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American leading man who has played his fair share of irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers, Richard Dreyfuss worked his way up through bit parts ( The Graduate, for one) and TV before gaining attention with his portrayal of Baby Face Nelson in John Milius' Dillinger. He gained... See full bio »

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Richard Stephen Dreyfus
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2013 To Appomattox (TV mini-series) (pre-production)
George Thomas
– An American, by Himself … George Thomas
 
2012 Coma (TV series) (pre-production)
 
2011 The Big Valley (post-production)
Charles Crocker
 
2011 Parenthood (TV series)
Gilliam T. Blount
– Hard Times Come Again No More (2011) … Gilliam T. Blount
– Slipping Away (2011) … Gilliam T. Blount
– New Plan (2011) … Gilliam T. Blount
– Taking the Leap (2011) … Gilliam T. Blount
 
2011 Lone Star Trixie (short)
Virgil
 
2010 Weeds (TV series)
Warren Schiff
– Theoretical Love Is Not Dead (2010) … Warren Schiff
– Fran Tarkenton (2010) … Warren Schiff
– Viking Pride (2010) … Warren Schiff
– Dearborn-Again (2010) … Warren Schiff
 
2010/I Red
Alexander Dunning
 
2010 Piranha
Matt Boyd
 
2009 The Lightkeepers
Seth
 
2009 Leaves of Grass
Pug Rothbaum
 
2009 Family Guy (TV series)
Narrator / Richard Dreyfuss
– Three Kings (2009) … Richard Dreyfuss (voice) / Narrator (voice)
 
2009 Happiness Isn't Everything (TV movie)
Jerry Hamburger
 
2009 My Life in Ruins
Irv
 
2008/I W.
Dick Cheney
 
2008/I Signs of the Time (documentary)
Narrator
 
2007 Tin Man (TV mini-series)
Mystic Man
– Tin Man (2007) … Mystic Man
– Search for the Emerald (2007) … Mystic Man
– Into the Storm (2007) … Mystic Man
 
2007 Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Poseidon
Richard Nelson
 
2004 Copshop (TV movie)
Leonard Manzo
 
2004 Silver City
Chuck Raven
 
2003 Coast to Coast (TV movie)
Barnaby Pierce
 
2001-2002 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)
Max Bickford
– The Pursuit of Happiness (2002) … Max Bickford
– One More Time (2002) … Max Bickford
– The Egg and I (2002) … Max Bickford
– The Bad Girl (2002) … Max Bickford
– Murder of the First (2002) … Max Bickford
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2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot (TV movie)
Alexander Haig
 
2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (video)
Scoop the Snowman (voice)
 
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout?
Micah Tobias
 
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Antonio Bolivar
 
2000/I The Crew
Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
 
2000 Fail Safe (TV movie)
President
 
1999 Lansky (TV movie)
Meyer Lansky
 
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe
Krippendorf
 
1997 Oliver Twist (TV movie)
Fagin
 
1997 The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Mad Dog Time
Vic
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan
Sam Vigoda
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach
Centipede (voice)
 
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus
Glenn Holland
 
1995 The American President
Senator Bob Rumson
 
1995 The Last Word
Larry
 
1994 The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 Silent Fall
Dr. Jake Rainer
 
1993 Another Stakeout
Chris Lecce
 
1993 Lost in Yonkers
Louie Kurnitz
 
1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)
 
1992 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Johnstown Flood (1992) … Narrator
 
1991 Prisoner of Honor (TV movie)
Col. Picquart
 
1991 What About Bob?
Dr. Leo Marvin
 
1991 Once Around
Sam Sharpe
 
1990 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Player
 
1990 Postcards from the Edge
Doctor Frankenthal
 
1989 Always
Pete Sandich
 
1989 Let It Ride
Jay Trotter
 
1988 Moon Over Parador
Jack Noah/President Alphonse Simms
 
1987 Nuts
Aaron Levinsky
 
1987 Stakeout
Chris Lecce
 
1987 Tin Men
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
 
1986 Stand by Me
The Writer
 
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills
David 'Dave' Whiteman
 
1984 The Buddy System
Joe
 
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Ken Harrison
 
1980 The Competition
Paul Dietrich
 
1979 Othello (video)
Iago
 
1978 The Big Fix
Moses Wine
 
1977 The Goodbye Girl
Elliot Garfield
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary
 
1977 The Sentinel
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)
 
1976 Victory at Entebbe (TV movie)
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
 
1975 Jaws
Hooper
 
1974 The Second Coming of Suzanne
Clavius
 
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Duddy
 
1974 Inserts
Boy Wonder
 
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Tony Injijikian
– Mr. Dazzle (1973) … Tony Injijikian
 
1973 American Graffiti
Curt
 
1973 Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
 
1973 Catch-22 (TV movie)
Capt. John Yossarian
 
1973 A Touch of Grace (TV series)
Donald
– The Accident (1973) … Donald
 
1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Gearshon
– This Golden Land (1973) … Gearshon
 
1970-1973 Mod Squad (TV series)
Caleb Dunne / Curtis Bell
– The Night Holds Terror (1973) … Caleb Dunne
– Mother of Sorrow (1970) … Curtis Bell
 
1972 The Shadow of a Gunman (TV movie)
Tommy Owen
 
1972 Two for the Money (TV movie)
Morris Gap
 
1971 You Are There (TV series)
Riggs
– The Mystery of Amelia Earhart (1971) … Riggs
 
1971 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Mike Chester
– Down at the House of Truth, Visiting (1971) … Mike Chester
 
1971 Untold Damage (TV movie)
Greg
 
1970 Room 222 (TV series)
Stan Siebert
– The Valediction (1970) … Stan Siebert
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Dr. Tolliver
– First: No Harm to the Patient (1970) … Dr. Tolliver
 
1969 The New People (TV series)
Dr. Owen Rudd
– Panic in the Sand (1969) … Dr. Owen Rudd
 
1969 Hello Down There
Harold Webster
 
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Mark Finley
– Buried on Page One (1969) … Mark Finley
 
1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Herbie Aroon
– The Last Man in the World (1968) … Herbie Aroon
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Larry Corning
– Weep the Hunter Home (1968) … Larry Corning
 
1968 The Young Runaways
Terry
 
1967 The Graduate
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
 
1967 Valley of the Dolls
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
 
1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV series)
Ben Jr.
– No Experience Necessary (1967) … Ben Jr.
 
1967 Hey, Landlord (TV series)
Harold / Warren
– Testing, One Two (1967) … Harold
– Big Brother Is Watching You (1967) … Warren
 
1967 That Girl (TV series)
Johnny
– Paper Hats & Everything (1967) … Johnny
 
1967 Occasional Wife (TV series)
Rudolph
– Fair Play for Gypsies (1967) … Rudolph
 
1967 The Big Valley (TV series)
Lud Akley
– Boy Into Man (1967) … Lud Akley
 
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
– My Son, the Actor (1966)
 
1966 Bewitched (TV series)
Rodney
– Man's Best Friend (1966) … Rodney
 
1966 Gidget (TV series)
Durf The Drag
– Ego-a-Go-Go (1966) … Durf The Drag
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
– Francini? Who Is Francini? (1965)
 
1964 Karen (TV series)
David Rowe III
– Karen's Simplicity Complex (1964) … David Rowe III
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
2009 The Lightkeepers (executive producer)
 
2004 Copshop (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2004 Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2001 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series) (producer)
 
2001 Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1997 Oliver Twist (TV movie) (co-producer)
 
1994 Quiz Show (executive producer)
 
1991 Prisoner of Honor (TV movie) (producer)
 
1991 Once Around (co-producer)
 
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1978 The Big Fix (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
2009 My Life in Ruins (performer: "Blue Skies" 1926)
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach (performer: "That's The Life" 1996, "Family" 1996, "Eating The Peach" 1996)
 
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus (performer: "STOUTHEARTED MEN", "I KNOW AN OLD LADY", "BEAUTIFUL BOY")
 
1989 Always ("Garryowen" - uncredited)
 
1978 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Richard Dreyfuss/Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman (1978) (performer: " I want to be Seduced")
 
1977 The Goodbye Girl (performer: "How About You?" 1941 - uncredited)
 
1975 Jaws (performer: "Show Me The Way To Go Home" 1925 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1995 Present Tense, Past Perfect (TV short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1974 Inserts (production associate)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2010 Jaws: The Inside Story (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Inside Deep Throat (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2002 Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (special thanks)
 
1998 Apt Pupil (special thanks)
 
1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (124 titles)
2012 Casting By (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 Naked Science (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Living in a Parallel Universe (2011) … Narrator
 
2011 Shakespeare High (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Weekend Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D' (video)
Himself
 
2010-2011 The Jeffrey Henderson Show (TV series)
Himself
– 2011 Night of 100 Stars (2011) … Himself
– 2010 Night of 100 Stars (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself - At 'Red' Premiere
– Episode #7.34 (2010) … Himself - At 'Red' Premiere
 
2010 Jaws: The Inside Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
– Episode dated 11 May 2010 (2010)
 
2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Family Guy (TV series)
Himself
– Peter-assment (2010) … Himself (voice)
 
2010 Symphony for a Suicide (documentary) (voice)
 
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Blue Man/Red State (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 70's Fever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 America Betrayed (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 A Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler (TV documentary)
Host / Voice of Gustav Mahler
 
2007 18 in '08 (documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Shark Is Still Working (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon (TV documentary)
 
2006 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.24 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Shipmate's Diary (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Poseidon: Upside Down (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 July 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.94 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Making of 'Poseidon' (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Unsung (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2006 Rogue Waves: The Sinking of Poseidon (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Central Park (TV documentary)
Richard Dreyfus
 
2005 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor
 
2004 The First Amendment Project: No Joking (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Daily Politics (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.1 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Coast to Coast: Behind the Scenes (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Citizen Stan (documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1997-2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– The Fondas (2004) … Himself
– Steven Spielberg: An Empire of Dreams (1998) … Himself
– Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997) … Himself - Actor
– Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997) … Himself - Actor
 
2003 TR: An American Lion (TV documentary)
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
 
2003 The John Garfield Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Frankl's Choice (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– American Graffiti (2002) … Himself
 
2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jaws (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Dreyfuss (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Walking the Tracks: The Summer of 'Stand by Me' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Manassas: End of Innocence (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001-2002 CBS Cares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (TV special short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 July 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
2001 In Search of Peace (documentary)
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
 
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Devil's Island: Hell on Earth (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (TV documentary)
Host
 
2000 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.4 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Hollywood, D.C. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Dreyfuss (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Clive James Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1996-1998 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1998 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marsha Mason (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Mordecai: The Life & Times of Mordecai Richler (1997) … Himself - Narrator
 
1997 Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Liberian Girl")
 
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee: Actor
 
1996 In the Wild (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Galapagos Islands with Richard Dreyfuss (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
– Very Important Pennis: Part 2 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Gordon E. Sawyer Award
 
1996 The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 The Universal Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Scenes from Everyday Life (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Brokaw Reports: 58 Days (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The 46th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1992 Class of the 20th Century (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1991 1st Annual Environmental Media Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
1990 American Chronicles (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1989 Steven Spielberg: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)
Himself - Speaker
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-presenter: Best Original Screenplay
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (TV documentary)
Host
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
 
1987 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) … Himself
 
1986/I Comic Relief (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 An American Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
– Oscar W. Underwood (1985) … Himself - Host
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress
 
1978 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Various
– Richard Dreyfuss/Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman (1978) … Himself - Host/Various
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 February 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (documentary short)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1977 The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1968 Romp!!! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
– Disneyland After Dark (1962) … Himself (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary)
Matt Hooper (uncredited)
 
2010 Wishful Drinking (TV documentary)
Doctor Frankenthal (uncredited)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Rove Live (TV series)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2006 The Dish on Dolls (video short)
Stagehand in Valley of the Dolls
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 MythBusters: Jaws Special (TV documentary)
Matt Hooper
 
2004 When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact (video documentary)
Himself
 

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5' 5" (1.65 m)
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(2009, on What About Bob?) Funny movie. Terribly unpleasant experience. We didn't get along, me and Bill Murray. But I've got to give it to him: I don't like him, but he makes me laugh, even now. I'm also jealous that he's a better golfer than I am. See more »

Trivia:

Attributes much of his ability to end drug addiction to a life-altering vision experienced in hospital after a bad car crash. Under the influence of drugs while driving, Dreyfuss knew the crash was his fault. Though he was the only one injured, in his recovery state he was moved by the image of a beautiful little girl in a white dress... See more »

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Often plays wisecracking, fast talking characters See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio