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American actor Richard Stephen Dreyfuss was born on October 29th 1947 in Brooklyn, New York and has a net worth of $5 million. He started his acting career when he attended Beverly Hills Jewish Center. At age 15, he made his debut in Mama’s House, a TV production. After school, he was actively involved in services during the Vietnam War for two years, doing clerical work in a hospital in Los Angeles.
However, he did act in various small TV productions during that period and in the late 1960’s done improvisational theater, repertory, and Broadway. Dreyfuss made his filming debut in The Graduate, with only one line, followed by a few more lines in 1967’s Valley of the Dolls. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz in 1974 landed him his first lead role, with great reviews.
Two Steven Spielberg movies followed with Dreyfuss starring in both, and he moved on to become the youngest actor at that time to win the Best Actor Award at age 29. The award was for The Goodbye Girl in 1977. Although he had some bad experiences with cocaine for a period in his life, his career did not falter and he continued to work accumulating his net worth of $55 million.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Others |
Sales of the video Book Club as George |
$7,960,000 |
2018 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Book Club as George |
$89,690,000 |
2018 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Richard Dreyfuss' home in Los Angeles |
$3,000,000 |
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the video Paranoia as Francis Cassidy |
$920,440 |
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the video Very Good Girls as Danny |
$121,020 |
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Very Good Girls as Danny |
$6,940 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Paranoia as Francis Cassidy |
$16,340,000 |
2012 |
Others |
Sales of the video Jaws as Matt Hooper |
$12,190,000 |
2011 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Piranha 3D as Matt Hooper and Red as Alexander Dunning |
$72,110,000 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Piranha 3D as Matt Hooper and Red as Alexander Dunning |
$282,670,000 |
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies My Life in Ruins as Irv, Leaves of Grass as Pug Rothbaum and box office sales of the movies America Betrayed as the film's narrator and The Lightkeepers as Seth and the film's executive producer |
$21,530,000 |
2009 |
Others |
Sales of the videos W. as Dick Cheney and My Life in Ruins as Irv |
$19,110,000 |
2008 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie W. as Dick Cheney |
$29,510,000 |
2008 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Richard Dreyfuss' house in the rural community of Olivenhain in eastern Encinitas, California |
$1,500,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Sales of the video Poseidon as Richard Nelson |
$27,460,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Poseidon as Richard Nelson |
$181,670,000 |
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Silver City as Chuck Raven |
$1,380,000 |
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies The Old Man Who Read Love Stories as Antonio Bolivar and Who Is Cletis Tout? as Micah Donnelly |
$387,300 |
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Crew as Bobby Bartellemeo and the film's narrator |
$13,110,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Krippendorf's Tribe as Prof. James Krippendorf |
$7,570,000 |
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Night Falls on Manhattan as Sam Vigoda |
$9,890,000 |
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies James and the Giant Peach as the voice of Mr. Centipede and Mad Dog Time as Vic |
$29,060,000 |
1995 |
Salary |
Salary from the movie The American President as Senator Bob Rumson |
$5,000,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The American President as Senator Bob Rumson and Mr. Holland's Opus as Glenn Holland |
$214,160,000 |
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Silent Fall as Dr. Jake Rainer |
$3,180,000 |
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Lost in Yonkers as Louie Kurnitz and Another Stakeout as Detective Chris Lecce |
$29,500,000 |
1991 |
Salary |
Salary from the movie What About Bob? as Dr. Leo Marvin |
$5,000,000 |
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as The Player, Once Around as Sam Sharpe and the film's co-producer and What About Bob? as Dr. Leo Marvin |
$79,300,000 |
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Postcards from the Edge as Doctor Frankenthal |
$39,070,000 |
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Let It Ride as Jay Trotter and Always as Pete Sandich |
$79,100,000 |
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Moon over Parador as Jack Noah or President Alphonse Simms |
$11,440,000 |
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Tin Men as Bill 'BB' Babowsky, Stakeout as Detective Chris Lecce and Nuts as Aaron Levinsky |
$122,030,000 |
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Down and Out in Beverly Hills as David 'Dave' Whiteman and Stand by Me as the adult Gordie LaChance and the film's narrator |
$114,420,000 |
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Buddy System as Joe |
$1,820,000 |
1981 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Ken Harrison |
$8,210,000 |
1980 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Competition as Paul Dietrich |
$14,290,000 |
1978 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Big Fix as Moses Wine and the film's producer |
$13,060,000 |
1977 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Roy Neary and box office sales of the movie The Goodbye Girl as Elliott Garfield |
$424,500,000 |
1975 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Jaws as Matt Hooper |
$470,700,000 |
1974 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz as Duddy |
$1,700,000 |
1973 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies American Graffiti as Curt Henderson and Dillinger as Baby Face Nelson |
$142,000,000 |
1967 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Valley of the Dolls as an assistant stage manager and box office sales of the movie The Graduate as a boarding house resident |
$154,950,000 |