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- NAME: Richard Dreyfuss
- OCCUPATION: Actor
- BIRTH DATE: October 29, 1947 (Age: 65)
- EDUCATION: Beverly Hills High School, San Fernando Valley State College (California State University, Northridge)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
- Originally: Richard Stephen Dreyfus
- Full Name: Richard Stephen Dreyfuss
- AKA: Richard Dreyfuss
- ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio
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Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor known for his roles in Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, American Graffiti and The Goodbye Girl.
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Holland's Opus, but his film career began to fade. He turned to television, and in 2001 he produced and acted in a TV series, The Education of Max Bickford. Although it was well-received by critics, the show only aired for one season.
More recently, Dreyfuss portrayed Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's film W,
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about the life of George W. Bush, and appeared on the TV shows Weeds and Parenthood. While continuing to act, Dreyfuss has also become politically active and spends his time championing individual rights. He appeared in a 2007 documentary on youth voting, 18 in '08, and encourages teaching American history to children in elementary school.
Personal Life
Dreyfuss lives with bipolar disorder, a fact he discusses in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. He has been married three times, and has three children with his first wife, Jeramie Rain. His second marriage to Janelle Lacy lasted six years, and in 2006 he married Svetlana Erokhin. He resides in San Diego, California.
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