ACTOR · BORN 1947
Richard Dreyfuss
- Born
- 29 October 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Known for
- Jaws (1975), RED (2010), Stand by Me (1986), Family Guy (1999)
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12 Facts From Richard Dreyfuss' Career
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Richard Dreyfuss's Oscar-winning performance in The Goodbye Girl (1977) was based on his close friend Harlan Ellison.
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Richard Dreyfuss was previously the youngest man to win the Best Actor Oscar, at age 30, for The Goodbye Girl (1977). He was beaten at the 2003 ceremony by Adrien Brody (29).
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In The Buddy System (1984), Richard Dreyfuss played a truant officer who mentors Wil Wheaton's character in Wheaton's first film. Two years later, he played the adult version of Wheaton's character in Stand by Me (1986).
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Richard Dreyfuss appeared in four films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Graduate (1967), American Graffiti (1973), Jaws (1975) and The Goodbye Girl (1977).
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Richard Dreyfuss appeared in four films selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Graduate (1967), American Graffiti (1973), Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
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On October 10, 1996, Richard Dreyfuss was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Richard Dreyfuss was honored with the 1996 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his work in "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Richard Dreyfuss has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
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Richard Dreyfuss was honored with the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for the play "The Hands of Its Enemy" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Richard Dreyfuss was not only the youngest actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor, for The Goodbye Girl, but at 5 feet 4.5 inches he was also the shortest. Adrien Brody has since broken the age record, but Dreyfuss's height record remained unbroken as of 2021.
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Richard Dreyfuss won the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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In his youth, Richard Dreyfuss appeared in plays at Temple Emmanuel in Beverly Hills, California.
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