About
Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor renowned for leading some of the most influential blockbusters in film history. He starred as marine biologist Matt Hooper in Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and won the Best Actor Oscar for The Goodbye Girl (1977).
Before Fame
Moved from New York to California at age nine, taking community theatre classes at the Westside Jewish Community Center in Beverly Hills before landing small television guest spots in Bewitched and The Big Valley.
Trivia
At age 30, he became the youngest person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Goodbye Girl (1977), a record he held for 25 years until Adrien Brody won in 2003.
Family Life
Born in Brooklyn to Norman Dreyfuss and Geraldine Robbins. He has three children: Emily, Benjamin, and Harry, with his first wife Jeramie Rain.
Associated With
Collaborated on career-defining Hollywood films with legendary director Steven Spielberg and starred in George Lucas's breakthrough classic American Graffiti (1973).
