He was born to parents Norman and Geraldine on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York but grew up in Bayside, Queens. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Later, he joined San Fernando Valley State College. Richard started his acting career when he was youth. He made his acting debut in the TV production called In Mama’s House. At this time, he was only fifteen. He made his appearances on Broadway, repertory, off-Broadway and Improvisational Theater. He did this, during late 1960s and early 1970s. Dreyfuss can be seen along with Henry Fonda, Ron Thompson, Gloria Grahame, Jane Alexander, Strother Martin, Pepper Martin and Richard X. Slattery in the time of Your Life.

His full name at birth is Richard Stephen Dreyfuss. His age is 66. He has wonderful height and it is about 5 feet and 5 inches, which is 165 cm. Body type is average. Blue is hair color and eye color is Grey. Distinctive features are Low-pitched, nasal voice, short stature, frequently plays wisecracking, character who perceives themselves as intellectual and fast talking characters. Star sign is Scorpio and sexuality is straight. Jewish is his faith. Ethnicity is white and nationality is American. Talent agency is Agency for the performing Arts N. Y. Brand Endorsements are gave voice-overs for Honda television commercials, TV commercial for Apple computer, game voice overs for Mcdonald’s TV and more.

He created several examples and experiences throughout his life. Some of the major events, facts and notable things are presented as follows. He was ranked 81 out of 100 in Empire UK magazine as top 100 movies stars of all time. He does not like rock music. He is an uncle of Natalie Dreyfuss and Justin Drefuss. He experienced serious drug problems during late 70s and early 80s. The drug became a cause of his memory damage. Unfortunately, he does not have any memory of filming of movie called Whose Life Is It Anyway.

He has been married for three times. Jeramie Rain is his first wife; couple got married on 20 March 1983 and divorced 14 September 1992. They have three children. He subsequently married with Janelle Lacey on May 1999 and separated in 2005. On 16 March 2006, he married with his third wife Svetlana Erokhin.

He is very hardworking and dedicated actor, particularly to his job. This is the key reason that, he earned name, fame and more prosperity in his life. His estimated net worth is $ 55 million dollars. His fan can stay with him at twitter and Facebook or they can visit his official site nndb.com and thedreyfussinitiative.org. His life story can be studied at wiki and bijog.com.