Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( born October 29, 1947 in New York City ) is an American actor.

Life

His childhood was spent Richard Dreyfuss in Brooklyn and Queens, before he retired at the age of nine years to Los Angeles. At the age of fifteen, he made ​​his acting debut in the television film In Mama's House. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he starred alongside smaller roles for television and on Broadway, and other theaters. His first appearances in movies he had in 1967 in the Valley of the Dolls and The Graduate.

His breakthrough came in 1973 with George Lucas ' film American Graffiti, in which also starred Harrison Ford and Ron Howard. With films like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (both directed by Steven Spielberg ) Dreyfuss became one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood.

For his role in The Goodbye Girl 1977 he received an Oscar for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Musical or Comedy range. Until 2003, when Adrien Brody was excellent, Dreyfuss was the youngest actor ever won an Oscar in the category of Best Actor. In the early 1980s were the movies with Dreyfuss commercially less successful, and he began to use drugs. After a car accident in 1982, he was arrested. After treatment for addiction in 1985 he made his comeback. He had great success - starting with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986 ) - especially with a series of comedies that were produced by the Disney subsidiary Touchstone Pictures. For Disney himself, he played Fagin in a 1997 TV version of Charles Dickens ' Oliver Twist.

Since the movie " Jaws" Norbert Gescher established as its fixed synchronous voice. Occasionally, other votes were cast on him, including Frank Glaubrecht, Lutz Mackensy or Kaspar Eichel.

Private

1999 Dreyfuss married Janelle Lacey. He has three children from his first marriage with Jeramie Rain. Since 2005, Dreyfuss is married for the third time. Dreyfuss is a member of the Federation of the Freemasons.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor
  • Academy Award for Best Actor
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor
  • David di Donatello for Best Foreign protagonist
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ( Musical or Comedy )
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Golden Raspberry for worst lead actor
  • Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ( Drama )
  • Satellite Awards for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Actor
  • Saturn Awards Best Guest Star on TV
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