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Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Acting1947DeKalb, 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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Acting History

Future
Criminal
TVas Ivan4 eps
2026
DTF St. Louis
TVas Homer
2024
IF
as Art Teacher (voice)
2021
Nightmare Alley
as Ezra Grindle
The Humans
as Erik
2020
The Last Shift
as Stanley
Kajillionaire
as Robert
2018
2017
Kong: Skull Island
as Senator Al Willis
LBJ
as Sen. Richard Russell
2016
The Hollars
as Don Hollar
Berlin Station
TVas Steven Frost29 eps
2015
Spotlight
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Bone Tomahawk
as Chicory
2014
4 Minute Mile
as Coleman
God's Pocket
as Richard Shelburn
Lullaby
as Robert
Olive Kitteridge
TVas Henry Kitteridge4 eps
2013
2012
Jack Reacher
as D.A. Alex Rodin
The Cabin in the Woods
as Richard Sitterson
Liberal Arts
as Professor Peter Hoberg
2011
The Rum Diary
as Lotterman
Hall Pass
as Coakley
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Paul Gertmanian
2010
Norman
as Doug Long
Let Me In
as The Father
Eat Pray Love
as Richard from Texas
Waiting for Forever
as Richard Twist
Dear John
as Mr. Tyree
2008
The Broken
as John McVey
The Visitor
as Prof. Walter Vale
The Tale of Despereaux
as Principal (voice)
Step Brothers
as Dr. Robert Doback
Finding the Burn
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
2007
The Kingdom
as Robert Grace
2005
Rumor Has It...
as Earl Huttinger
North Country
as Hank Aimes
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Frank Bascombe
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
2003
The Mudge Boy
as Edgar Mudge
Intolerable Cruelty
as Freddy Bender
The Core
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
2002
Changing Lanes
as Walter Arnell
Stealing Harvard
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Sins of the Father
as Bobby Frank Cherry
2001
Say It Isn't So
as Walter Wingfield
One Night at McCool's
as Father Jimmy
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Walter Abundas
Ally McBeal
TVas Mr. Bo1 eps
Six Feet Under
TVas Nathaniel Fisher21 eps
2000
1999
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Sheriff Art Moran
Random Hearts
as Truman Trainor
The Confession
as Cass O'Donnell
The Mod Squad
as Det. Bob Mothershed
1998
There's Something About Mary
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The Impostors
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
1997
Eye of God
as Willard Sprague
Absolute Power
as Michael McCarty
1996
Eddie
as Carl Zimmer
The Boys Next Door
as Bob Klemper
1994
Wolf
as Detective Carl Bridger
It Could Happen to You
as C. Vernon Hale
Getting Out
as Chaplain
Trapped in Paradise
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
1993
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Marc Conant
Alex Haley's Queen
TVas Mr. Benson
1992
Afterburn
as Acton Ryder
1990
Challenger
as Gregory B. Jarvis
Blue Steel
as Attorney Mel Dawson
Rising Son
as Tommy
1989
Kojak : Error Fatal
as Joel Litkin
Blaze
as Picayune
Rachel River
as Cordell
Sea of Love
as Gruber
Out on the Edge
as Paul Evetts
Miami Vice
TVas DEA Agent Ed Waters / Goodman1 eps
1988
Stealing Home
as Hank Chandler
Little Nikita
as Richard Grant
1987
Courtship
as Bobby Pate
1986
On Valentine's Day
as Bobby Pate
The Manhattan Project
as Radiation Controls Officer
The Tender Age
as Roger Davis
1985
Silverado
as Kelly
1982
Parole
as 1st Cop
1975
Great Performances
TVas Sheriff / Warder1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/4/1947(78 years old)
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA