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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 4, 1947
Place of Birth:
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Richard Jenkins
Biography
Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. Jenkins began his acting career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company and later made his film debut in 1974. He has worked steadily in film and television since the 1980s, mostly in supporting roles. His first major role did not come until the early 2000s, when he portrayed the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005). He is also known for his roles in the films Burn After Reading (2008), Step Brothers (2008), Let Me In (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), and The Cabin in the Woods (2012).
Jenkins was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the drama film The Visitor (2007). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the limited drama series Olive Kitteridge (2014). For his performance in the fantasy drama film The Shape of Water (2017), Jenkins received Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IF | Art Teacher (voice) |
| 2021 | The Humans | Erik |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Ezra Grindle |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | Robert |
| 2020 | The Last Shift | Stanley |
| 2017 | LBJ | Sen. Richard Russell |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Senator Al Willis |
| 2016 | The Hollars | Don Hollar |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Chicory |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Richard Shelburn |
| 2014 | Lullaby | Robert |
| 2014 | 4 Minute Mile | Coleman |
| 2013 | Turbo | Bobby (voice) |
| 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Hugh |
| 2013 | White House Down | Speaker Eli Raphelson |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Richard Sitterson |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Driver |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Professor Peter Hoberg |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | D.A. Alex Rodin |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Jed Lewis |
| 2012 | Darling Companion | Russell |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Lotterman |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Paul Gertmanian |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Coakley |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Mr. Harper |
| 2010 | Dear John | Mr. Tyree |
| 2010 | Let Me In | The Father |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard |
| 2010 | Norman | Doug Long |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever | Richard Twist |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard from Texas |
| 2008 | The Broken | John McVey |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Ted |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Dr. Robert Doback |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Prof. Walter Vale |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Principal (voice) |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Robert Grace |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Earl Huttinger |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Frank Bascombe |
| 2005 | North Country | Hank Aimes |
| 2005 | Earth to America | Self |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Devine |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Mr. Hooten (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Freddy Bender |
| 2003 | The Mudge Boy | Edgar Mudge |
| 2003 | The Core | Gen. Thomas Purcell |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shake |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Honorable Judge Emmett Cook |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Walter Arnell |
| 2002 | Sins of the Father | Bobby Frank Cherry |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Walter Abundas |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Walter Wingfield |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Father Jimmy |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Don Fisk |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Agent Boshane |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Sheriff Art Moran |
| 1999 | The Confession | Cass O'Donnell |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Truman Trainor |
| 1999 | Outside Providence | Barney |
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Det. Bob Mothershed |
| 1998 | The Impostors | Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Psychiatrist (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | Beck Weathers |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Michael McCarty |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Willard Sprague |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon |
| 1996 | Eddie | Carl Zimmer |
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | Campton |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Bob Klemper |
| 1995 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Victor |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Howell |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | C. Vernon Hale |
| 1994 | Wolf | Detective Carl Bridger |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Agent Shaddus Peyser |
| 1994 | Getting Out | Chaplain |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Dr. Marc Conant |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Frank |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Acton Ryder |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Redy |
| 1991 | Doublecrossed | |
| 1991 | The Perfect Tribute | Blair |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Tommy |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Attorney Mel Dawson |
| 1990 | When You Remember Me | Vaughan |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Debaudt |
| 1990 | Challenger | Gregory B. Jarvis |
| 1989 | Blaze | Picayune |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Gruber |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Bill Browne |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Paul Evetts |
| 1989 | Kojak : Error Fatal | Joel Litkin |
| 1988 | Stealing Home | Hank Chandler |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Richard Grant |
| 1988 | Rachel River | Cordell |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Detective Hamill |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Clyde Alden |
| 1987 | Courtship | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Radiation Controls Officer |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Dr. Wilkes |
| 1986 | The Tender Age | Roger Davis |
| 1985 | Silverado | Kelly |
| 1982 | Parole | 1st Cop |
| 1974 | Feasting with Panthers | Warder |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Lionel Dahmer |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Steven Frost |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Henry Kitteridge |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Nathaniel Fisher |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Mr. Bo |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Mr. Benson |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | DEA Agent Ed Waters |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Sheriff |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Warder |
| Criminal | Ivan | |
| DTF St. Louis |