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)
Kong: Skull Island
Senator Al Willis
Jack Reacher
D.A. Alex Rodin
IF
Art Teacher (voice)
The Shape of Water
Giles
Spotlight
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
There's Something About Mary
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Woods
Richard Sitterson
Turbo
Bobby (voice)
Me, Myself & Irene
Agent Boshane
White House Down
Raphelson
Friends with Benefits
Mr. Harper
Nightmare Alley
Ezra Grindle
The Core
Gen. Thomas Purcell
Burn After Reading
Ted
Eat Pray Love
Richard
Eat Pray Love
Richard from Texas
Fun with Dick and Jane
Frank Bascombe
The Witches of Eastwick
Clyde Alden
Bone Tomahawk
Chicory
Step Brothers
Dr. Robert Doback
The Kingdom
Robert Grace
Cheaper by the Dozen
Shake
Let Me In
The Father
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Abundas
Wolf
Detective Carl Bridger
The Indian in the Cupboard
Victor
Absolute Power
Michael McCarty
Hall Pass
Coakley
Changing Lanes
Walter Arnell
The Rum Diary
Lotterman
It Could Happen to You
C. Vernon Hale
The Tale of Despereaux
Principal (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty
Freddy Bender
Sea of Love
Gruber
Silverado
Kelly
Dear John
Mr. Tyree
Killing Them Softly
Driver
Shall We Dance?
Devine
North Country
Hank Aimes
The Company You Keep
Jed Lewis
Rumor Has It...
Earl Huttinger
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Wilkes
What Planet Are You From?
Don Fisk
Blue Steel
Attorney Mel Dawson
Flirting with Disaster
Paul Harmon
Eddie
Carl Zimmer
Random Hearts
Truman Trainor
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Kajillionaire
Robert
The Humans
Erik
One Night at McCool's
Father Jimmy
God's Pocket
Richard Shelburn
The Manhattan Project
Radiation Controls Officer
Liberal Arts
Professor Peter Hoberg
Trapped in Paradise
Agent Shaddus Peyser
How to Make an American Quilt
Howell
Undercover Blues
Frank
LBJ
Sen. Richard Russell
The Mod Squad
Det. Bob Mothershed
The Visitor
Prof. Walter Vale
The Hollars
Don Hollar
The Impostors
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
Little Nikita
Richard Grant
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sheriff Art Moran
The Broken
John McVey
And the Band Played On
Dr. Marc Conant
Outside Providence
Barney
Stealing Home
Hank Chandler
Darling Companion
Russell
Say It Isn't So
Walter Wingfield
A.C.O.D.
Hugh
Sins of the Father
Bobby Frank Cherry
Happythankyoumoreplease
Paul Gertmanian
The Last Shift
Stanley
The Confession
Cass O'Donnell
Stealing Harvard
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
How I Got Into College
Bill Browne
The Mudge Boy
Edgar Mudge
Courtship
Bobby Pate
A Couch in New York
Campton
The Tender Age
Roger Davis
4 Minute Mile
Coleman
Afterburn
Acton Ryder
Waiting for Forever
Richard Twist
Rising Son
Tommy
Lullaby
Robert
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Detective Hamill
Blaze
Picayune
The Boys Next Door
Bob Klemper
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Beck Weathers
Norman
Doug Long
The Perfect Tribute
Blair
Eye of God
Willard Sprague
Descending Angel
Debaudt
When You Remember Me
Vaughan
On Valentine's Day
Bobby Pate
Carolina Skeletons
Redy
Challenger
Gregory B. Jarvis
Doublecrossed
1991
Getting Out
Chaplain
Kojak : Error Fatal
Joel Litkin
Parole
1st Cop
Out on the Edge
Paul Evetts
Feasting with Panthers
Warder
Rachel River
Cordell
TV Shows (12)
Miami Vice
DEA Agent Ed Waters · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Goodman · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Roger Davis · 1 eps
Great Performances
Warder · 1 eps
Great Performances
Sheriff · 1 eps
Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher · 21 eps
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lionel Dahmer · 10 eps
Ally McBeal
Mr. Bo · 1 eps
DTF St. Louis
Donoghue Homer · 7 eps
Berlin Station
Steven Frost · 29 eps
Olive Kitteridge
Henry Kitteridge · 4 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
Mr. Benson · 3 eps
