Richard Dreyfuss Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Richard Dreyfuss been in? This complete Richard Dreyfuss filmography lists 97 credited roles (79 films, 18 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Richard Dreyfuss movies in order

• The Graduate (1967) as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
• Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
• Dillinger (1973) as Baby Face Nelson
• American Graffiti (1973) as Curt Henderson
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) as Duddy
• Inserts (1975) as Boy Wonder
• Jaws (1975) as Hooper
• Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
• The Sentinel (1977) as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)
• The Goodbye Girl (1977) as Elliot Garfield
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as Roy Neary
• The Big Fix (1978) as Moses Wine
• The Competition (1980) as Paul Dietrich
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) as Ken Harrison
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) as Dave Whiteman
• Stand by Me (1986) as The Writer
• Tin Men (1987) as Bill 'BB' Babowsky
• Stakeout (1987) as Det. Chris Lecce
• Nuts (1987) as Aaron Levinsky
• Moon Over Parador (1988) as Jack Noah
• Let It Ride (1989) as Jay Trotter
• Always (1989) as Pete Sandich
• Postcards from the Edge (1990) as Dr. Frankenthal
• Once Around (1991) as Sam Sharpe
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) as The Player
• What About Bob? (1991) as Dr. Leo Marvin
• Lost in Yonkers (1993) as Louie Kurnitz
• Another Stakeout (1993) as Det. Chris Lecce
• Silent Fall (1994) as Dr. Jake Rainer
• The American President (1995) as Senator Rumson
• The Making of 'Jaws' (1995) as Self
• Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) as Glenn Holland
• James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Centipede (voice)
• Mad Dog Time (1996) as Vic
• Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) as Sam Vigoda
• Oliver Twist (1997) as Fagin
• The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) as Narrator (voice)
• Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) as Prof. Krippendorf
• Lansky (1999) as Meyer Lansky
• Fail Safe (2000) as President
• The Crew (2000) as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
• Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me (2000) as Self
• Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) as Micah Donnelly
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) as Scoop the Snowman (voice)
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) as Self
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
• Silver City (2004) as Chuck Raven
• Poseidon (2006) as Richard Nelson
• W. (2008) as Dick Cheney
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) as Self
• The Shark Is Still Working (2009) as Self
• My Life in Ruins (2009) as Irv Gideon
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
• Leaves of Grass (2009) as Pug Rothbaum
• The Lightkeepers (2009) as Seth
• Piranha 3D (2010) as Matthew Boyd
• RED (2010) as Alexander Dunning
• Casting By (2012) as Self
• Very Good Girls (2013) as Danny
• Milius (2013) as Self
• Paranoia (2013) as Frank Cassidy
• Cas & Dylan (2013) as Dr. Cas Pepper
• Squatters (2014) as David Silverman
• Zipper (2015) as George Hiller
• Spielberg (2017) as Self
• Book Club (2018) as George
• Bayou Caviar (2018) as Yuri
• Asher (2018) as Avi
• The Last Laugh (2019) as Buddy Green
• Polar (2019) as Porter
• Daughter of the Wolf (2019) as Father
• Astronaut (2019) as Angus
• Audrey (2020) as Self - Actor
• Crime Story (2021) as Ben Myers
• Every Last One of Them (2021) as Murphy
• Murder at Yellowstone City (2022) as Edgar
• Sweetwater (2023) as Maurice Podoloff
• Into the Deep (2025) as Seamus
• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) as Self

Richard Dreyfuss TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Gearshon Gorofsky
• Bewitched (1964)
• The Big Valley (1965) as Lud
• That Girl (1966)
• The Mod Squad (1968)
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
• Family Guy (1999) as Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)
• Family Guy (1999) as Richard Dreyfuss (voice)
• Weeds (2005) as Warren Schiff
• Tin Man (2007) as Mystic Man
• Parenthood (2010) as Gilliam T. Blount
• Bubble Guppies (2011) as Captain Acrab
• Coma (2012) as Professor Hillside
• The Real History of Science Fiction (2014) as Self
• Madoff (2016) as Bernie Madoff
• Shots Fired (2017) as Arlen Cox

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.