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