Richard Jenkins
Acting
Born: May 4, 1947 (age 79) · DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
The Shape of Water
2017
Kong: Skull Island
2017
Spotlight
2015
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
Friends with Benefits
2011
Jack Reacher
2012
There's Something About Mary
1998
Burn After Reading
2008
White House Down
2013
Dear John
2010
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
Turbo
2013
Photos (10)
Movies (105)
The Shape of Water
Giles
Jack Reacher
D.A. Alex Rodin
Kong: Skull Island
Senator Al Willis
The Cabin in the Woods
Richard Sitterson
Turbo
Bobby (voice)
The Humans
Erik
Eat Pray Love
Richard
Eat Pray Love
Richard from Texas
Me, Myself & Irene
Agent Boshane
There's Something About Mary
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty
Freddy Bender
Nightmare Alley
Ezra Grindle
Bone Tomahawk
Chicory
The Kingdom
Robert Grace
Spotlight
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Kajillionaire
Robert
The Witches of Eastwick
Clyde Alden
The Company You Keep
Jed Lewis
Friends with Benefits
Mr. Harper
Trapped in Paradise
Agent Shaddus Peyser
North Country
Hank Aimes
Killing Them Softly
Driver
Step Brothers
Dr. Robert Doback
White House Down
Raphelson
Burn After Reading
Ted
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Abundas
IF
Art Teacher (voice)
Absolute Power
Michael McCarty
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Wilkes
The Rum Diary
Lotterman
The Impostors
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
Random Hearts
Truman Trainor
And the Band Played On
Dr. Marc Conant
The Tale of Despereaux
Principal (voice)
The Hollars
Don Hollar
Cheaper by the Dozen
Shake
Changing Lanes
Walter Arnell
Wolf
Detective Carl Bridger
Flirting with Disaster
Paul Harmon
The Core
Gen. Thomas Purcell
Fun with Dick and Jane
Frank Bascombe
It Could Happen to You
C. Vernon Hale
Sea of Love
Gruber
Say It Isn't So
Walter Wingfield
Let Me In
The Father
The Visitor
Prof. Walter Vale
Hall Pass
Coakley
Rumor Has It...
Earl Huttinger
What Planet Are You From?
Don Fisk
Liberal Arts
Professor Peter Hoberg
Shall We Dance?
Devine
Blue Steel
Attorney Mel Dawson
Dear John
Mr. Tyree
How to Make an American Quilt
Howell
Eddie
Carl Zimmer
Stealing Home
Hank Chandler
Norman
Doug Long
Silverado
Kelly
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sheriff Art Moran
The Last Shift
Stanley
The Indian in the Cupboard
Victor
Little Nikita
Richard Grant
Undercover Blues
Frank
One Night at McCool's
Father Jimmy
The Manhattan Project
Radiation Controls Officer
A Couch in New York
Campton
God's Pocket
Richard Shelburn
Eye of God
Willard Sprague
Darling Companion
Russell
The Mod Squad
Det. Bob Mothershed
The Broken
John McVey
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Beck Weathers
Waiting for Forever
Richard Twist
LBJ
Sen. Richard Russell
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Detective Hamill
Stealing Harvard
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
A.C.O.D.
Hugh
Happythankyoumoreplease
Paul Gertmanian
Descending Angel
Debaudt
The Mudge Boy
Edgar Mudge
The Confession
Cass O'Donnell
Challenger
Gregory B. Jarvis
Blaze
Picayune
Outside Providence
Barney
The Boys Next Door
Bob Klemper
When You Remember Me
Vaughan
4 Minute Mile
Coleman
How I Got Into College
Bill Browne
Out on the Edge
Paul Evetts
On Valentine's Day
Bobby Pate
Doublecrossed
Jim Donaldson
Getting Out
Chaplain
The Tender Age
Roger Davis
Rising Son
Tommy
Sins of the Father
Bobby Frank Cherry
Courtship
Bobby Pate
Carolina Skeletons
Redy
Afterburn
Acton Ryder
The Perfect Tribute
Blair
Lullaby
Robert
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Joel Litkin
Rachel River
Cordell
Feasting with Panthers
Warder
Parole
1st Cop
TV Shows (12)
Miami Vice
DEA Agent Ed Waters · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Goodman · 1 eps
Great Performances
Sheriff · 1 eps
Great Performances
Warder · 1 eps
Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher · 21 eps
American Playhouse
Roger Davis · 1 eps
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lionel Dahmer · 10 eps
Ally McBeal
Mr. Bo · 1 eps
Berlin Station
Steven Frost · 29 eps
DTF St. Louis
Donoghue Homer · 7 eps
Olive Kitteridge
Henry Kitteridge · 4 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
Mr. Benson · 3 eps
