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Also Known As	Richard Stephan Dreyfuss • Richard Stephen Dreyfus
Born	October 29, 1947 (age 78) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1978) • Academy Award (1978): Actor in a Leading Role • Golden Globe Award (1978): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Married To	Svetlana Erokhin (2006–present) • Janelle Lacey (1999–2005) • Jeramie Rain (1983–1992)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Poseidon" (2006) • "The Young Lawyers" (1971) • "Polar" (2019) • "Inserts" (1975) • "Gunsmoke" (1973) • "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (1970) • "The Crew" (2000) • "The Second Hundred Years" (1967) • "Stand by Me" (1986) • "James and the Giant Peach" (1996) • "Shots Fired" (2017) • "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" (1981) • "Bayou Caviar" (2018) • "The New People" (1969) • "Moon Over Parador" (1988) • "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories" (2001) • "The Great Battles of the Civil War" (1994) • "Who Is Cletis Tout?" (2001) • "Very Good Girls" (2013) • "The Big Fix" (1978) • "A Touch of Grace" (1973) • "My Life in Ruins" (2009) • "That Girl" (1967) • "Occasional Wife" (1967) • "Madoff" (2016) • "The American President" (1995) • "The Last Word" (1995) • "Piranha 3D" (2010) • "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" (1990) • "Leaves of Grass" (2009) • "Your Family or Mine" (2015) • "Karen" (1964) • "Jaws" (1975) • "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1973) • "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) • "The Lightkeepers" (2009) • "Bewitched" (1966) • "Gidget" (1966) • "Stakeout" (1987) • "Night Falls on Manhattan" (1996) • "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1966) • "Asher" (2018) • "The Competition" (1980) • "Hello Down There" (1969) • "Coma" (2012) • "Tin Man" (2007) • "Let It Ride" (1989) • "The Second Coming of Suzanne" (1974) • "Once Around" (1991) • "American Graffiti" (1973) • "Weeds" (2010) • "Ben Casey" (1965) • "Mad Dog Time" (1996) • "The Buddy System" (1984) • "Daughter of the Wolf" (2019) • "Book Club" (2018) • "American Experience" (1992) • "Family Guy" (2009–2010) • "W." (2008) • "The Young Runaways" (1968) • "Hey, Landlord" (1967) • "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995) • "The Wonderful World of Disney" (1997) • "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1974) • "The Big Valley" (1967) • "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1969) • "The Education of Max Bickford" (2001–2002) • "Room 222" (1970) • "The Felony Squad" (1969) • "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986) • "Always" (1989) • "Postcards from the Edge" (1990) • "RED" (2010) • "The Goodbye Girl" (1977) • "Astronaut" (2019) • "What About Bob?" (1991) • "Nuts" (1987) • "Another Stakeout" (1993) • "Signs of the Time" (2008) • "Dillinger" (1973) • "You Are There" (1971) • "Krippendorf's Tribe" (1998) • "Silent Fall" (1994) • "Silver City" (2004) • "The Mod Squad" (1970–1973) • "Parenthood" (2011) • "Lost in Yonkers" (1993) • "Paranoia" (2013) • "Zipper" (2015) • "The Last Laugh" (2019) • "Cas & Dylan" (2013) • "Tin Men" (1987) • "Judd for the Defense" (1968)

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Is Richard Dreyfuss married? Janelle Lacey (1999–2005), Svetlana Erokhin (2006–present), Jeramie Rain (1983–1992) When was Richard Dreyfuss born? Richard Dreyfuss was born on October 29, 1947. Where was Richard Dreyfuss born? Richard Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

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