Acting
Richard Dreyfuss
- Titles
- 136movies55TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1987 and 2001 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 74top three billing
- Average score
56/100
- Highest rated
Jaws87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 96 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Nostalgia4.6average 3.7
- Contemporary Realism6.2average 5.4
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
- Wholesome4.1average 3.3
- Situational Comedy3.5average 2.7
- Family Dynamics5.1average 4.8
Rarely in their work
- Violence3.3, average 4.2
- Uncanny1.7, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Adrenaline4.1, average 4.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 15
- Social Commentary 7
- Situational Humor 5
- Character Study 5
- Ensemble Cast 4
- Crime 3
- Romantic Comedy 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Emotional Journey 3
- Quirky Characters 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Contemporary Realism 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
Paul MazurskyActorMoon Over Parador, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Coast to Coast
Susan SarandonActorJames and the Giant Peach, Leaves of Grass, The Buddy System
Emilio EstevezActorStakeout, Another Stakeout, Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
John BadhamDirectorStakeout, Another Stakeout, Whose Life Is It Anyway?- EEric PotterEditorInto the Deep, Sweetwater, Every Last One of Them
John WilliamsComposerJaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always
Arthur B. RubinsteinComposerStakeout, Another Stakeout, Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Seymour CasselActorThe Crew, Tin Men
J.T. WalshActorSilent Fall, Tin Men
John LithgowActorThe Big Fix, Silent Fall
Eric RobertsActorLansky, Sweetwater
Movies and TV shows
137Upcoming
3 titles
TV show · as Jerry Hamburger
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Winston Jones
2020s
8 titles · average score 45
as Seamus
as Seymour Kraft
as Maurice Podoloff
as Narrator (voice)
as Santa
as Murphy
as Ben Myers
2010s
23 titles · average score 53
as Buddy Green
as Angus
as Yuri
as Avi
TV show · as Bernie Madoff
as George Hiller
TV show · as Louis
as David Silverman
as Danny
as Frank Cassidy
as Dr. Cas Pepper
as Alexander Dunning
2000s
25 titles · average score 55
as Irv Gideon
as Pug Rothbaum
as Seth
TV show · as Mystic Man
as Richard Nelson
as Barnaby Pierce
as narrator
TV show · as Max Bickford
as Alexander Haig
as Antonio Bolivar
as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
as President
1990s
29 titles · average score 61
as Meyer Lansky
as Prof. Krippendorf
as Narrator (voice)
as Fagin
as Vic
as Centipede (voice)
as Glenn Holland
as Dr. Jake Rainer
as Det. Chris Lecce
as Dr. Leo Marvin
as The Player
as Sam Sharpe
1980s
13 titles · average score 63
as Pete Sandich
as Jay Trotter
as Jack Noah
as Det. Chris Lecce
as Aaron Levinsky
as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
as Jedediah
Writer, Producer
as Dave Whiteman
as Ken Harrison
as Paul Dietrich
1970s
17 titles · average score 66
as Moses Wine
as Roy Neary
as Elliot Garfield
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
as Hooper
as Boy Wonder
as Clavius
as Curt Henderson
as Yossarian
as Greg
as Tommy Owen
1960s
18 titles · average score 62
as Harold Webster
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as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
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TV show · as David Rowe III
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1950s
1 title · average score 76
TV show · as Gearshon Gorofsky