Richard Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-05-04 (77 years old)

Place of Birth DeKalb, Illinois, USA

Also Known As Ричард Дженкинс, Richard Dale Jenkins, Ρίτσαρντ Τζένκινς, 李察·傑金斯

Richard Jenkins

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

Actor

Criminal

as Ivan

2024
IF

as Art Teacher (voice)

2022
2021
Nightmare Alley

as Ezra Grindle

2021
The Humans

as Erik

2020
Kajillionaire

as Robert

2020
The Last Shift

as Stanley

2017
2017
LBJ

as Sen. Richard Russell

2017
Kong: Skull Island

as Senator Al Willis

2016
The Hollars

as Don Hollar

2016
Berlin Station

as Steven Frost

2015
Spotlight

as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

2015
Bone Tomahawk

as Chicory

2014
Lullaby

as Robert

2014
4 Minute Mile

as Coleman

2014
God's Pocket

as Richard Shelburn

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as Henry Kitteridge

2013
A.C.O.D.

as Hugh

2013
Turbo

as Bobby (voice)

2013
White House Down

as Speaker Eli Raphelson

2012
Jack Reacher

as D.A. Alex Rodin

2012
2012
Liberal Arts

as Professor Peter Hoberg

2012
2012
2012
The Cabin in the Woods

as Richard Sitterson

2011
The Rum Diary

as Lotterman

2011
Friends with Benefits

as Mr. Harper

2011
Happythankyoumoreplease

as Paul Gertmanian

2011
Hall Pass

as Coakley

2010
Let Me In

as The Father

2010
Eat Pray Love

as Richard

2010
Eat Pray Love

as Richard from Texas

2010
Norman

as Doug Long

2010
Waiting for Forever

as Richard Twist

2010
Dear John

as Mr. Tyree

2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as Principal (voice)

2008
The Broken

as John McVey

2008
Step Brothers

as Dr. Robert Doback

2008
The Visitor

as Prof. Walter Vale

2007
The Kingdom

as Robert Grace

2005
Rumor Has It...

as Earl Huttinger

2005
Fun with Dick and Jane

as Frank Bascombe

2005
2005
North Country

as Hank Aimes

2004
Shall We Dance?

as Devine

2004
I ♥ Huckabees

as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)

2003
Intolerable Cruelty

as Freddy Bender

2003
The Core

as Gen. Thomas Purcell

2003
The Mudge Boy

as Edgar Mudge

2002
Stealing Harvard

as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

2002
Changing Lanes

as Walter Arnell

2002
Sins of the Father

as Bobby Frank Cherry

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

as Walter Abundas

2001
One Night at McCool's

as Father Jimmy

2001
Say It Isn't So

as Walter Wingfield

2001
Six Feet Under

as Nathaniel Fisher

2000
Me, Myself & Irene

as Agent Boshane

1999
Snow Falling on Cedars

as Sheriff Art Moran

1999
Random Hearts

as Truman Trainor

1999
1999
The Confession

as Cass O'Donnell

1999
The Mod Squad

as Det. Bob Mothershed

1998
The Impostors

as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

1998
There's Something About Mary

as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1997
1997
Eye of God

as Willard Sprague

1997
Absolute Power

as Michael McCarty

1996
Eddie

as Carl Zimmer

1996
Flirting with Disaster

as Paul Harmon

1996
1996
The Boys Next Door

as Bob Klemper

1994
Trapped in Paradise

as Agent Shaddus Peyser

1994
It Could Happen to You

as C. Vernon Hale

1994
Wolf

as Detective Carl Bridger

1994
Getting Out

as Chaplain

1993
And the Band Played On

as Dr. Marc Conant

1993
1993
Alex Haley's Queen

as Mr. Benson

1992
Afterburn

as Acton Ryder

1991
1991
1990
Descending Angel

as Debaudt

1990
1990
Rising Son

as Tommy

1990
Blue Steel

as Attorney Mel Dawson

1990
Challenger

as Gregory B. Jarvis

1989
Blaze

as Picayune

1989
Kojak: Fatal Flaw

as Joel Litkin

1989
Sea of Love

as Gruber

1989
How I Got Into College

as Bill Browne

1989
Out on the Edge

as Paul Evetts

1988
Stealing Home

as Hank Chandler

1988
Little Nikita

as Richard Grant

1988
Rachel River

as Cordell

1987
1987
Courtship

as Bobby Pate

1986
The Manhattan Project

as Radiation Controls Officer

1986
On Valentine's Day

as Bobby Pate

1986
The Tender Age

as Roger Davis

1986
1985
Silverado

as Kelly

1984
Miami Vice

as DEA Agent Ed Waters

1982
Parole

as 1st Cop

1971
1971