Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss
- Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
- Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss
- A baby–faced Richard Dreyfuss excels as a pushy Jewish con–artist / entrepreneur in this teeming, energetic coming–of–age…
- Jaws (1975)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
- Brilliantly executed, famously scary Spielberg pic about a killer fish. Spawned three forgettable sequels (also available!) and dozens of imitations.
- Inserts (1975)
- Dir. John Byrum
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins…
- Talky, tawdry film–within–a–film about a washed–up director (Dreyfuss) who inserts SUSPIRIA's Jessica Harper as a body double…
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Special Edition (1977)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut
- Richard Dreyfuss embodies a working class lineman who is chosen by a higher power for some great purpose. With a head full of ambiguous images and…
- Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason
- One of writer Neil Simon's best comedies, contrives another odd couple into sharing a New York apartment: downheel actor Richard Dreyfuss and…
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman…
- Stephen King adaptation has its darker moments, as four boys journey across 50s rural Maine to see a dead body, but a genuine feeling for childhood…
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler…
- Street bum Nick Nolte moves in to the plush home of neurotic fat cat Richard Dreyfuss and family, to amply comedic effect.
- Stakeout (1987)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe…
- Cops Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez run into some well–scripted comic entanglements on surveillance detail.
- Nuts (1987)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton…
- Barbra Streisand must prove her sanity in order to stand trial for manslaughter. Richard Dreyfuss helps out with some heavy duty courtroom banter.
- Tin Men (1987)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Danny De Vito, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey
- A bitter feud escalates between aluminum–cladding salesm en Danny De Vito and Richard Dreyfuss in the 1950s. Both chinwaggers are in their…
- Always (1989)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
- Heartwarming fantasy about a deceased pilot whose spirit returns to help his best friend pursue the same career and lady.
- What About Bob? (1991)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Bill Murray
- Psychiatrist Richard Dreyfuss is followed and endlessly harassed on his vacation by a lovable but neurotic Bill Murray. Wonderful lunacy ensues.
- Once Around (1991)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands…
- Richard Dreyfuss plays an abrasive, rich braggart who enters into an emotional tug–of–war with the family of fiancee Holly Hunter.
- Prisoner of Honour (1991)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth…
- Fact–based story of a military official Alfred Dreyfuss who was wrongly convicted of espionage in the French army c1900. Richard Dreyfuss (no…
- Lost in Yonkers (1993)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss
- Neil Simon's laugh–and–cry theatre piece about two boys carted off to live with their eccentric rellies in '40s New York. Mercedes Reuhl…
- Silent Fall (1994)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss
- An autistic child is the only witness to a brutal murder. The job of bringing him out of his shell falls to discredited child psychologist Richard…
- American President, The (1995)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen…
- Appealing romantic comedy in which Michael Douglas, in refreshingly light mode, plays a widowed Mr. President looking for a partner who'll love the…
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly
- A would–be composer who settled for a career in teaching reflects on an inspirational life's work. Though steeped in nostalgic sentiment,…
- Trigger Happy (Mad Dog Time) (1996)
- Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne…
- Grinning mob–boss Richard Dreyfuss is fresh out of the asylum, gunning down wisecracking old friends and enemies alike. Old friends is indeed…
- Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin
- Poking around among the NYPD's rotten apples, this unsettling thriller gouges up about as much police corruption and moral dry–rot as you can…
- Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
- Dir. Todd Holland
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Lily Tomlin
- Bristled anthropologist Richard Dreyfuss commits scientific fraud to help out with the career and mortgage, making films of an undiscovered New…
- Fail Safe (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss
- A TV–movie with a difference, this remake of Sidney Lumet's 1964 feature, was acted and broadcast live on American TV, heightening the…
- Old Man Who Read Love Stories, The (2001)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving…
- Acclaimed Australian dir. De Heer seeks to transport his touch for creating dramatic fables into deepest Amazonia, with Dreyfuss playing a cranky…
- Who is Cletis Tout? (2002)
- Dir. Chris Ver Wiel
Feat. Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Portia de Rossi…
- Shifty, light–headed crime caper features Christian Slater as a grifter mistakingly earmarked for death after he assumes the alias of a…
- Coast to Coast (2004)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair…
- Audience faves Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss play a married couple on the verge of divorce who take a road trip together in this witty but…
- Silver City (2004)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah…
- Oddly tangled satire of Bush–era American politics in which a George Dubya soundalike (Cooper) goes on the campaign trail in Colorado, while…
- Poseidon (2006)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Pointless, but admittedly lean and racy, this remake of the 1970s disaster epic THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is set aboard a giant cruise ship which is…
- Tin Man (TV Mini-series) (2007)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough…
- Futuristic, CGI–rich TV mini–series re–imagining the L. Frank Baum classic THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Quirk bunny Zooey Deschanel (WEEDS,…
- W. (Bush) (2008)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell…
- Oliver Stone examines the leadership of former U.S. President George W. Bush in this wayward, if strangely compelling account of the Texan’s…