Changes: Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is also known for his roles in Steven Spielberg's movies Jaws, as the character Dr. Matt Hooper, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as the character of Roy Neary, that premiered in the 1970s.

For Disney, he voiced Centipede in the 1996 live-action/stop-motion film, James and the Giant Peach, and portrayed Dr. Leo Martin in the 1991 Touchstone Pictures film, What About Bob?, Fagin in Disney's 1997 movie Oliver Twist, and Professor James Krippendorf in the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film, Krippendorf's Tribe. He also played Detective Chris Lecce in Stakeout and Another Stakeout and Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus. He even played Bernie Madoff in the ABC TV miniseries Madoff. His role as Dr. Matt Hooper from Jaws was spoofed by Aladdin in the Aladdin episode; "Egg-stra Protection" while Genie spoofed the shark.

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 {{Infobox Real Person
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 |name = Richard Dreyfuss
-|born = Richard Stephen Dreyfus<br>[[October 29]], [[1947]] (age 66)<br>Brooklyn, [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
+|born = Richard Stephen Dreyfus<br>[[October 29]], [[1947]] (age 72)<br>Brooklyn, [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[USA]]
+|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Actor
+|occupation(s) = Actor, voice actor
 |years active = [[1966]]-present
 |spouse = Jeramie Rain ([[1983]]-[[1995]])<br>Janelle Lacey ([[1999]]-[[2005]])<br>Svetlana Erokhin ([[2006]]-present)
 |children = Emily, Benjamin, and Harry
-}}'''Richard Stephen Dreyfuss''' (born October 29, [[1947]]) is an American actor who is best known for starring in a number of film, television and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is also known for his roles in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s movies ''[[Wikipedia:Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Close Encounters of the Third Kind]] ''that premiered in the 1970s.
+}}'''Richard Stephen Dreyfuss''' is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is also known for his roles in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s movies ''[[Wikipedia:Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', as the character Dr. Matt Hooper, and ''[[Wikipedia:Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', as the character of Roy Neary, that premiered in the 1970s.
-He voiced [[Centipede]] in the [[1996]] Disney live-action/stop-motion film, ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'' and played Dr. Leo Martin in the [[1991]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film ''[[What About Bob?]]'',  Fagin in Disney's [[1997]] movie ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', and Professor James Krippendorf in the [[1998]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film, ''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he voiced [[Centipede]] in the [[1996]] live-action/stop-motion film, ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'', and portrayed Dr. Leo Martin in the [[1991]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film, ''[[What About Bob?]]'', [[Fagin (Oliver Twist)|Fagin]] in Disney's [[1997]] movie ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', and Professor James Krippendorf in the [[1998]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film, ''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]''. He also played Detective Chris Lecce in ''[[Stakeout]]'' and ''[[Another Stakeout]]'' and Glenn Holland in ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]''. He even played [[Wikipedia:Bernard Madoff|Bernie Madoff]] in the [[ABC]] TV miniseries [[Wikipedia:Madoff (TV series)|Madoff]]. His role as Dr. Matt Hooper from ''Jaws'' was spoofed by [[Aladdin (character)|Aladdin]] in the ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'' episode; "[[Egg-stra Protection]]" while [[Genie]] spoofed the shark.
+==Disney Roles==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+Mr. Centipede.png|'''[[Centipede]]''' in ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]''
+richarddreyfuss-fagin.png|Richard Dreyfuss as '''Fagin''' in ''[[Oliver Twist]]''
+aladdinhooper.png|'''[[Aladdin (character)|Aladdin]]''' as Dr. Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) from ''Jaws''
+</gallery>
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