Richard Dreyfus spent his early childhood in New York, relocating to California with his family where he began his impressive acting career in the 1964 television series Karen. Landing bit parts in Valley of the Dolls and The Graduate led to his first major role as Baby Face Nelson in the 1973 film Dillinger.
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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (2018)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 3x02: Richard Dreyfuss, Patsy Palmer, James Buckley, Scarlett Moffatt (Mar 17, 2020)
Shots Fired (2017)
Starring as Arlen Cox
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Hour Ten: Last Dance (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Hour Nine: Come to Jesus (May 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: Hour Eight: Rock Bottom (May 10, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Hour Seven: The Content of Their Character (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Hour Six: The Fire This Time (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Hour Five: Before the Storm (Apr 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Hour Four: Truth (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Hour Three: Somebody's Son (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Hour Two: Betrayal of Trust (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Hour One (Mar 22, 2017)
Madoff (2016)
Starring as Bernie Madoff
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Fallout (Feb 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Redemptions (Feb 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Catch Me If You Cancer (Feb 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Millions to Billions (Feb 3, 2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 2016-02-22: Casey Affleck; Richard Dreyfuss; Mavis Staples (Feb 22, 2016)
Your Family or Mine (2015)
Starring as Louis Weston
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Vows (Jun 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Presents (Jun 2, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: 5 Stages (May 19, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: The Speech (May 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Christmas in July (May 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Couch (Apr 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Apr 7, 2015)
The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)
Guest starring as "Roy Neary" - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(4 episodes)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 2017-03-27: Scarlett Johansson, Richard Dreyfuss, Dan White (Mar 27, 2017)
Bubble Guppies (2011)
Guest starring as Captain Acrab
- Episode 6x16: The Jaw-some Sharkventure! (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Parenthood (2010)
Guest starring as Gilliam T. Blount
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x22: Hard Times Come Again No More (Apr 19, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: Slipping Away (Apr 12, 2011)
- Episode 2x20: New Plan (Apr 5, 2011)
- Episode 2x19: Taking the Leap (Mar 29, 2011)
Tin Man (2007)
Starring as Mystic Man
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Tin Man (Dec 4, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Search for the Emerald (Dec 3, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: Into the Storm (Dec 2, 2007)
Weeds (2005)
Guest starring as Warren Schiff
(4 episodes)
- Episode 6x13: Theoretical Love is Not Dead (Nov 15, 2010)
- Episode 6x12: Fran Tarkenton (Nov 8, 2010)
- Episode 6x11: Viking Pride (Nov 1, 2010)
- Episode 6x10: Dearborn-Again (Oct 25, 2010)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 2016-02-01: Kate Winslet, Richard Dreyfuss, Old Dominion (Feb 1, 2016)
The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
Starring as Max Bickford
(22 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: The Pursuit of Happiness (Jun 2, 2002)
- Episode 1x21: One More Time (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 1x20: The Egg and I (Apr 21, 2002)
- Episode 1x19: The Bad Girl (Apr 14, 2002)
- Episode 1x18: Murder of the First (Mar 31, 2002)
- Episode 1x17: Past, Present, Future (Mar 17, 2002)
- Episode 1x16: An Open Book (Mar 10, 2002)
- Episode 1x15: Genesis (Mar 3, 2002)
- Episode 1x14: Money Changes Everthing (Feb 24, 2002)
- Episode 1x13: I Never Schlunged My Father (Jan 27, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: The Cost of Living (Jan 20, 2002)
- Episode 1x11: Save the Country (Jan 13, 2002)
- Episode 1x10: The Good, the Bad and the Lawyers (Jan 6, 2002)
- Episode 1x09: It's Not the Wrapping, It's the Candy (Dec 9, 2001)
- Episode 1x08: A Very Great Man (Dec 2, 2001)
- Episode 1x07: Revisionism (Nov 18, 2001)
- Episode 1x06: Do It Yourself (Nov 11, 2001)
- Episode 1x05: In the Details (Oct 28, 2001)
- Episode 1x04: Hearts and Minds (Oct 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x03: Who is Breckenridge Long? (Oct 14, 2001)
- Episode 1x02: Herding Cats (Sep 30, 2001)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 23, 2001)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 26x152: Minka Kelly, Richard Dreyfuss (May 3, 2023)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 8x01: Richard Dreyfuss, La Toya Jackson, Har Mar Superstar (Oct 14, 2004)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
- Episode 14x79: Jan 2, 1975 (Jan 2, 1975)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Richard Dreyfuss
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1996-03-25: The 68th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 25, 1996)
- Episode 1994-03-21: The 66th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 21, 1994)
- Episode 1989-03-29: The 61st Annual Academy Awards (Mar 29, 1989)
- Episode 1987-03-30: The 59th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 30, 1987)
- Episode 1986-03-24: The 58th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 24, 1986)
- Episode 1980-04-14: The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (Apr 14, 1980)
- Episode 1979-04-09: The 51st Annual Academy Awards (Apr 9, 1979)
- Episode 1978-04-03: The 50th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 3, 1978)