Acting
Richard Dreyfuss
- Titles
- 135movies52TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1987 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 71top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Jaws91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism6.4average 5.2
- Situational Comedy3.6average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Wholesome4.1average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
- Family Dynamics5.0average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Violence3.4, average 4.3
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Warfare0.5, average 1.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 14
- Character Study 6
- Social Commentary 6
- Situational Humor 5
- Quirky Characters 4
- Suspenseful 4
- Feel-Good Movie 4
- Contemporary Realism 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Fast-Paced 3
- Melancholy 3
- Class Conflict 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Steven SpielbergActorJaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always, A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Susan SarandonActorJames and the Giant Peach, Leaves of Grass, The Buddy System
Emilio EstevezActorAnother Stakeout, Stakeout, Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Paul MazurskyActorDown and Out in Beverly Hills, Moon Over Parador, Coast to Coast
John WilliamsComposerJaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always- EEric PotterEditorInto the Deep, Sweetwater, Every Last One of Them
John BadhamDirectorAnother Stakeout, Stakeout, Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Madeleine StoweActorAnother Stakeout, Stakeout
Jennifer TillyActorThe Crew, Let It Ride
John LithgowActorThe Big Fix, Silent Fall
Gabriel ByrneActorMurder at Yellowstone City, Mad Dog Time
Danny AielloActorOnce Around, A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition
Movies and TV shows
136Upcoming
4 titles
68
TV show · as Jerry Hamburger
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as The Conductor
as Winston Jones
2020s
8 titles · average score 56
54
as Seamus
74
as Seymour Kraft
54
as Maurice Podoloff
69
as Narrator (voice)
82
as Santa
33
as Murphy
33
as Ben Myers
2010s
22 titles · average score 54
43
as Buddy Green
65
as Angus
37
as Father
52
as Avi
37
as Yuri
64
TV show · as Bernie Madoff
38
as George Hiller
56
TV show · as Louis
56
as David Silverman
40
as Frank Cassidy
42
as Dr. Cas Pepper
72
as Alexander Dunning
2000s
24 titles · average score 63
48
as Irv Gideon
81
as Pug Rothbaum
42
as Seth
61
TV show · as Mystic Man
56
as Richard Nelson
66
as Barnaby Pierce
67
TV show · as Max Bickford
63
as Alexander Haig
43
as Micah Donnelly
86
as President
63
as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
1990s
28 titles · average score 61
42
as Meyer Lansky
28
as Prof. Krippendorf
68
as Narrator (voice)
62
as Fagin
36
as Vic
77
as Glenn Holland
39
as Dr. Jake Rainer
40
as Det. Chris Lecce
70
as Louie Kurnitz
71
as Dr. Leo Marvin
70
as The Player
68
as Sam Sharpe
1980s
14 titles · average score 63
61
as Pete Sandich
60
as Jay Trotter
48
as Jack Noah
66
as Det. Chris Lecce
77
as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
54
as Aaron Levinsky
as Jedediah
Writer, Producer
68
as Dave Whiteman
72
as Ken Harrison
50
as Paul Dietrich
1970s
17 titles · average score 66
77
as Moses Wine
86
as Roy Neary
72
as Elliot Garfield
55
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
91
as Hooper
63
as Boy Wonder
34
as Clavius
86
as Curt Henderson
as Yossarian
as Greg
as Tommy Owen
1960s
18 titles · average score 62
57
as Harold Webster
69
TV show
43
TV show
89
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
45
TV show
69
TV show
68
TV show · as Lud
45
TV show
TV show · as David Rowe III
69
TV show
64
TV show
1950s
1 title · average score 76
76
TV show · as Gearshon Gorofsky