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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Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Known For
Jaws
(1975)
Matt Hooper
Stand by Me
(1986)
The Writer
Poseidon
(2006)
Richard Nelson
Piranha 3D
(2010)
Matthew Boyd
RED
(2010)
Alexander Dunning
The Graduate
(1967)
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
American Graffiti
(1973)
Curt Henderson
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Roy Neary
Murder at Yellowstone City
(2022)
Edgar
Polar
(2019)
Porter
Stakeout
(1987)
Det. Chris Lecce
James and the Giant Peach
(1996)
Centipede (voice)
The American President
(1995)
Senator Rumson
Always
(1989)
Pete Sandich
Sweetwater
(2023)
Maurice Podoloff
Paranoia
(2013)
Frank Cassidy
Full Filmography
Acting
The Graduate
(1967)
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
(1967)
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Young Runaways
(1968)
Terry
Hello Down There
(1969)
Harold Webster
Two for the Money
(1972)
Morris Gap
The Shadow of a Gunman
(1972)
Tommy Owen
American Graffiti
(1973)
Curt Henderson
Dillinger
(1973)
Baby Face Nelson
Catch-22
(1973)
Yossarian
Me
(1973)
Greg
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
(1974)
Duddy
The Second Coming of Suzanne
(1974)
Clavius
New England Our Way
(1974)
Himself
Jaws
(1975)
Matt Hooper
Inserts
(1975)
Boy Wonder
Victory at Entebbe
(1976)
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Roy Neary
The Goodbye Girl
(1977)
Elliot Garfield
The Sentinel
(1977)
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
(1977)
Self
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
(1977)
The Big Fix
(1978)
Moses Wine
The Competition
(1980)
Paul Dietrich
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
(1981)
Ken Harrison
The Buddy System
(1984)
Joe
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
Stand by Me
(1986)
The Writer
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
(1986)
Dave Whiteman
Stakeout
(1987)
Det. Chris Lecce
Tin Men
(1987)
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
Nuts
(1987)
Aaron Levinsky
Citizen Steve
(1987)
Jedediah
Moon Over Parador
(1988)
Jack Noah
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self
Always
(1989)
Pete Sandich
Let It Ride
(1989)
Jay Trotter
Postcards from the Edge
(1990)
Doctor Frankenthal
What About Bob?
(1991)
Dr. Leo Marvin
Once Around
(1991)
Sam Sharpe
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(1991)
The Player
Prisoner of Honor
(1991)
Col. Picquart
Lincoln
(1992)
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
Another Stakeout
(1993)
Det. Chris Lecce
Lost in Yonkers
(1993)
Louie Kurnitz
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
(1994)
Self
Silent Fall
(1994)
Dr. Jake Rainer
Mr. Holland's Opus
(1995)
Glenn Holland
The American President
(1995)
Senator Rumson
The Making of 'Jaws'
(1995)
Self
The Last Word
(1995)
Larry
James and the Giant Peach
(1996)
Centipede (voice)
Mad Dog Time
(1996)
Vic
The Universal Story
(1996)
Himself
Night Falls on Manhattan
(1997)
Sam Vigoda
Oliver Twist
(1997)
Fagin
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
(1997)
Narrator (voice)
Frank Capra's American Dream
(1997)
Self
In the Teeth of Jaws
(1997)
Self
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
(1997)
Self
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
(1997)
Self
Krippendorf's Tribe
(1998)
Prof. Krippendorf
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
(1998)
Self
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
(1998)
Narrator
Lansky
(1999)
Meyer Lansky
Fail Safe
(2000)
President
The Crew
(2000)
Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
(2000)
Self
Who Is Cletis Tout?
(2001)
Micah Donnelly
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
(2001)
The Day Reagan Was Shot
(2001)
Alexander Haig
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
(2001)
Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
(2001)
Scoop the Snowman (voice)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
(2001)
Self
In Search of Peace
(2001)
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Manassas: End of Innocence
(2002)
Narrator
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
(2003)
Theodore Roosevelt
The Johnstown Flood
(2003)
narrator
The John Garfield Story
(2003)
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
(2003)
Self
Silver City
(2004)
Chuck Raven
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
(2004)
Narrator
Coast to Coast
(2004)
Barnaby Pierce
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
(2005)
Self - Actor
Poseidon
(2006)
Richard Nelson
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
(2006)
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
(2007)
Self
Ocean of Fear
(2007)
Narrator
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
(2007)
Self
W.
(2008)
Dick Cheney
America Betrayed
(2008)
Narrator
Leaves of Grass
(2009)
Pug Rothbaum
The Lightkeepers
(2009)
Seth
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws'
(2009)
Self
My Life in Ruins
(2009)
Irv Gideon
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(2009)
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Piranha 3D
(2010)
Matthew Boyd
RED
(2010)
Alexander Dunning
Jaws: The Inside Story
(2010)
Self
The Two Million Year Old Boy
(2012)
Narrator
Casting By
(2012)
Self
Very Good Girls
(2013)
Danny
Cas & Dylan
(2013)
Dr. Cas Pepper
Paranoia
(2013)
Frank Cassidy
Milius
(2013)
Self
Squatters
(2014)
David Silverman
Caserta Palace Dream
(2014)
Luigi Vanvitelli
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Zipper
(2015)
George Hiller
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
(2016)
himself
Spielberg
(2017)
Self
Book Club
(2018)
George
Bayou Caviar
(2018)
Yuri
Asher
(2018)
Avi
The Last Laugh
(2019)
Buddy Green
Polar
(2019)
Porter
Daughter of the Wolf
(2019)
Father
Astronaut
(2019)
Angus
Audrey
(2020)
Self - Actor
Crime Story
(2021)
Ben Myers
Every Last One of Them
(2021)
Murphy
Murder at Yellowstone City
(2022)
Edgar
Save Christmas
(2022)
Santa
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
(2022)
Narrator (voice)
Sweetwater
(2023)
Maurice Podoloff
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
(2023)
Self
Production
The Big Fix
(1978)
Producer
Once Around
(1991)
Co-Producer
Quiz Show
(1994)
Executive Producer
Oliver Twist
(1997)
Co-Producer
Astronaut
(2019)
Executive Producer
Every Last One of Them
(2021)
Executive Producer
Murder at Yellowstone City
(2022)
Executive Producer
Directing