Richard Dreyfuss
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            Biography
                
            Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He has starred in 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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                        Tony Awards
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Family Guy
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Big Valley
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Daily Show
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Saturday Night Live
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Oscars
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Gunsmoke
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Frank Skinner Show
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Parenthood
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Real History of Science Fiction
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Weeds
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Occasional Wife
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Hey Landlord!
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Bubble Guppies
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Wonderful World of Disney
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Waking Sleeping Beauty
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Lincoln
                    
                
                    
                        
                        R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Stand by Me
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Polar
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Graduate
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The American President
                    
                
                    
                        
                        I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Night Falls on Manhattan
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Book Club
                    
                
                    
                        
                        RED
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Hello Down There
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Murder at Yellowstone City
                    
                
                    
                        
                        James and the Giant Peach
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Very Good Girls
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Daughter of the Wolf
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Making of 'American Graffiti'
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Karen
                    
                
                    
                        
                        In the Teeth of Jaws
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Down and Out in Beverly Hills
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Jaws
                    
                
                    
                        
                        James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Last Laugh
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Happiness Isn't Everything
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Every Last One of Them
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Education of Max Bickford
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Buddy System
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Lansky
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Crime Story
                    
                
                    
                        
                        American Graffiti
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Coast to Coast
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Let It Ride
                    
                
                    
                        
                        The Day Reagan Was Shot
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Ocean of Fear
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Mr. Holland's Opus
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Another Stakeout
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
                    
                
                    
                        
                        Stakeout
                    
                
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