ACTOR

Richard Dreyfuss

1947 - Today

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in popular films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, including American Graffiti (1973), Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Competition (1980), Stand by Me (1986), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Stakeout (1987), Nuts (1987), Always (1989), What About Bob? (1991), The American President (1995), and Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Dreyfuss has received more than 11,910,343 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Richard Dreyfuss is the 537th most popular actor (down from 530th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from United States (up from 995th in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Actor.

Richard Dreyfuss is most famous for his role in the movie Jaws, where he played a marine biologist who is the first to realize that a shark is killing people.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Dreyfusses by language

Over the past year Richard Dreyfuss has had the most page views in the with 1,603,817 views, followed by German (110,504), and Italian (104,139). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (188.78%), Simple English (157.12%), and Ilocano (131.67%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 537 out of 13,578. Before him are Totò, John Cassavetes, Bette Midler, Leslie Howard, Mildred Harris, and Tom Waits. After him are Eleonora Duse, Tippi Hedren, Karlheinz Böhm, Brian Cox, Mel Ferrer, and Nǃxau ǂToma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 62. Before him are Aaron Ciechanover, César Gaviria, Sheikh Hasina, Mykola Azarov, Jonathan Banks, and Sofia Rotaru. After him are Roy Hodgson, Meat Loaf, Kevin Kline, Carles Rexach, Óscar Tabárez, and Mohammad Najibullah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 979 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Campbell (1904), Tom Waits (1949), Julius Axelrod (1912), James Horner (1953), Ritchie Valens (1941), and John Archibald Wheeler (1911). After him are Jonathan Demme (1944), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Tippi Hedren (1930), Harry Markowitz (1927), and Cormac McCarthy (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 264. Before him are Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mickey Rooney (1920), John Cassavetes (1929), Bette Midler (1945), Mildred Harris (1901), and Tom Waits (1949). After him are Tippi Hedren (1930), Mel Ferrer (1917), Louise Fletcher (1934), Mae West (1893), Woody Harrelson (1961), and Mr. T (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

American Graffiti
Curt Henderson
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Aug 1o 19737.044 / 10
Jaws
Matt Hooper
When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
Jun 20o 19757.66 / 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Nov 18o 19777.36 / 10