Richard Dreyfuss was born on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY. Longtime actor who played a shark expert in Jaws and won an Academy Award for his role in The Goodbye Girl. His other roles include Close Encounters with the Third Kind, and American Graffiti.
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💰Richard Dreyfuss Net worth: $5 million

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About

Longtime actor who played a shark expert in Jaws and won an Academy Award for his role in The Goodbye Girl. His other roles include Close Encounters with the Third Kind, and American Graffiti.

Before Fame

He began acting at a Beverly Hills community center at age fifteen, and suffered from cocaine addiction and a bipolar disorder early in his life. He made his television debut in a 1966 episode of Bewitched as Rodney.

Trivia

Besides working as an actor, he became an advocate of Media Literacy and teaching Civics in schools.

Family Life

He married his first wife, Producer Jeramie Rain, in the early 1983, and the couple had three children together before separating. His oldest son, Benjamin, went blind in his left eye.