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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, and The Goodbye Girl.Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl (1977), 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. Full Name | Richard Dreyfuss |
Net Worth | $55 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 29, 1947 |
Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
Height | 1.65 m |
Profession | Television producer, Film producer, Voice Actor |
Work Position | Awards for Richard Dreyfuss |
Education | California State University, Northridge, Beverly Hills High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Svetlana Erokhin, Janelle Lacey, Jeramie Rain |
Children | Ben Dreyfuss, Emily Dreyfuss, Harry Dreyfuss |
Parents | Geraldine Dreyfuss, Norman Dreyfuss |
Siblings | Lorin Dreyfuss |
Nicknames | Richard Dreyfuss, Dreyfuss, Richard |
http://www.twitter.com/richarddreyfuss | |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0000377 |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or T... |
Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outs... |
Movies | Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Mr. Holland's Opus, American Graffiti, What About Bob?, Stakeout, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Stand by Me, Once Around, Tin Men, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Let It Ride, Moon over Parador, Postcards from the Edge, Piranha 3D, Kr... |
TV Shows | Madoff, Your Family or Mine, The Education of Max Bickford, American Chronicles, Karen |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Short stature |
2 | Often works with Steven Spielberg. |
3 | Low-pitched nasal voice |
4 | Often plays characters who see themselves as intellectuals |
5 | Often plays wisecracking, fast talking characters |
Title | Salary |
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What About Bob? (1991) | $5,000,000 |
American Graffiti (1973) | $480 /week |
# | Quote |
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1 | Film acting is about the hollowest experience you can have as an actor. When you do a film, it's out of order and sequence and everyone around you is working -- even directors now are behind the little video thing -- so you're alone. You're working for yourself. |
2 | I wouldn't recommend to a young actor anymore to become an actor because I think the film industry has changed so terribly. The tools in the director's tool kit used to be story, dialogue, character... after that came cinematography and editing. Now it's special effects, editing and we [actors] are way down at the bottom part. |
3 | When I saw Jaws (1975) for the first time, I forgot I was in it. It scared the crap out of me. That night, I heard something I'd never heard before. They [the audience] went crazy, and then they silently watched the scroll and then they clapped again. |
4 | I much prefer the stage. Much. But I also prefer being paid. I like being paid as a screen actor but working on the stage. |
5 | I'd like to reinvent radio the way Orson Welles did. I'd like to do Hamlet or I'd like to do a master-class in Hamlet, or I'd like to do something with history. |
6 | I always knew I was going to be an actor and that was that - no doubts, no uncertainties, no changing my mind. And that was when I was like, nine, ten. And it never changed. |
7 | Acting is the only art form that is based entirely on pretense. The clothes you're wearing are not yours, the words you're saying are not yours, you pretend that you don't see the stagehand and you pretend you don't see the audience - and the audience pretends you're not actors, that you're real life. And that house of pretense creates art and truth. And it is an amazing feeling to make people laugh or make people cry. |
8 | It's really a mitzvah for the actor to know when you make people laugh, you are giving them a gift. You are, as Shakespeare said, giving surcease from sorrow. And that's an easy thing to fall in love with. |
9 | [on The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)] It was the first time I'd ever seen myself in a feature film as a lead, and all I could remember was the bad moments that I didn't succeed at. I didn't really see the film and the performance as a whole until about ten years later. |
10 | I always knew that I could be a star for this whole audience that didn't relate to John Wayne or Al Pacino. An urban, progressive, intellectually-oriented audience, not too macho, people who read, people who listen to Paul Simon and Randy Newman. People like me. |
11 | [2009] Jaws (1975), first time I saw it, I forgot I was in it. True. Totally forgot, and got as scared as everybody else, and it's a great movie. I learned a shitload about my whole life, and I watched Steven [Steven Spielberg] go from being a boy to being a man. He was under so much pressure you couldn't believe. And his shark never worked, so they had to re-conceive as they went, and it was because of that mind-fuck that he made a great film. |
12 | [2009, on What About Bob? (1991)] Funny movie. Terribly unpleasant experience. We didn't get along, me and Bill Murray. But I've got to give it to him: I don't like him, but he makes me laugh, even now. I'm also jealous that he's a better golfer than I am. |
13 | [2009, on The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)] I thought I was miscast. He's a character I could empathize with. He's totally human. A physically bigger person should have played him, but it was fun, and it was especially fun because it was true, and it was a really well-written script in that way. But playing him... You know, every actor wants to play the villain. The trick is not to wink at the audience and say, "I'm not him". |
14 | [on James Stewart] You personify for me part of this nation. You symbolize an America that is gentle, ironic, self-deprecating, tough, and emotional. |
15 | [on Steven Spielberg] Steven Spielberg is the only person I've come across who fits my criteria of genius. And I don't throw that word around. Genius is imagination and attention to detail. The ability to achieve to the minutest detail what you perceive in your imagination. I don't think there's another person on earth who's as great a plot structuralist or better storyteller. |
16 | Behind all art is ego and I am an artist and I am unique. |
17 | I enjoyed the journey to the top but then found myself disappointed. |
18 | The motion picture business is run by corporate thieves. |
19 | [on Bette Midler] I loved working with Bette. I rarely get to have a good leading lady and Bette and Marsha Mason are the best. I'd work with them again anytime. |
20 | I don't think film acting is necessarily a triumph of technique. Film stardom is a friendship that happens between an audience and a performer. Its like you meet someone and you click with that person for whatever reason. |
21 | Actually, when I was a kid I was really more aware of the star and the handprints in Grauman's Chinese more than I was aware of anything else, including the Oscar. I wanted to have a star. I wanted to be able to see, you know, old gum on my star. |
22 | Happiness has a bum rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. |
23 | I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance. |
24 | [In 1976] People who commit adultery must die. Everyone knows that. Any movie tells you that! |
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1 | His novel The Two Georges (1995), a steampunk detective thriller co written with Harry Turtledove, was allegedly optioned for a mini series by the UK's Granada Television in the late 1990s, but nothing ever came of this. |
2 | Got his role in Close Encounters of the Third Kind after it was turned down by Al Pacino and Gene Hackman. |
3 | He was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for the play, "The Hands of Its Enemy", at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
4 | He was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue for Outstanding Performance for "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
5 | Jane Fonda's role in The China Syndrome (1979) was originally written with Dreyfuss in mind. After he backed out of the project, due to salary concerns, the role was rewritten as female and was eventually played by Jane Fonda. |
6 | He was awarded the 1996 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Lead Performance for "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
7 | As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: American Graffiti (1973), Jaws (1975) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). |
8 | His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Austria-Hungary, while his maternal grandparents were born in New York, both of them to Russian Jewish families. |
9 | Keynote speaker at the Dedication Day ceremonies at the Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 20, 2009. |
10 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 10, 1996. |
11 | Became a father for the third time at age 42 when his now first ex-wife Jeramie Rain gave birth to their son Harry Dreyfuss in August 1990. |
12 | Became a father for the second time at age 38 when his now first ex-wife Jeramie Rain gave birth to their son Ben Dreyfuss in June 1986. |
13 | Became a father for the first time at age 36 when his now first ex-wife Jeramie Rain gave birth to their daughter Emily Dreyfuss in November 1983. |
14 | Got his role as Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) which was turned down by Al Pacino and Gene Hackman. |
15 | Co-wrote a 1997 novel, "The Two Georges", with Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer, Harry Turtledove. The novel is an alternate history, based on the premise that the American Revolution was not successful, and America is still part of the British Empire. |
16 | His Oscar-winning performance in The Goodbye Girl (1977) was based on his good friend, Harlan Ellison. |
17 | While filming Moon Over Parador (1988) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1987, he stayed at the world-famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. |
18 | Because of memory loss problems, as a result of his drug addiction in the 1970s and 1980s, during the brief run of "Complicit" at the Old Vic in 2009, he controversially used an earpiece to enable the prompter to feed him his lines during performances. The play, co-starring Elizabeth McGovern and David Suchet, and directed by Kevin Spacey, was widely ridiculed in the British press as a result. Commenting on his many fluffed lines, the Daily Mail's theatre reviewer quipped, "We're going to need a bigger earpiece.". |
19 | Has one son with Jeramie Rain: Ben Dreyfuss. |
20 | Lives in San Diego, California. |
21 | In The Buddy System (1984), he played a truant officer who was a mentor to Wil Wheaton's character, in Wheaton's first film. Two years later, he played an adult version of Wheaton's character in Stand by Me (1986). |
22 | Attended California State University, Northridge along with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) co-star, Teri Garr. |
23 | Passed on two sequels from films he made in the early/mid-1970s: American Graffiti (1973) and Jaws (1975)... the sequels being More American Graffiti (1979) and Jaws 2 (1978), both of which came out in the late 1970s. In each sequel, his character is briefly mentioned as being away in a region with a cold climate... his American Graffiti character, "Curt", is in Canada and his Jaws character, "Hooper", is on an expedition in Alaska. In both sequels, most of the original cast has returned to reprise their roles. Also, each original film was directed by two groundbreaking filmmakers, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg (both making their mark in the industry); and both sequels were directed by another director. |
24 | Was married to Svetlana Erokhin in Harrisonburg, Virginia while in town for a speaking engagement at James Madison Univeristy. |
25 | Was originally cast in the role of Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979), but left the production during the rehearsal stage. |
26 | Was once played by Darrell Hammond in a skit on Saturday Night Live (1975). Hammond played Dreyfuss auditioning to play C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). |
27 | During his struggling actor years, he was constantly subjected to the ridicule of Hollywood casting directors after auditioning. The actor had written up a little list of their names which he kept as a reminder that he would eventually find success. |
28 | During 2004-2005, he took a short break from acting to lecture at Oxford University. |
29 | In Stakeout (1987), his and Emilio Estevez's characters were quoting famous movie lines. Estevez said "This was no boating accident!" referring to Dreyfuss's character in Jaws (1975). |
30 | Is a Civil War re-enactor. |
31 | October 18, 2004: Dropped out of his role as Max Bialystock in "The Producers" in a London production. He cited a continuing problem following back surgery and a recurring shoulder injury. He was replaced by Nathan Lane. |
32 | One of six actors to appear in films directed by both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg (the others are Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Christopher Lee, Richard Dreyfuss and Samuel L. Jackson). Richard Dreyfuss is the only one whose films were not part of the "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones" series. |
33 | In 2004, he announced his retirement from film acting, and that he would concentrate on theater. He implied that he decided upon this course due to a lack of recent work in film and that his greater passion was always theater. |
34 | Had a serious drug problem in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One of the side effects was that his memory was damaged, so much so that he still has no memory of filming the movie, Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981). |
35 | Twice in his career he has left high profile musical productions due to his inabilty to cope with the physical demands of his roles. The first was in 1978 during pre-production of All That Jazz and most recently with the West End production of The Producers. |
36 | Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, David Schwimmer, Lenny Kravitz, Corbin Bernsen and Gina Gershon. |
37 | Claims to be a descendant of Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongfully imprisoned at the notorious Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana. |
38 | Uncle of Justin Dreyfuss and Natalie Dreyfuss. |
39 | Attributes much of his ability to end drug addiction to a life-altering vision experienced in hospital after a bad car crash. Under the influence of drugs while driving, Dreyfuss knew the crash was his fault. Though he was the only one injured, in his recovery state he was moved by the image of a beautiful little girl in a white dress. The girl served to remind him of the kind of innocent life he could have destroyed, and it compelled him to save his own life, he says, by confronting his drug demons. |
40 | Treated for infection in right lung in a New York City hospital [April-May 2002]. |
41 | Auditioned for the role as one of the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music (1965), but cannot dance. |
42 | Has a great dislike for rock music. |
43 | Born in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in Beverly Hills, California from an early age. |
44 | Was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. |
45 | Formerly, at age 30, the youngest man to win Oscar for Best Actor (The Goodbye Girl (1977)). He was beaten by Adrien Brody (29) at the 2003 ceremony. |
46 | Son of Geraldine Dreyfuss. |
47 | Younger brother of Lorin Dreyfuss. |
48 | Suffered a well-publicized drug problem in the early 1980s. |
49 | Ranked #81 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Nate & Al | 2018 | pre-production | Ruben Weiss |
Killing Winston Jones | 2018 | completed | Winston Jones |
Asher | 2017/II | pre-production | Avi |
Shots Fired | 2017 | TV Series | Arlen Cox |
Madoff | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Bernie Madoff |
The Killers: Dirt Sledding | 2015 | Video short | |
Your Family or Mine | 2015 | TV Series | Louis |
Zipper | 2015 | George Hiller | |
Squatters | 2014 | Video | David |
Caserta Palace Dream | 2014 | Short | Vanvitelli |
Cas & Dylan | 2013 | Dr. Cas Pepper | |
Paranoia | 2013/I | Frank Cassidy | |
Very Good Girls | 2013 | Danny | |
Coma | 2012 | TV Mini-Series | Professor Hillside |
Lone Star Trixie | 2011 | Short | Virgil |
Parenthood | 2011 | TV Series | Gilliam T. Blount |
Weeds | 2010 | TV Series | Warren Schiff |
RED | 2010 | Alexander Dunning | |
Piranha 3D | 2010 | Matt Boyd | |
Family Guy | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator |
The Lightkeepers | 2009 | Seth Atkins / Bascom | |
Leaves of Grass | 2009 | Pug Rothbaum | |
My Life in Ruins | 2009 | Irv | |
Happiness Isn't Everything | 2009 | TV Movie | Jerry Hamburger |
W. | 2008/I | Dick Cheney | |
Signs of the Time | 2008/I | Documentary | Narrator |
Tin Man | 2007 | TV Mini-Series | Mystic Man |
Ocean of Fear | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Poseidon | 2006 | Richard Nelson | |
Copshop | 2004 | TV Movie | Leonard Manzo |
Silver City | 2004 | Chuck Raven | |
Coast to Coast | 2003 | TV Movie | Barnaby Pierce |
The Education of Max Bickford | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Max Bickford |
The Day Reagan Was Shot | 2001 | TV Movie | Alexander Haig |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys | 2001 | Video | Scoop the Snowman (voice) |
Who Is Cletis Tout? | 2001 | Micah Tobias | |
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | 2001 | Antonio Bolivar | |
The Crew | 2000 | Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator | |
Fail Safe | 2000 | TV Movie | President |
Lansky | 1999 | TV Movie | Meyer Lansky |
Krippendorf's Tribe | 1998 | Krippendorf | |
The Wonderful World of Disney | 1997 | TV Series | Fagin |
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | 1997 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
Mad Dog Time | 1996 | Vic | |
Night Falls on Manhattan | 1996 | Sam Vigoda | |
James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Centipede (voice) | |
Mr. Holland's Opus | 1995 | Glenn Holland | |
The American President | 1995 | Senator Bob Rumson | |
The Last Word | 1995 | Larry | |
The Great Battles of the Civil War | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Silent Fall | 1994 | Dr. Jake Rainer | |
Another Stakeout | 1993 | Chris Lecce | |
Lost in Yonkers | 1993 | Louie Kurnitz | |
Lincoln | 1992 | TV Movie | William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) |
American Experience | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Prisoner of Honor | 1991 | TV Movie | Col. Picquart |
What About Bob? | 1991 | Dr. Leo Marvin | |
Once Around | 1991 | Sam Sharpe | |
Postcards from the Edge | 1990 | Doctor Frankenthal | |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | 1990 | The Player | |
Always | 1989 | Pete Sandich | |
Let It Ride | 1989 | Jay Trotter | |
Michael Jackson: Liberian Girl | 1989 | Video short | Richard Dreyfuss (uncredited) |
Moon Over Parador | 1988 | Jack Noah President Alphonse Simms | |
Nuts | 1987 | Aaron Levinsky | |
Stakeout | 1987 | Chris Lecce | |
Tin Men | 1987 | Bill 'BB' Babowsky | |
Stand by Me | 1986 | The Writer | |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills | 1986 | Dave Whiteman | |
The Buddy System | 1984 | Joe | |
Whose Life Is It Anyway? | 1981 | Ken Harrison | |
The Competition | 1980 | Paul Dietrich | |
Othello | 1979 | Video | Iago |
The Big Fix | 1978 | Moses Wine | |
The Goodbye Girl | 1977 | Elliot Garfield | |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Roy Neary | |
The Sentinel | 1977 | Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited) | |
Victory at Entebbe | 1976 | TV Movie | Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu |
Jaws | 1975 | Matt Hooper | |
Inserts | 1975 | Boy Wonder | |
The Second Coming of Suzanne | 1974 | Clavius | |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | Duddy | |
Me | 1973 | TV Movie | Greg |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 1973 | TV Series | Tony Injijikian |
American Graffiti | 1973 | Curt | |
Dillinger | 1973 | Baby Face Nelson | |
Catch-22 | 1973 | TV Movie | Capt. John Yossarian |
A Touch of Grace | 1973 | TV Series | Donald |
Gunsmoke | 1973 | TV Series | Gearshon Gorofsky |
Mod Squad | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Caleb Dunne / Curtis Bell |
The Shadow of a Gunman | 1972 | TV Movie | Tommy Owen |
Two for the Money | 1972 | TV Movie | Morris Gap |
You Are There | 1971 | TV Series | Riggs |
The Young Lawyers | 1971 | TV Series | Mike Chester |
Room 222 | 1970 | TV Series | Stan Siebert |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1970 | TV Series | Dr. Ralph Tolliver |
The New People | 1969 | TV Series | Dr. Owen Rudd |
Hello Down There | 1969 | Harold Webster | |
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | 1969 | TV Series | Mark Finley |
The Felony Squad | 1969 | TV Series | Herbie Aroon |
Judd for the Defense | 1968 | TV Series | Larry Corning |
The Young Runaways | 1968 | Terry | |
The Graduate | 1967 | Boarding House Resident (uncredited) | |
Valley of the Dolls | 1967 | Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) | |
The Second Hundred Years | 1967 | TV Series | Ben Jr. |
Hey, Landlord | 1967 | TV Series | Harold / Warren |
That Girl | 1967 | TV Series | Johnny Arthur |
Occasional Wife | 1967 | TV Series | Rudolph |
The Big Valley | 1967 | TV Series | Lud Akely |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1966 | TV Series | Glen |
Bewitched | 1966 | TV Series | Rodney |
Gidget | 1966 | TV Series | Norman |
Ben Casey | 1965 | TV Series | |
Peyton Place | 1965 | TV Series | Cap & Gown Student |
Karen | 1964 | TV Series | David Rowe III |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Lightkeepers | 2009 | executive producer | |
Copshop | 2004 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr | 2004 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington | 2001 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
The Education of Max Bickford | 2001 | TV Series producer | |
The Wonderful World of Disney | 1997 | TV Series co-producer - 1 episode | |
Quiz Show | 1994 | executive producer | |
Prisoner of Honor | 1991 | TV Movie producer | |
Once Around | 1991 | co-producer | |
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | 1987 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
The Big Fix | 1978 | producer |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Atop the Fourth Wall | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
My Life in Ruins | 2009 | performer: "Blue Skies" 1926 | |
James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | performer: "That's The Life", "Family", "Eating The Peach" | |
Mr. Holland's Opus | 1995 | performer: "STOUTHEARTED MEN", "I KNOW AN OLD LADY", "BEAUTIFUL BOY" | |
Once Around | 1991 | performer: "Fly Me to the Moon" | |
Always | 1989 | "Garryowen", uncredited | |
The Big Fix | 1978 | performer: "Animal Fair", "We Shall Not Be Moved", "L'Internationale" | |
Saturday Night Live | 1978 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Goodbye Girl | 1977 | performer: "How About You?" 1941 - uncredited | |
Jaws | 1975 | performer: "Show Me The Way To Go Home" - uncredited |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Present Tense, Past Perfect | 1995 | TV Short | |
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | |
Where the Girls Are | 1968 | TV Movie | |
Romp!!! | 1968 | TV Special |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Present Tense, Past Perfect | 1995 | TV Short |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Inserts | 1975 | production associate |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Jaws: The Inside Story | 2010 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | |
Inside Deep Throat | 2005 | Documentary special thanks | |
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road | 2002 | special thanks | |
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | 2000 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
The Best of Hollywood | 1998 | TV Movie documentary thanks | |
Apt Pupil | 1998 | special thanks | |
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' | 1995 | Video documentary special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Good Morning America | 1978-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Tavis Smiley | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The View | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Insider | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Extra | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Roske on Politics | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Huckabee | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Founder, The Dreyfuss Initiative / Himself |
Portrait from a Set | 2014 | Documentary short | Vanvitelli |
The Real History of Science Fiction | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Yulia: The One Who Never Broke Down | 2014 | Documentary short | Narrator |
Piers Morgan Tonight | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
Milius | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
Affairs Across America: The Ashley Madison Story | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
Casting By | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
Sabrina Parisi Awards & Fashion Facts | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Naked Science | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Shakespeare High | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
Weekend Today | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
The Jeffrey Henderson Show | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
Gentleman Gangster | 2010 | Documentary voice | |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Jaws: The Inside Story | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
SAG Foundation Conversations | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
No Stranger to Controversy: Oliver Stone's George W. Bush | 2009 | Video short | Himself - Dick Cheney |
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | 2009 | Documentary short | Himself |
70's Fever | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
2008 Britannia Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
America Betrayed | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
Rumble in the Jungle | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
A Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Host / Voice of Gustav Mahler |
18 in '08 | 2007 | Documentary short | Himself |
The Shark Is Still Working | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Shipmate's Diary | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Tony Danza Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
Poseidon: Upside Down | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
HypaSpace | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
HBO First Look | 2006 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
Unsung | 2006 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
The Reichen Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Central Park | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Richard Dreyfus |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
The Adventures of Errol Flynn | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor |
The First Amendment Project: No Joking | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Daily Politics | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
The Frank Skinner Show | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Coast to Coast: Behind the Scenes | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
Citizen Stan | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator |
Question Time | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | 2004 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
Biography | 1997-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Actor |
TR: An American Lion | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Theodore Roosevelt (voice) |
The John Garfield Story | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
Frankl's Choice | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
VH-1 Where Are They Now? | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Daily Show | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Manassas: End of Innocence | 2002 | Short documentary | Narrator (voice) |
CBS Cares | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Devil's Island: Hell on Earth | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself |
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | 2001 | TV Special short | Himself (uncredited) |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
In Search of Peace | 2001 | Documentary | Yitzhak Rabin (voice) |
Inside the Actors Studio | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
Hollywood, D.C. | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Howard Stern Radio Show | 2000 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself / Narrator |
The Laurence Olivier Awards 1999 | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter: Best Director |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
HARDtalk | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
The Making of 'American Graffiti' | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Clive James Show | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |
The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner (uncredited) |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Himself |
Great American History Quiz | 1998 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Intimate Portrait | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Frank Capra's American Dream | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Interviewee: Actor |
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II | 1997 | Video documentary | Himself (segment "Liberian Girl") |
In the Teeth of Jaws | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
In Search of Hamlet | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | |
Life and Times | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
Maury | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
In the Wild | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Very Important Pennis | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
The 68th Annual Academy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Gordon E. Sawyer Award |
The 38th Annual Grammy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
Showbiz Today | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
Scenes from Everyday Life | 1995 | Documentary | Himself |
The Universal Story | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1995 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: 'Schindler's List' Film Clip |
Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself - Speaker |
Brokaw Reports: 58 Days | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 46th Annual Tony Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Leading Actor in a Play |
Class of the 20th Century | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
The 5th Commitment to Life Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
1st Annual Environmental Media Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1976-1991 | TV Series | Himself |
American Chronicles | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Steven Spielberg: An American Cinematheque Tribute | 1989 | TV Movie | Himself - Speaker |
The 61st Annual Academy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Wogan | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
Cinema 3 | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
Moving Image Salutes James Stewart | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
Citizen Steve | 1987 | Documentary short | Himself - Jedediah |
The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 59th Annual Academy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award |
Great Performances | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
The Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual Humanitarian Awards Honoring Anatoly Scharansky | 1987 | TV Special | Himself |
Comic Relief | 1986/I | TV Special | Himself |
The 58th Annual Academy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Hour Magazine | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
An American Portrait | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 25 Years of Science Fiction | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | actor 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' |
The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The 51st Annual Academy Awards | 1979 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Saturday Night Live | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Roy Neary / Various |
The 50th Annual Academy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role |
The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play | 1977 | Documentary short | Himself - Interviewee |
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Dinah! | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Treffpunkte | 1976 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Lily | 1975 | TV Special | |
Romp!!! | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Bachelor Judge |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
Rachael Ray | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
KNEKT on the Carpet: Live from the 27th Annual 100 Stars Oscars Red Carpet | 2017 | TV Special | Himself |
Citizen Rocky | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
Classic Hollywood Cinemas | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
PoliticKING with Larry King | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself - guest / Himself - Guest |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Extra | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Welcome to the Basement | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / President |
And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Movie Guide | 2013 | TV Series | |
No | 2012/I | Himself | |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | 2011 | Documentary | Matt Hooper (uncredited) |
Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D' | 2011 | Video | Himself |
Wishful Drinking | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Doctor Frankenthal (uncredited) |
20 to 1 | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Matt Hooper / Himself |
Rove Live | 2009 | TV Series | Hooper |
Dangerous Dynasty: The Bush Legacy | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself - Dick Cheney (uncredited) |
The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Hooper |
80s, El Soundtrack de una Generación | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
The Dish on Dolls | 2006 | Video short | Stagehand in Valley of the Dolls |
Biography | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Elliot Garfield |
MythBusters | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Matt Hooper |
When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2014 | Best of the Fest: Feature Film | L.A. Comedy Film Festival and Screenplay Competition | Best Actor | Cas & Dylan (2013) |
2011 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Guest Starring Role on Television | Weeds (2005) |
2010 | Lifetime Achievement Award | California Independent Film Festival | ||
2002 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) |
2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Hollywood Film Awards | ||
1999 | Grand Prix Special des Amériques | Montréal World Film Festival | For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. | |
1997 | Desert Palm Achievement Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | ||
1996 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 10 October 1996. At 7021 Hollywood Blvd. |
1994 | Master Screen Artist Tribute | USA Film Festival | ||
1990 | Pasinetti Award | Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) |
1979 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
1978 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
1978 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
1978 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
1978 | Man of the Year | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | ||
1977 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
1977 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2011 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Grownup Love Story | The Lightkeepers (2009) |
2011 | Scream Award | Scream Awards | Best Cameo | Piranha 3D (2010) |
2004 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor - Male | The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) |
2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) |
2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | The Education of Max Bickford (2001) |
1998 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Actor | Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) |
1996 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) |
1996 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) |
1988 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nuts (1987) |
1981 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Actor | The Competition (1980) |
1980 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst On-Screen Couple | The Competition (1980) |
1978 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
1976 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Jaws (1975) |
1974 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | American Graffiti (1973) |
2nd Place Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1974 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) |