Richard Dreyfuss

Dreyfuss fascinates me because he won fame without any standard leading-man equipment. At 165 centimeters, with that rapid-fire delivery and nervous intelligence, he carried Jaws, Close Encounters, and The Goodbye Girl on sheer wit, becoming one of the youngest Best Actor winners of his era. What I admire is the restlessness: he never settled into elder-statesman comfort, turning novelist, stirring controversy, staying loudly himself. His later years have been messier than admirers might wish, but I find that lack of polish oddly honest. The unguarded energy that made him magnetic in 1977 is still there, for better and worse. Few careers feel this thoroughly human.

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Name (English)

Richard Dreyfuss

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ドレイファス

Reading

りちゃーど・どれいふぁす

Born

October 29, 1947 (age 79)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

165 cm

Occupation

actor / television actor / novelist / film actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

High school

Beverly Hills High School

Awards & achievements

• 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 1978 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
• 1979 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

• Xhttps://x.com/richarddreyfuss
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Dreyfuss
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181799

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• novelist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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