Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor and producer whose career spans film, television, and stage beginning in 1964. This news archive tag collects reporting, interviews, and updates related to his ongoing professional work, including retrospectives on his defining 1970s performances in American Graffiti, Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, his 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor for The Goodbye Girl, his second Best Actor nomination for Mr. Holland’s Opus, and his continued activity across screen and stage projects.