<p><strong>Richard Stephen Dreyfuss</strong> is an <strong>American actor</strong> starring in popular movies between the <strong>1970s</strong> and the <strong>1990s</strong>. Some of his iconic roles include <em>Jaws</em>,<em> Stand by Me</em>, <em>American Graffiti</em>, <em>The Goodbye Girl</em>, <em>Tin Men</em>, and more. He <strong>won an Oscar</strong> in <strong>1978</strong> for his role in <em>The Goodbye Girl</em>. But unlike actors like De Niro, he didn’t adjust to modern times.</p>
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<p>Dreyfuss <strong>rose to fame</strong> in the<strong> 1970s</strong>. He has credits for more than <strong>100 movies</strong> and <strong>television shows</strong>. But unlike some actors like <strong>Robert De Niro</strong>, <strong>Al Pacino</strong>, and some other actors, Dreyfuss didn’t make the adjustments into the 2000s. He didn’t get good scripts. At one point, he <strong>announced bankruptcy.</strong> He wasn’t broke as having any money. But he couldn’t afford the lifestyle he had.</p>
<p><strong>As of August 2020, <a href="https://unmask.com/Richard-Dreyfuss/">Richard Dreyfuss</a>&#8216;s fortune is more than $5 million.</strong> The famous actor managed to jump back to the big screen. Let’s take a look at his career path and journey.</p>

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	<td class="column-1">Name:</td><td class="column-2">Richard Stephen Dreyfuss</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Birthday:</td><td class="column-2">October 29, 1947 </td>
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	<td class="column-1">Net Worth:</td><td class="column-2">$5 million</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Height:</td><td class="column-2">1.65 m</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Occupation:</td><td class="column-2">American Actor</td>
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<h2>Career Ups and Downs</h2>
<p>Born in <strong>Brooklyn, New York</strong>, Richard grew up in <strong>Queens</strong>. His family is <strong>Jewish</strong>. His father didn’t like New York and moved the family to <strong>Europe</strong>. After that, they got back to <strong>Los Angeles, California</strong>. Richard was just <strong>nine years old</strong> at the time. In LA, Dreyfuss attended <em>Beverly Hills High School</em>. He started his <strong>acting career</strong> as a young boy at <em>Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills Arts Center</em>.</p>
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<p>Dreyfuss debuted on the <strong>big screen </strong>at a young age in the <strong>TV production</strong> In <em>Mama’s House</em>. At the time, he was <strong>15 years old</strong>. Then, he attended <em>California State University</em> for one year. During the <strong>Vietnam War</strong>, he worked in <strong>alternate service</strong> and as a <strong>clerk in a Los Angeles hospital.</strong> He was a conscientious objector during the War.</p>
<p><strong>In 1972,</strong> he appeared in the <strong>play</strong> <em>The Time of Your Life</em>. Then, he got a <strong>small film role</strong> in <em>The Graduate</em>. He had only one line and his role went <strong>uncredited</strong>. In the early <strong>1970s</strong>, he had a couple of<strong> small roles</strong> in <em>Catch-22</em>, <em>Dillinger</em>, and more. Richard got his breakout role in the <strong>1973 hit movie</strong> <em>American Graffiti.</em> There, he appeared alongside <strong>Ron Howard</strong> and <strong>Harrison Ford.</strong></p>
<p>He got his first lead role in the <strong>Canadian movie</strong> <em>The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz</em> in <strong>1974</strong>. After that, he starred in the <strong>box office blockbuster</strong> <em>Jaws</em>, still one of his highest-grossing movies. He followed it up <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</em>. <strong>Steven Spielberg directed both movies.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In 1978,</strong> Richard won his <strong>first</strong><em> Academy Award for Best Actor</em> for his role in <em>The Goodbye Girl</em>. He <strong>won Oscar</strong> at the age of 30 years and 125 days. That made him the <strong>youngest actor to win an Academy Award at the time</strong>. He bested <strong>Marlon Brando</strong> with <strong>200 days difference</strong>. The record stood until <strong>Adrien Brody broke it in 2003.</strong></p>
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<p>In the late 1970s, Richard started <strong>using cocaine</strong>. His addiction came to bite him four years later when he got <strong>arrested for possession</strong> while driving his car. He struck a tree with his <em>Mercedes-Benz 450 SL</em>. After a <strong>rehabilitation period</strong>, Richard made his comeback with the movie<em> Down and Out in Beverly Hills</em> in <strong>1986</strong>.</p>
<p>Dreyfuss had an important <strong>cameo role</strong> in the movie <em>Stand by Me</em>, a 1986 coming-of-age drama. He played the elder <strong>Gordie Lachance</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>In 1989,</strong> Dreyfuss reunited with <strong>Spielberg</strong> for his movie <em>Always</em>. In the movie, he co-starred with <strong>Holly Hunter</strong>. And then he had a starring role opposite<strong> Bill Murray</strong> in the <strong>1991 comedy</strong> movie <em>What About Bob.</em></p>
<p><strong>In 1995,</strong> he got <strong>nominated</strong> for another <em>Oscar</em> and <em>Golden Globe</em> for his performance in <em>Mr. Holland’s Opus</em>. But he didn’t win the award. In 1997, he recorded the voiceover for the<strong> Apple Computer Think Different ad campaign.</strong> During the early 2000s, Dreyfuss appeared in a couple of movies. But those were all small roles.</p>
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<p>On <strong>October 10, 1996,</strong> he got a <strong>star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</strong> He was one of the <strong>100 stars</strong> at the <em>2012 Academy Awards – Night of 100 stars.</em></p>
<p>Some of his latest appearances include <em>Daughter of the Wolf</em>, <em>Astronaut</em>, <em>Polar</em>, <em>The Last Laugh</em>, <em>Asher</em>, <em>Book Club</em>, and more.</p>
<p>In February 2015, Richard announced he would portray <strong>Bernie Madoff</strong> in the <strong>upcoming miniseries.</strong></p>
<p>Richard <strong>got married a couple of times</strong> during his life. He married <strong>writer and producer Jeramie Rain</strong> in the early 1980s. He has <strong>three children</strong> with her. They got a <strong>divorce in 2005,</strong> but continue to work together for <strong>charity events for ophthalmology.</strong></p>
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<p>Following that marriage, he got married to <strong>Russian-born Svetlana Erokhin</strong> in 2006. As of August 2020, they live together in <strong>San Diego, California.</strong> They often go to New York and London.</p>
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<h2>Awards and Achievements</h2>
<p><strong>Richard Dreyfus is an award-winning actor.</strong> He won his <strong>first Oscar in 1978</strong> for his appearance in <em>The Goodbye Girl</em>. He got <strong>nominated for another Oscar</strong> in 1996 for <em>Mr. Holland’s Opus</em>.</p>
<p>Dreyfuss got <strong>four</strong> <em>Golden Globes</em> <strong>nominations</strong> and won one of them. He won a <strong>Golden Globe in 1978</strong> for<em> The Goodbye Girl</em>. His other nominations are for <em>American Graffiti</em>, <em>Nuts</em>, and <em>Mr. Holland’s Opus.</em></p>
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<p><em>The Goodbye Girl</em> earned him a <em>BAFTA award</em> as well.</p>
<h2>Net Worth</h2>
<p><strong>As of August 2020, Richard Dreyfuss&#8217;s assets are estimated at over $5 million.</strong> But in <strong>2015, he went broke</strong>. He said “It’s a hard thing to admit. I have created more than 50 movies I am proud of. I can proudly say I never worked for money. But now, I cannot say that”.</p>
<p>He said that Hollywood doesn’t like people who walk away and then try to come back. Dreyfuss is the <strong>same generation</strong> as actors like <strong>Robert De Niro</strong>, <strong>Al Pacino</strong>, and others. But he didn’t adjust to the comedy movies of the early 2000s as De Niro and Pacino did.</p>
<p>In total, Richard Dreyfuss<strong> has 123 credits as an actor</strong>. His <strong>highest-grossing movie</strong> is <em>Jaws</em>. It earned more than <strong>$470 million at the box office.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>As of August 2020,</strong> his movies earned more than <strong>$1.1 billion</strong> with him as a leading actor. And when he plays a supporting role, the movies earned more than <strong>$400 million</strong> at the box office.</p>
<p>Dreyfuss also <strong>earns money from books and articles</strong>. In 1995, he <strong>co-authored</strong> the novel<em> The Two Georges</em> with <strong>Harry Turtledove</strong>. <strong>In 2015,</strong> he published an <strong>article</strong> on <em>The Dreyfuss Civics Curriculum: A National Model for Civics Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools</em>. The article helped hundreds of teachers to bring civics education into their classroom.</p>

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