Richard Dreyfuss

Biography: Richard Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He is one of America's most recognizable leading men, having starred in countless role's allowing the brash nature of the imperfect fairytale hero to shine through. Dreyfuss was originally the youngest man to win an Oscar for The Goodbye Girl in 1977 at the age of 30, the title has passed to Adrien Brody in 2003. Richard Dreyfuss' works include, The Graduate, In The Shadow of a Gunman, Catch 22, Close Encounters of a Third Kind, Mr. Hollands Opus and Krippendorf's Tribe. In the 1980's when Dreyfuss had a string of bad movie's, he suffered from drug addiction which resulted in memory loss, because of this, he has no memory of filming the movie Whose Life is it Anyway. Dreyfuss has been married three times, most recently in 2006 and has three children: Emily, Benjamin and Harry Spencer.

Richard Dreyfuss' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 54
Highest Metascore:
Metascore: 88
Lowest Metascore:
Metascore: 31
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Negative: 5 out of 18
18 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
Metascore: 61
Red
Oct 15, 2010 Alexander Dunning 6.9
Metascore: 53
Piranha 3-D
Aug 20, 2010 Dr. Gordon Raybanks / Matt Boyd 5.6
Metascore: 41
The Lightkeepers
May 7, 2010 Executive Producer / Seth 7.0
Metascore: 34
My Life in Ruins
Jun 5, 2009 Irv 6.7
Metascore: 56
W.
Oct 17, 2008 Dick Cheney 4.8
Metascore: 50
Poseidon
May 12, 2006 Richard Nelson 5.9
Metascore: 47
Silver City
Sep 17, 2004 Chuck Raven 5.7
Metascore: 36
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Jul 26, 2002 Micah Tobias 7.5
Metascore: 31
In Search of Peace
Dec 14, 2001 Yitzhak Rabin tbd
Metascore: 37
The Crew
Aug 25, 2000 Bobby Bartellemeo/Narrator 4.0
Metascore: 58
Night Falls on Manhattan
May 16, 1997 Sam Vigoda tbd
Metascore: 67
The American President
Nov 17, 1995 Senator Bob Rumson 8.2
Metascore: 88
Quiz Show
Sep 14, 1994 Executive Producer 8.4
Metascore: 60
What About Bob?
May 17, 1991 Dr. Leo Marvin 8.6
Metascore: 71
Postcards from the Edge
Sep 12, 1990 Doctor Frankenthal 7.5
Metascore: 33
Let It Ride
Aug 18, 1989 Jay Trotter 8.7
Metascore: 79
Jaws
Jun 20, 1975 Matt Hooper 8.7
Metascore: 77
The Graduate
Dec 21, 1967 Boarding House Resident 8.4