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