Name
Richard Jenkins
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-05-04 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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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- 1996 Flirting with Disaster as Paul Harmon
- 1991 Carolina Skeletons as Redy
- 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars as Sheriff Art Moran
- 2008 The Broken as John McVey
- 1994 It Could Happen to You as C. Vernon Hale
- 1994 Wolf as Detective Carl Bridger
- 2000 What Planet Are You From? as Don Fisk
- 2005 Rumor Has It... as Earl Huttinger
- 1993 And the Band Played On as Dr. Marc Conant
- 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Walter Abundas
- 2007 The Kingdom as Robert Grace
- 2004 Shall We Dance? as Devine
- 2001 Say It Isn't So as Walter Wingfield
- 2008 Burn After Reading as Ted
- 1996 Eddie as Carl Zimmer
- 1995 The Indian in the Cupboard as Victor
- 1999 The Confession as Cass O'Donnell
- 2012 The Cabin in the Woods as Richard Sitterson
- 2010 Dear John as Mr. Tyree
- 1987 The Witches of Eastwick as Clyde Alden
- 2003 Intolerable Cruelty as Freddy Bender
- 2005 Fun with Dick and Jane as Frank Bascombe
- 2011 The Rum Diary as Lotterman
- 1989 Blaze as Picayune
- 1985 Silverado as Kelly
- 1994 Trapped in Paradise as Agent Shaddus Peyser
- 1995 How to Make an American Quilt as Howell
- 2008 Step Brothers as Dr. Robert Doback
- 1989 Sea of Love as Gruber
- 1988 Stealing Home as Hank Chandler
- 2003 The Mudge Boy as Edgar Mudge
- 1997 Into Thin Air: Death on Everest as Beck Weathers
- 1999 Random Hearts as Truman Trainor
- 2008 The Visitor as Prof. Walter Vale
- 2003 The Core as Gen. Thomas Purcell
- 1988 Little Nikita as Richard Grant
- 1989 How I Got Into College as Bill Browne
- 2005 North Country as Hank Aimes
- 2010 Let Me In as The Father
- 1999 Outside Providence as Barney
- 1974 Feasting with Panthers as Warder
- 2010 Eat Pray Love as Richard
- 1999 The Mod Squad as Det. Bob Mothershed
- 2012 Killing Them Softly as Driver
- 2011 Happythankyoumoreplease as Paul Gertmanian
- 1996 A Couch in New York as Campton
- 2011 Hall Pass as Coakley
- 2011 Friends with Benefits as Mr. Harper
- 2010 Norman as Doug Long
- 2010 Waiting for Forever as Richard Twist
- 2012 Liberal Arts as Professor Peter Hoberg
- 2012 Jack Reacher as D.A. Alex Rodin
- 2013 Turbo as Bobby (voice)
- 2012 The Company You Keep as Jed Lewis
- 1991 Doublecrossed
- 1986 On Valentine's Day as Bobby Pate
- 1992 Afterburn as Acton Ryder
- 2013 A.C.O.D. as Hugh
- 2013 White House Down as Raphelson
- 2010 Eat Pray Love as Richard from Texas
- 2024 IF as Art Teacher (voice)
- 2014 God's Pocket as Richard Shelburn
- 2014 Lullaby as Robert
- 1986 The Manhattan Project as Radiation Controls Officer
- 2002 Stealing Harvard as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
- 2014 4 Minute Mile as Coleman
- 2000 Me, Myself & Irene as Agent Boshane
- 2015 Bone Tomahawk as Chicory
- 2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Principal (voice)
- 2013 Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around as Self
- 1990 Rising Son as Tommy
- 2005 Earth to America as Self
- 1990 Blue Steel as Attorney Mel Dawson
- 2016 The Hollars as Don Hollar
- 2017 LBJ as Sen. Richard Russell
- 2001 One Night at McCool's as Father Jimmy
- 1989 Out on the Edge as Paul Evetts
- 1998 The Impostors as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
- 1998 There's Something About Mary as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- 1990 When You Remember Me as Vaughan
- 2015 Spotlight as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
- 1989 Rachel River as Cordell
- 2012 Darling Companion as Russell
- 1997 Absolute Power as Michael McCarty
- 2017 The Shape of Water as Giles
- 1989 Kojak : Error Fatal as Joel Litkin
- 1987 Courtship as Bobby Pate
- 1990 Descending Angel as Debaudt
- 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters as Dr. Wilkes
- 2017 Kong: Skull Island as Senator Al Willis
- 1986 The Tender Age as Roger Davis
- 1990 Challenger as Gregory B. Jarvis
- 1994 Getting Out as Chaplain
- 2020 Kajillionaire as Robert
- 2004 I ♥ Huckabees as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
- 1991 The Perfect Tribute as Blair
- 2021 The Humans as Erik
- 2002 Changing Lanes as Walter Arnell
- 2021 Nightmare Alley as Ezra Grindle
- 2020 The Last Shift as Stanley
- 1982 Parole as 1st Cop
- 1988 In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders as Detective Hamill
- 1996 The Boys Next Door as Bob Klemper
- 1997 Eye of God as Willard Sprague
- 2002 Sins of the Father as Bobby Frank Cherry
- 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen as Shake
- 1993 Undercover Blues as Frank
- 2008 Finding the Burn as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
- 2014 Olive Kitteridge ( 4 episodes ) as Henry Kitteridge
- 2016 Berlin Station ( 29 episodes ) as Steven Frost
- 2001 Six Feet Under ( 21 episodes ) as Nathaniel Fisher
- 1993 Alex Haley's Queen ( 3 episodes ) as Mr. Benson
- Soon Criminal ( 4 episodes ) as Ivan
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as DEA Agent Ed Waters
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Warder
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 2022 DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ( 10 episodes ) as Lionel Dahmer
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 DTF St. Louis ( 7 episodes ) as Donoghue Homer
- 1997 Ally McBeal ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bo
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Goodman
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Roger Davis
