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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 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Richard Dreyfuss is the 530th most popular actor (up from 583rd in 2019), the 995th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,075th in 2019) and the 266th 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.

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  • 12M

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  • 62.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 530 out of 9,996Before him are Edward G. Robinson, Rade Šerbedžija, Jean Rochefort, Margot Robbie, Winona Ryder, and Elliott Gould. After him are Jessica Tandy, Franco Columbu, Jim Belushi, Kevin Kline, Harriet Andersson, and Gabriel Byrne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 54Before him are Megawati Sukarnoputri, Rob Rensenbrink, Jonathan Pryce, Bruno Latour, Mohammad Najibullah, and Mykola Azarov. After him are Kevin Kline, Tostão, Sofia Rotaru, Jonathan Banks, Carles Rexach, and Gidon Kremer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 995 out of 18,182Before him are Winona Ryder (1971), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Richard Thaler (1945), Vera Rubin (1928), and Elliott Gould (1938). After him are Willie Nelson (1933), Herbie Hancock (1940), George E. Smith (1930), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), and Kobe Bryant (1978).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Dreyfuss ranks 266Before him are Carl Weathers (1948), Mel Ferrer (1917), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Gena Rowlands (1930), Winona Ryder (1971), and Elliott Gould (1938). After him are Jim Belushi (1954), Kevin Kline (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), Steve Buscemi (1957), Anne Hathaway (1982), and R. Lee Ermey (1944).

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