Richard Dreyfuss Bio, Son, Net Worth, Wife or Wife, Children, Family

Richard Dreyfuss might not have the most recognizable name or face in Hollywood as his working repertoire suggests, seeing as he was once the youngest person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. The New York-born actor, who additionally has a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award in his collection, is best known for appearing in films like Jaws (1975) and Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995).

the biography

Richard Dreyfuss was born Richard Stephen Dreyfus to Jewish parents; Geraldine and Norman Dreyfus on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. Dreyfuss spent his formative years in New York and then Europe, before returning to the United States at the age of nine to live in Los Angeles, California.

From an early age, while attending Beverly Hills High School, Dreyfuss began learning acting at the Westside Jewish Community Center and Temple Emanuel at the Beverly Hills Arts Center. At the age of 15, he managed to land his first acting job in the television production of In Mama’s House.

After graduating from high school, Dreyfus enrolled at San Fernando Valley State College, known today as California State University, Northridge. After a year of college, Dreyfuss quit school to pursue his acting career, as he was also working in an alternate ward as a hospital clerk after he dutifully objected to serving in Vietnam War. He starred in a number of small television roles before moving to New York to perform on Broadway, among other theaters.

In 1973, after doing a few minor and uncredited films, Richard Dreyfuss managed to land his first starring roles in a gangster film, Dillinger, and then in the comedy American Graffiti, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. . His performances in these films landed him the lead role in The Apprenticeship of DuddyKravitz (1974) for which he won more praise for his performance. In the following years Dreyfuss starred in Steven Spielberg’s films Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as well as The Goodbye Girl (1977) for which he was awarded an Academy and Golden Globe Award. .

Recently, after battling drug addiction in the late 70s and 80s and then taking some time off acting, Dreyfuss appeared in films like Nuts (1987), The Education of Max Bickford (2001-02) and The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001), among other television and theater roles.

Richard Dreyfuss net worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, RichardDreyfuss has an estimated net worth of $5 million. The actor is said to have made most of his fortune from his career on camera. He is credited with co-writing a novel with famed science fiction writer Harry Turtledove, which reportedly gave him a good payday.

Family – husband, wife, children

Richard Dreyfuss is currently in his third marriage. The 1979 Best Leading Actor, BAFTA Award winner, was first married to Jeramie Rain, an actress-turned-screenwriter and producer renowned for her role in The Last House on the Left (1972) and Preacherman Meets a Woman wide (1973). Dreyfuss and Rain exchanged vows in 1983 and were married for 12 years before leaving power in 1995. Together they had three children; Emily born in 1983, Benjamin born in 1986 and Harry born in 1990.

Four years after his first marriage ended, Dreyfuss married Janelle Lacey on May 30, 1999. They reportedly met a year prior, in 1998, before making the bold decision to get engaged. Unfortunately for both parties, the marriage only lasted six years before the divorce. Dreyfuss seemed to have moved away from his second wife quickly as he married for the third time a year later, in 2006, to Russian-born American Svetlana Erokhin.

Son

Benjamin Dreyfuss, the eldest son of Richard Dreyfuss, is a journalist and actor. He is best known for playing the role of young Bernie Madoff in the ABC miniseries Madoff (2016). On the journalistic side of his career, he has worked for the investigative magazine and website Mother Jones, where he is renowned for his appeal to Millennials.

Benjamin Dreyfuss is blind in his left eye. He was born with a rare genetic eye defect called Peters’ anomaly, which required him to have surgery as a child. The under-one-year-old baby had 23 failed eye operations that led to him losing his sight in that eye completely.