Richard Dreyfuss

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.... more

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1979

1988

Breakthrough Years

1973

His charismatic performance as Curt Henderson in American Graffiti was his breakout role.

1975

Starred in Jaws, launching him to mainstream stardom as a charismatic and bankable leading actor.

1977

Close Encounters and Oscar-winning The Goodbye Girl cemented his status as a charismatic leading man.