Richard Dreyfruss is for allegedly making 'racist, transphobic and misogynistic' comments at a Jaws event at the Cabot theatre in The comments caused audience members to walk out. On the Cabot's Facebook page, an audience member shared their experience at the May 25 show called An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss + Screening: "We walked out of his interview tonight along with hundreds of others because of his racist homophobic misogynistic rant." Here's what we He was born on October 29, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York but was raised in Bayside Queens to an attorney father and mother who sold costume jewelry.
He is the the second child out of three: older brother and actor Lorin Dreyfuss (who passed away in 2021) and sister Cathy. He comes from a Jewish family that descended from Russia and Poland. Richard got his start in acting at a young age, at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills Arts Center and the Westside Jewish Community Center.
While there, he worked alongside drama teacher Bill Miller. His first TV role was In Mama's House, at fifteen. He attended the then San Fernando Valley State College - now California State University, Northridge - for a year and was a conscientious objector against the Vietnam war.
He succeeded in not being drafted and worked instead for alternate service as a clerk in a Los Angeles hospital for two years. During that time, he continued to do small TV roles and worked on and off Broadway. He had his breakout role in George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973).