Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is 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, 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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Movie		Character	Year
	American Graffiti	Curt Henderson	1973
	Jaws	Matt Hooper	1975
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Roy Neary	1977
	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	David 'Dave' Whiteman	1986
	Stand by Me	Gordon Lachance als Erwachsener	1986
	Stakeout	Det. Chris Lecce	1987
	Always	Pete Sandich	1989
	Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead	The Player	1990
	Once Around	Sam	1991
	The American President	Senator Bob Rumson	1995
	Mr. Holland's Opus	Glenn Holland	1995
	James and the Giant Peach	Centipede (voice)	1996
	Oliver Twist	Fagin	1997
	Night Falls on Manhattan	Sam Vigoda	1997
	The Crew	Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator	2000
	Walking the Tracks: The Summer of 'Stand by Me'	Himself	2000
	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories		2001
	Poseidon	Richard Nelson	2006
	The Shark is Still Working	Himself	2007
	Tin Man	Mystic Man	2007
	W.	Dick Cheney	2008
	My Life in Ruins	Irv	2009
	Piranha	Matt Boyd	2010
	Red	Alexander Dunning	2010
	Very Good Girls	Danny	2013