Richard Dreyfuss
  • Birthplace

    Brooklyn, New York, USA

  • Birthday
    October 29, 1947

    Deathday
    N/A

Richard Dreyfuss

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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Richard Dreyfuss awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
1996 Annie Awards Nominee Annie Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting (Richard Dreyfuss) James and the Giant Peach
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actor (Richard Dreyfuss) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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