competition -Paul Dietrich

Actor

Film

T.R.: An American Lion -Narrator

Voice

Film

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion, Part 1 -Theodore Roosevelt

Voice

Film

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion, Part 2 -Theodore Roosevelt

Voice

Film

Remember Pearl Harbor

Voice

Film

Prisoner of Honor -Colonel Ploquart

Actor

Film

NOVA: Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude -Narrator

Voice

Film

Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever -Narrator

Voice

Film

Oliver Twist -Fagin

Actor

Film

Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys -Scoop the Snowman

Voice

Film

Signs of the Time -Narrator

Voice

Film

Suzanne

Actor

Film

In Search of Peace Part One: 1948-1967

Voice

Film

Indian Summer

Actor

Film

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls

Actor

Film

Johnstown Flood -Narrator

Voice

Film

Lansky

Actor

Film

Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864 -William T. Sherman

Voice

Film

Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865 -William T. Sherman

Voice

Film

Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862 -William T. Sherman

Voice

Film

Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863 -William T. Sherman

Voice

Film

Call of the Wild -Narrator

Voice

Film

Citizen Stan the Action Man -narrator

Voice

Film

Coast to Coast -Barnaby Pierce

Actor

Film

Dillinger -Baby Face Nelson

Actor

Film

Fail Safe -President

Actor

Film

My Life in Ruins 2009

Actor

Film

Leaves of Grass

Actor

Film

Highlights

Was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War; performed his alternative service at Los Angeles County General Hospital.

Began his acting career with appearances on '60s sitcoms like Karen and Bewitched.

In 1978, the 30-year-old actor was the youngest person to win a Best Actor Oscar, for The Goodbye Girl. That record held until 29-year-old Adrien Brody won for The Pianist in 2003.

Made his directorial debut with a 1994 production of Hamlet for England's Birmingham Theatre Company.

Has said he patterns his work after Spencer Tracy, Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni.