Richard Dreyfuss

Cast in Joe Sutton’s "Complicit" at London’s Old Vic theater; directed by Kevin Spacey

Earned a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word for the album, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Portrayed U.S Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's biopic "W."

Starred in director Wolfgang Petersen's remake of "The Poseidon Adventure"

Co-starred with Chris Cooper in John Sayles' political satire "Silver City"

Returned to Broadway in "Sly Fox" opposite Elizabeth Berkley

Co-starred in "The Old Man Who Loved to Read Stories"

Played US Secretary of State Alexander Haig in the Showtime drama "The Day Reagan Was Shot"

Starred in the CBS TV drama "The Education of Max Bickford"

Cast as an aging gangster in the comedy "The Crew"

Co-starred with Mason in the London stage production of Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"

Portrayed infamous Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky in HBO's "Lansky"; scripted by David Mamet and directed by John McNaughton

Re-teamed with Mason for the stage play "House" (co-authored by Jon Robin Baitz and Terrence McNally)

Starred opposite Jenna Elfman in "Krippendorf's Tribe"

Co-produced and starred as Fagin in the TV adaptation of "Oliver Twist" (ABC)

Played a civil rights attorney based on William Kunstler for Sidney Lumet's "Night Falls on Manhattan"

Directed the short film "Present Tense, Past Perfect" (aired on Showtime)

Made a cameo appearance as Senator Bob Rumson in Reiner's "The American President"

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October)

Acted opposite Christine Lahti in the Los Angeles stage production of "Three Hotels"

Earned second Best Actor Academy Award nomination for "Mr. Holland's Opus"

Stage directorial debut, "Hamlet" for the Birmingham Theatre Company at the Old Rep in England

Appeared in feature film version of Neil Simon's play "Lost in Yonkers"

Returned to Broadway in "Death and the Maiden" with Glenn Close and Gene Hackman

Executive produced Ken Russell's "Prisoner of Honor" (HBO); also co-starred as George Picquart

Portrayed Bill Murray's shrink in "What About Bob?"

Re-teamed with Hunter for Lasse Hallstrom's "Once Around"

Third film with director Spielberg, starring opposite Holly Hunter in "Always"

Re-teamed with Mazursky as the very broad actor-cum-dictator of "Moon Over Parador"

Offered excellent turns in both Barry Levinson's "Tin Men" and Badham's "Stakeout"

Produced, wrote and hosted TV special, "Funny You Don't Look 200!" (ABC)

Narrated director Rob Reiner's "Stand By Me"

Started as part of the fine ensemble of Paul Mazursky's "Down and Out in Beverly Hills"

Turned in remarkable performance as paralyzed sculptor who argues for his right to die in John Badham's "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

Starred as Iago in "Othello" with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park

Played Cassius in "Julius Caesar" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Produced and starred in feature film, "The Big Fix"

Second collaboration with Spielberg, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Won Best Actor Academy Award for his role as a struggling actor, opposite Marsha Mason, in Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl"

Breakthrough role as marine biologist Matt Hooper in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws"

First lead role in the Canadian film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"

Garnered notice for his turn as the college-bound Curt in George Lucas' "American Graffiti"

Played Baby Face Nelson in John Milius' "Dillinger"

TV movie debut, "Two for the Money" (ABC)

Appeared in Israel Horowitz's Off-Broadway play "Line"

Made Broadway debut in "But, Seriously..."

Had a memorable role as a cocky car thief in "The Young Runaways"

First film part was a small, uncredited role in "The Graduate"

Directed by Rob Reiner in the stage production of "The Session" with Larry Bishop (son of Joey), Reiner and David Arkin

At fifteen made professional stage debut with "In Mama's House" at the Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles

First television appearance, the NBC sitcom "Karen"

Began acting at age 9 at the West Side Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles

Worked at New York Playboy Club with comedy troupe; was fired after his first performance for insulting customers