Richard Jenkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Birthplace
- DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
We Are Not Who We Are - Making The Cabin in the Woods TBA
as Himself
IF 2024
as Art Teacher (voice)
Nightmare Alley 2021
as Ezra Grindle
The Humans 2021
as Erik
The Last Shift 2020
as Stanley
Kajillionaire 2020
as Robert
The Shape of Water 2017
as Giles
LBJ 2017
as Sen. Richard Russell
Kong: Skull Island 2017
as Senator Al Willis
The Hollars 2016
as Don Hollar
Spotlight 2015
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Bone Tomahawk 2015
as Chicory
Lullaby 2014
as Robert
4 Minute Mile 2014
as Coleman
God's Pocket 2014
as Richard Shelburn
A.C.O.D. 2013
as Hugh
Turbo 2013
as Bobby (voice)
White House Down 2013
as Raphelson
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around 2013
as Self
The Company You Keep 2012
as Jed Lewis
Jack Reacher 2012
as D.A. Alex Rodin
Liberal Arts 2012
as Professor Peter Hoberg
Killing Them Softly 2012
as Driver
Darling Companion 2012
as Russell
The Cabin in the Woods 2012
as Richard Sitterson
The Rum Diary 2011
as Lotterman
Friends with Benefits 2011
as Mr. Harper
Happythankyoumoreplease 2011
as Paul Gertmanian
Hall Pass 2011
as Coakley
Let Me In 2010
as The Father
Eat Pray Love 2010
as Richard, as Richard from Texas
Norman 2010
as Doug Long
Waiting for Forever 2010
as Richard Twist
Dear John 2010
as Mr. Tyree
- Finding the Burn
Finding the Burn 2008
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
The Tale of Despereaux 2008
as Principal (voice)
The Broken 2008
as John McVey
Burn After Reading 2008
as Ted
Step Brothers 2008
as Dr. Robert Doback
The Visitor 2008
as Prof. Walter Vale
The Kingdom 2007
as Robert Grace
Rumor Has It... 2005
as Earl Huttinger
Fun with Dick and Jane 2005
as Frank Bascombe
Earth to America 2005
as Self
North Country 2005
as Hank Aimes
Shall We Dance? 2004
as Devine
I ♥ Huckabees 2004
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2003
as Shake
Intolerable Cruelty 2003
as Freddy Bender
The Core 2003
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
The Mudge Boy 2003
as Edgar Mudge
Stealing Harvard 2002
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Changing Lanes 2002
as Walter Arnell
Sins of the Father 2002
as Bobby Frank Cherry
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
as Walter Abundas
One Night at McCool's 2001
as Father Jimmy
Say It Isn't So 2001
as Walter Wingfield
Me, Myself & Irene 2000
as Agent Boshane
What Planet Are You From? 2000
as Don Fisk
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
as Sheriff Art Moran
Random Hearts 1999
as Truman Trainor
Outside Providence 1999
as Barney
The Mod Squad 1999
as Det. Bob Mothershed
The Confession 1999
as Cass O'Donnell
The Impostors 1998
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
There's Something About Mary 1998
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest 1997
as Beck Weathers
Eye of God 1997
as Willard Sprague
Absolute Power 1997
as Michael McCarty
Eddie 1996
as Carl Zimmer
Flirting with Disaster 1996
as Paul Harmon
A Couch in New York 1996
as Campton
The Boys Next Door 1996
as Bob Klemper
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
as Howell
The Indian in the Cupboard 1995
as Victor
Trapped in Paradise 1994
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
It Could Happen to You 1994
as C. Vernon Hale
Wolf 1994
as Detective Carl Bridger
Getting Out 1994
as Chaplain
And the Band Played On 1993
as Dr. Marc Conant
Undercover Blues 1993
as Frank
Afterburn 1992
as Acton Ryder
Carolina Skeletons 1991
as Redy
Doublecrossed 1991
as Jim Donaldson
The Perfect Tribute 1991
as Blair
Descending Angel 1990
as Debaudt
When You Remember Me 1990
as Vaughan
Rising Son 1990
as Tommy
Blue Steel 1990
as Attorney Mel Dawson
Challenger 1990
as Gregory B. Jarvis
Blaze 1989
as Picayune
Kojak: Fatal Flaw 1989
as Joel Litkin
Sea of Love 1989
as Gruber
How I Got Into College 1989
as Bill Browne
Out on the Edge 1989
as Paul Evetts
Rachel River 1989
as Cordell
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders 1988
as Detective Hamill
Stealing Home 1988
as Hank Chandler
Little Nikita 1988
as Richard Grant
The Witches of Eastwick 1987
as Clyde Alden
Courtship 1987
as Bobby Pate
The Manhattan Project 1986
as Radiation Controls Officer
On Valentine's Day 1986
as Bobby Pate
The Tender Age 1986
as Roger Davis
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
as Dr. Wilkes
Silverado 1985
as Kelly
Parole 1982
as 1st Cop
Feasting with Panthers 1974
as Warder
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