Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He is best known for starring in popular films between the 1970s and 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Tin Men, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob?, and Mr. Holland's Opus.
| Year | Work | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Karen | David Rowe III | Episode: "Karen's Simplicity Complex" | |
| 1965 | Peyton Place | Cap and Gown Student (Uncredited) | Episode: 1/94 | |
| 1966 | Gidget | Norman | Episode: "Ego-a-Go-Go" | |
| Bewitched | Rodney | Episode: "Man's Best Friend" | ||
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Lud Akley | Episode: "Boy Into Man" | |
| That Girl | Johnny Arthur; Waiter | Episode: "Paper Hats and Everything" | ||
| 1968 | Judd, for the Defense | Larry Corning | Episode: "Weep the Hunter Home" | |
| 1969 | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Mark Finley | Episode: "Buried on Page One" | |
| 1970, 1973 | The Mod Squad | Curtis Bell / Caleb Dunne | 2 episodes | |
| 1972 | The Shadow of a Gun | Tommy Owens | Television film | |
| 1973 | Gunsmoke | Gearshon Gorofsky | Episode: "This Golden Land" | |
| A Touch of Grace | Donald | Episode: "The Accident" | ||
| Me | Greg | Hollywood Television Theater; later retitled Untold Damage | ||
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Colonel Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu | Television film | |
| 1987 | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Himself (host) | TV special on ABC | |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Col. Picquart | Television film; also producer | |
| 1994 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator | Episode: Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos | |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | Television film; also producer | |
| 1999 | Lansky | Meyer Lansky | Television film | |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Television film | ||
| 2001–2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Max Bickford | 22 episodes; also producer Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | |
| 2001 | Mr. Dreyfuss Goes To Washington | Himself (host) | TV special on History Channel | |
| The Day Reagan Was Shot | Alexander Haig | Television film Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | ||
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Barnaby Pierce | Television film | |
| 2007 | Tin Man | Mystic Man | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| Ocean of Fear | Narrator | TV documentary | ||
| 2009–2010 | Family Guy | Himself (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | Weeds | Warren Schiff | 4 episodes Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television | |
| 2011 | Parenthood | Gilliam T. Blount | 4 episodes | |
| 2012 | Coma | Professor Hillside | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color | Himself | 4 episodes | |
| Your Family or Mine | Louis | Series regular; 7 episodes | ||
| 2016 | Madoff | Bernie Madoff | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | Shots Fired | Arlen Cox | Miniseries; 9 episodes | |
| Hit the Road | James | Episode: "Gone Daddy, Gone" | ||
| 2020 | The Great British Bake Off | Himself | Contestant in the Stand Up To Cancer Celebrity Charity Special | |
| 2022 | Bubble Guppies | Captain Acrab (voice) | Episode: "The Jaw-some Sharkventure!" |
| Year | Work | Role | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Total Abandon | Lenny Keller | Broadway | |
| 1992 | Death and the Maiden | Gerardo Escobar | Broadway | |
| 2004 | Sly Fox | Foxwell J. Sly | Broadway | |
| 2004 | The Producers | Max Bialystock | West End | |
| 2007 | Prophesy and Honor | Congressman Frank R. Reid | Honolulu |