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Early life. Dreyfuss was born on October 29, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, the second and younger son of Norman Dreyfuss (1920–2013), an attorney, restaurateur and plastics company owner originally from a "violent gang culture in Brooklyn", [2] and Geraldine ( née Robbins; 1921–2000), [3] a peace activist.
Richard Dreyfuss is an American leading man, who has played his fair share of irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers. He was born Richard Stephen Dreyfus in Brooklyn, New York, to Geraldine (Robbins), an activist, and Norman Dreyfus, a restaurateur and attorney.
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Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He is best known for starring in popular films between the 1970s and 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Tin Men, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob?, and Mr. Holland's Opus .
YearFilmRole1967Assistant stage manager1967Boarding House Resident1968Terry1969Harold WebsterMay 28, 2024 · Richard Dreyfuss, American film actor who often played ordinary men driven to emotional extremes. Some of his best-known movies included Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Goodbye Girl (1977), and Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995). Read more about Dreyfuss’s life and career.
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- Richard Dreyfuss is an American film actor known for his portrayals of ordinary men driven to emotional extremes and was one of the top stars of th...
- Richard Dreyfuss gave an Academy Award-winning performance in the Neil Simon comedy The Goodbye Girl (1977); at age 29, he became the then youngest...
- In George Lucas’s American Graffiti (1973), Richard Dreyfuss had his breakthrough role, as an intelligent, angst-ridden high-school graduate. The c...
- Richard Dreyfuss attended San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California, for a year to study drama and shortly thereafter won a recurri...
Richard Dreyfuss reflects on his storied career, including roles in The Graduate, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, W., Daughter of...
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Wonderful actor, Richard Dreyfuss is one an amazing group of artists who impacted the decade of the 70's in a significant manner. (See my list: The Actors of the 70's; 10 guys who changed....everything.) The performances of the likebale Richard Dreyfuss have been consistently excellent.
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
