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Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe Award. Dreyfuss rose to promimence with starring roles in American Graffiti (1973), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Jaws (1975), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Dreyfuss is the 561st most popular actor (down from 537th in 2019), the 1,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 979th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular American Actor.

Richard Dreyfuss is most famous for his role in the movie Jaws, where he played a marine biologist who is the first to realize that a shark is killing people.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 561 out of 13,578. Before him are Sonny Chiba, Bourvil, James Cromwell, Michael Lonsdale, Ginger Rogers, and Jayne Mansfield. After him are Dennis Quaid, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Claude Jade, Jennifer Connelly, James Gandolfini, and Jacques Perrin.

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Among people born in 1947, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 71. Before him are Steve Howe, Youn Yuh-jung, Jioji Konrote, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, César Gaviria, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller. After him are Sofia Rotaru, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Yukio Hatoyama, Carles Rexach, Martin Chalfie, and Ronnie Wood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 1,193 out of 20,380. Before him are James Tobin (1918), Lynn Margulis (1938), Vivian Maier (1926), Herbie Hancock (1940), Jayne Mansfield (1933), and Daniel Goleman (1946). After him are Dennis Quaid (1954), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), and Terrence Malick (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 292. Before him are Michelle Williams (1980), Carole Lombard (1908), Robert Wagner (1930), James Cromwell (1940), Ginger Rogers (1911), and Jayne Mansfield (1933). After him are Dennis Quaid (1954), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Jennifer Connelly (1970), James Gandolfini (1961), Carroll O'Connor (1924), and Linda Hunt (1945).

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