How old was Richard Dreyfuss in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

Richard Dreyfuss was 29 in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when he played the character 'Roy Neary'.

That was over 46 years ago in 1977.

Today he is 76, and has starred in 117 movies in total, 100 of those since Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I think Richard Dreyfuss looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Steven Spielberg has worked with Richard Dreyfuss a total of 3 times in his career.
  • Richard Dreyfuss' first movie was as 'Boarding House Resident (uncredited)' in The Graduate, released in 1967 when he was 19
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind scores 7.37 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Richard Dreyfuss' other movies