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Richard Dreyfuss, a legend of stage and screen, has relied on intelligence, energy, and incredible talent to gain and keep his place among the leading actors of the American cinema. Three of his films were recently included in the American Film Institute's list of the greatest 100 films of all time. He received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor for his portrayal as the teacher in Mr. Holland's Opus. At age 29, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Goodbye Girl. His best-known appearances in genre film include Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (in which he starred as UFO witness Roy Neary).

Dreyfuss most recently appeared in director Wolfgang Petersen's film Poseidon, alongside Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas. On television, he has starred in Lansky for HBO, The Education of Max Bickford on CBS, and The Day Reagan Was Shot and Coast to Coast, both for Showtime. Dreyfuss recently finished a term as a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. He was born October 20, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York.

Genre Roles

• Rodney, "Man's Best Friend" (Bewitched episode), 1966
• Roy Neary, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
• Pete Sandich, Always, 1989
• Centipede (voice), James and the Giant Peach, 1996