List of performances by Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor 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.

Dreyfuss at the Kennedy Center in 1997

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1967 Valley of the Dolls Assistant stage manager Uncredited
1967 The Graduate Boarding House Resident Uncredited
1968 The Young Runaways Terry
1969 Hello Down There Harold Webster
1973 American Graffiti Curt Henderson Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1973 Dillinger Baby Face Nelson
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Duddy Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1974 The Second Coming of Suzanne Clavius
1975 Inserts The Boy Wonder
1975 Jaws Matt Hooper Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Neary Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
1977 The Goodbye Girl Elliott Garfield Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
1978 The Big Fix Moses Wine Also producer
1980 The Competition Paul Dietrich Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Ken Harrison
1983 The Buddy System Joe
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills David "Dave" Whiteman
1986 Stand by Me Narrator/Gordie LaChance (adult)
1987 Tin Men Bill 'BB' Babowsky
1987 Stakeout Det. Chris Lecce
1987 Nuts Aaron Levinsky Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1988 Moon over Parador Jack Noah/President Alphonse Simms
1989 Let It Ride Jay Trotter
1989 Always Pete Sandich
1990 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead The Player Pasinetti Award for Best Actor
1990 Postcards from the Edge Doctor Frankenthal
1991 Once Around Sam Sharpe Also co-producer
1991 What About Bob? Leo Marvin
1993 Lost in Yonkers Louie Kurnitz
1993 Another Stakeout Detective Chris Lecce
1994 Silent Fall Jake Rainer
1995 The Last Word Larry
1995 The American President Senator Bob Rumson
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus Glenn Holland Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1996 James and the Giant Peach Mr. Centipede (voice)
1996 Mad Dog Time Vic
1997 Night Falls on Manhattan Sam Vigoda
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Prof. James Krippendorf
2000 The Crew Bobby Bartellemeo/Narrator
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Antonio Bolivar Nominated—Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Micah Donnelly
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Scoop T. Snowman (voice)
2004 Silver City Chuck Raven
2006 Poseidon Richard Nelson
2008 Signs of the Time Narrator Documentary
2008 W. Dick Cheney
2008 America Betrayed Narrator Documentary
2009 My Life in Ruins Irv
2009 Leaves of Grass Pug Rothbaum
2009 The Lightkeepers Seth Also executive producer
2010 Piranha 3D Matt Hooper (Credited as "Matthew Boyd") Cameo appearance
2010 Red Alexander Dunning
2013 Paranoia Francis Cassidy
2013 Cas and Dylan Cas Pepper
2014 Very Good Girls Danny
2014 Squatters David
2015 Zipper George Hiller
2018 Book Club George
2018 Bayou Caviar Yuri
2018 Asher Avi
2019 The Last Laugh Buddy Green
2019 Polar Porter
2019 Daughter of the Wolf Father
2019 Astronaut Angus
TBA Killing Winston Jones Winston Jones
TBA Spinning Gold Morris Levy Filming
TBA The Last Job Ben Myers

Television

Year Work Role Notes
1964 Karen David Rowe III Episode: "Karen's Simplicity Complex"
1965 Peyton Place Cap and Gown Student (Uncredited) Episode: 1/94
1966 Gidget Norman Episode: "Ego-a-Go-Go"
1966 Bewitched Rodney Episode: "Man's Best Friend"
1967 The Big Valley Lud Akley Episode 18, S 2: "Boy Into Man" (16 Jan. 1967)
1967 That Girl Johnny Arthur; Waiter Episode 22, S 1: "Paper Hats and Everything" (9 Feb. 1967)
1968 Judd, for the Defense Larry Corning Episode: "Weep the Hunter Home"
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Mark Finley Episode: "Buried on Page One"
1970, 1973 The Mod Squad Curtis Bell / Caleb Dunne 2 episodes
1972 The Shadow of a Gun Tommy Owens Television film
1973 Gunsmoke Gearshon Gorofsky Episode: "This Golden Land"
1973 A Touch of Grace Donald Episode: "The Accident"
1973 Me Greg Hollywood Television Theater; later retitled Untold Damage
1976 Victory at Entebbe Colonel Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu Television film
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Himself (host) TV special on ABC
1991 Prisoner of Honor Col. Picquart Television film; also producer
1997 Oliver Twist Fagin Television film; also producer
1999 Lansky Meyer Lansky Television film
2000 Fail Safe President of the United States Television film
2001–2002 The Education of Max Bickford Max Bickford 22 episodes; also producer
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2001 Mr. Dreyfuss Goes To Washington Himself (host) TV special on History Channel
2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig Television film
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2003 Coast to Coast Barnaby Pierce Television film
2007 Tin Man Mystic Man Miniseries; 3 episodes
2007 Ocean of Fear Narrator TV documentary
2012 Coma Professor Hillside Miniseries; 2 episodes
2010 Family Guy Himself Episode: "Peter-assment"
2010 Weeds Warren Schiff 4 episodes
Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television
2011 Parenthood Gilliam T. Blount 4 episodes
2015 Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color Himself 4 episodes
2015 Your Family or Mine Louis Series regular; 7 episodes
2016 Madoff Bernie Madoff Miniseries; 4 episodes
2017 Shots Fired Arlen Cox Miniseries; 9 episodes
2017 Hit the Road James Episode: "Gone Daddy, Gone"
2020 The Great British Bake Off Himself Contestant in the Stand Up To Cancer Celebrity Charity Special

Stage

Year Work Role Location
1983 Total Abandon Lenny Keller Broadway
1992 Death and the Maiden Gerardo Escobar Broadway
2004 Sly Fox Foxwell J. Sly Broadway
2004 The Producers Max Bialystock West End
2007 Prophesy and Honor Congressman Frank R. Reid Honolulu

References

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