Richard Dreyfuss Biography, Age,Wife, Movies, Jaws And Death

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Richard Dreyfuss Biography

Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He is best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob? and Mr. Holland’s Opus

Richard won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 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.

Richard Dreyfuss Age | How Old Is Richard Dreyfuss

Richard was born on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. He is 71 years old as of 2018.

Richard Dreyfuss Height | How Tall Is Richard Dreyfuss

Richard stand at a height of 1.65 m.

Richard Dreyfuss Family |Richard Dreyfuss Young

Richard was born in Brooklyn, New York.  He is the son of Geraldine Dreyfus (née Robbins; 1921–2000), a peace activist, and Norman Dreyfus (1920–2013), an attorney and restaurateur. He was raised in the Bayside area of Queens, New York. Richard’s family is Jewish. He has commented that he “grew up thinking that Alfred Dreyfus and [he] are from the same family.” His father disliked New York, and moved the family first to Europe  and later to Los Angeles, California, when Dreyfuss was nine.  Dreyfuss attended Beverly Hills High School.

Richard Dreyfuss Wife |Richard Dreyfuss Children | Richard Dreyfuss Janelle Lacey

In the early 1980s Richard married writer and producer Jeramie Rain . Together they had three children: Emily (born 1983), Benjamin (born 1986), and Harry (born 1990). Richard’s elder son, Benjamin, was born with Peters Anomaly, a rare genetic eye disorder.  After many operations he was left blind in his left eye. Richard and his first wife Rain have continued to raise money for ophthalmology centers throughout the United States. After he divorced with Rain in 1995 he married Janelle Lacey in 1999, but they divorced in 2005.

In 2006 Richard and Svetlana Erokhin married and lived in San Diego, California. However, they frequently visited New York City and London, where Dreyfuss once lived. The couple also lived in Carlsbad, California. They bought a $1.5 million house in Encinitas, California in February 2008 , and plan to renovate the 1970s structure with green technologies.

Richard Dreyfuss Emily Dreyfuss |Richard Dreyfuss Daughter

Emily is the daughter of actor Richard and Jeramie Rain. Emily was born on November 19, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Emily Robin Dreyfuss. She is an actress, known for Michael Jackson: Liberian Girl (1989). She made her only appearance with her dad in Michael Jackson: Liberian Girl (1989).

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Harry Dreyfuss is the son of actor Richard Dreyfuss.  He once claimed via a Buzzfeed News column that he was once molested by Kevin Spacey while his own father was in the room.

Richard Dreyfuss Jaws |Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss

Richard went on to star in the box office blockbusters Jaws (1975). A  thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg.  It is based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name. It is a story of a  giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw).

Lorraine Gary portrays Brody’s wife and Murray Hamilton plays the mayor. Its’ screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

Richard Dreyfuss Movies | Richard Dreyfuss Films | Richard Dreyfuss Movies List

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Richard Dreyfuss Death | Is Richard Dreyfuss Alive

Richard is still alive. He discussed his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive in 2006, in which Fry (who also has the disorder) interviewed Richard about his experience with the disorder. He  is agnostic.

Richard Dreyfuss Madoff

It  was announced on February 18, 2015 that Richard would portray Bernie Madoff in an upcoming miniseries. On February 3, 2016 the first episode was telecasted , co-starring Blythe Danner.

Richard Dreyfuss Oscar

Richard took home a best actor statuette in 1978 for his work in The Goodbye Girl. He told THR that he keeps the award in the refrigerator. “I don’t like to brag, but I like everyone to know about it,”. “Sooner or later, I know they are all going to go to the refrigerator.”

Julia Louis Dreyfus Related To Richard Dreyfuss

After Julia Louis-Dreyfus dedicated her Emmy to her father, who died Friday 16, 2016, Richard Dreyfuss had to clear the air.

“I’m actually not Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ father,” Richard tweeted. “But I really appreciate all the concerned tweets.”

Richard Dreyfuss The Graduate

Dreyfuss’s first film role was a small, uncredited appearance in The Graduate. A romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. It is  based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. It narrate the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).

Richard Dreyfuss American Graffiti

Richard appeared in the subsequent Dillinger, and landed a role in the 1973 hit American Graffiti, acting with other future stars such as Harrison Ford and Ron Howard.

Always Richard Dreyfuss

Richard reunited with Spielberg on Always in 1989 , a remake of A Guy Named Joe in which he co-starred with Holly Hunter.