Richard Dreyfuss

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actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor known for his energetic, often neurotic characters in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including an Academy Award–winning performance in "The Goodbye Girl."

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss 1

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
characterType energetic characters ⓘ
neurotic characters ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-10-29 ⓘ
educatedAt San Fernando Valley State College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Dreyfuss ⓘ
fullName Richard Dreyfuss self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Stephen Dreyfuss
genre comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasChild Benjamin Dreyfuss ⓘ
Emily Dreyfuss ⓘ
Harry Dreyfuss ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableRole Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob? ⓘ
Elliot Garfield in The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus ⓘ
Matt Hooper ⓘ
surface form: Matt Hooper in Jaws

Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⓘ
notableWork Always ⓘ
American Graffiti ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ
surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Down and Out in Beverly Hills ⓘ
Jaws ⓘ
Mr. Holland's Opus ⓘ
Stakeout ⓘ
Stand by Me ⓘ
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz ⓘ
The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
What About Bob? ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
participatedIn film industry ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
spouse Janelle Lacey ⓘ
Jeramie Rain ⓘ
Svetlana Erokhin ⓘ

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subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The American President → castMember → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Richard Dreyfuss → fullName → Richard Dreyfuss self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Stephen Dreyfuss
American Graffiti → notableCastMember → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Matt Hooper → portrayedBy → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Jaws → starredActor → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Down and Out in Beverly Hills → starring → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
What About Bob? → starring → Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ