Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor.

Richard Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss in 2013
Born	Richard Stephen Dreyfus[1] (1947-10-29) October 29, 1947 (age 77) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–present
Spouses	Jeramie Rain ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1995)​ Janelle Lacey ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2005)​ Svetlana Erokhin ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	3

Early life

Dreyfuss was born on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York to Norman Dreyfuss, a lawyer, and to Geraldine Dreyfuss, a peace activist.^[2] Dreyfuss was raised Bayside, Queens, New York. Dreyfuss and his family first moved to Europe, because his father disliked New York City. Later they moved to Los Angeles, California when he was just 9 years old. He was educated at Beverly Hills High School.

Career

His career began during the late 1960s. He has appeared in movies such as American Graffiti, Inserts, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Moon over Parador, Always, What About Bob?, Poseidon, Mr. Holland's Opus, and James and the Giant Peach.

Awards

Dreyfuss won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his role in The Goodbye Girl and was nominated for another Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995 for his role in Mr. Holland's Opus. He has won a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and in 2002 he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Personal life

Dreyfuss was married to Jeramie Rain from 1983 until they divorced in 1995; they had three children. In 1999, he married Janelle Lacey; they divorced in 2005. He married Svetlana Erokin in 2006. They currently live in Carlsbad, California and in Encinitas, California.

Health

Dreyfuss suffers from bipolar disorder. In 2006, he appeared in Stephen Fry's documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, which documented Stephen Fry's life with the disease.^[3][4]