Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor and producer recognized for his prominent roles in 1970s cinema, including Curt Henderson in American Graffiti (1973), Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975), and Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), as well as for his Academy Award-winning performance as Elliot Garfield in The Goodbye Girl (1977). and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), for which he received another Best Actor Oscar nomination. mandates, particularly the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' standards for Best Picture eligibility, which he has described as making him "vomit" due to their imposition of representational quotas that he argues patronize affected groups, prioritize ideology over artistic merit, and distort historical narratives in theater and film.(

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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 numerous acting honors, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Satellite Award, a David di Donatello Award, a Saturn Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Actor Awards, two Photoplay Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Dreyfuss rose to prominence with starring roles in American Graffiti (1973), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Jaws (1975), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elliot Garfield in the 1977 romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl, and was Oscar-nominated in the same category for his title role in the 1995 drama Mr. Holland's Opus.