Richard Jenkins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-05-04 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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.
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Acting
(2024)
IF
as Art Teacher (voice)
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Ezra Grindle
(2021)
The Humans
as Erik
(2020)
Kajillionaire
as Robert
(2020)
The Last Shift
as Stanley
(2017)
Kong: Skull Island
as Senator Al Willis
(2017)
The Shape of Water
as Giles
(2017)
LBJ
as Sen. Richard Russell
(2016)
The Hollars
as Don Hollar
(2015)
Spotlight
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
(2015)
Bone Tomahawk
as Chicory
(2014)
God's Pocket
as Richard Shelburn
(2014)
4 Minute Mile
as Coleman
(2014)
Lullaby
as Robert
(2013)
Turbo
as Bobby (voice)
(2013)
White House Down
as Speaker Eli Raphelson
(2013)
A.C.O.D.
as Hugh
(2013)
(2012)
Jack Reacher
as D.A. Alex Rodin
(2012)
The Cabin in the Woods
as Richard Sitterson
(2012)
Killing Them Softly
as Driver
(2012)
The Company You Keep
as Jed Lewis
(2012)
Liberal Arts
as Professor Peter Hoberg
(2012)
Darling Companion
as Russell
(2011)
Friends with Benefits
as Mr. Harper
(2011)
Hall Pass
as Coakley
(2011)
The Rum Diary
as Lotterman
(2011)
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Paul Gertmanian
(2010)
Eat Pray Love
as Richard
(2010)
Eat Pray Love
as Richard from Texas
(2010)
Dear John
as Mr. Tyree
(2010)
Let Me In
as The Father
(2010)
Waiting for Forever
as Richard Twist
(2010)
Norman
as Doug Long
(2008)
Step Brothers
as Dr. Robert Doback
(2008)
Burn After Reading
as Ted
(2008)
The Tale of Despereaux
as Principal (voice)
(2008)
The Visitor
as Prof. Walter Vale
(2008)
The Broken
as John McVey
(2007)
The Kingdom
as Robert Grace
(2005)
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Frank Bascombe
(2005)
Rumor Has It...
as Earl Huttinger
(2005)
North Country
as Hank Aimes
(2005)
Earth to America
as Self
(2004)
Shall We Dance?
as Devine
(2004)
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
(2003)
The Core
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
(2003)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Shake
(2003)
Intolerable Cruelty
as Freddy Bender
(2003)
The Mudge Boy
as Edgar Mudge
(2002)
Changing Lanes
as Walter Arnell
(2002)
Stealing Harvard
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
(2002)
Sins of the Father
as Bobby Frank Cherry
(2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Walter Abundas
(2001)
Say It Isn't So
as Walter Wingfield
(2001)
One Night at McCool's
as Father Jimmy
(2000)
Me, Myself & Irene
as Agent Boshane
(2000)
What Planet Are You From?
as Don Fisk
(1999)
Random Hearts
as Truman Trainor
(1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Sheriff Art Moran
(1999)
The Mod Squad
as Det. Bob Mothershed
(1999)
The Confession
as Cass O'Donnell
(1999)
Outside Providence
as Barney
(1998)
There's Something About Mary
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
(1998)
The Impostors
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
(1997)
Absolute Power
as Michael McCarty
(1997)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
as Beck Weathers
(1997)
Eye of God
as Willard Sprague
(1996)
Flirting with Disaster
as Paul Harmon
(1996)
Eddie
as Carl Zimmer
(1996)
A Couch in New York
as Campton
(1996)
The Boys Next Door
as Bob Klemper
(1995)
The Indian in the Cupboard
as Victor
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Howell
(1994)
It Could Happen to You
as C. Vernon Hale
(1994)
Wolf
as Detective Carl Bridger
(1994)
Trapped in Paradise
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
(1994)
Getting Out
as Chaplain
(1993)
Undercover Blues
as Frank
(1993)
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Marc Conant
(1992)
Afterburn
as Acton Ryder
(1991)
(1991)
Carolina Skeletons
as Redy
(1991)
The Perfect Tribute
as Blair
(1990)
Blue Steel
as Attorney Mel Dawson
(1990)
Challenger
as Gregory B. Jarvis
(1990)
Rising Son
as Tommy
(1990)
Descending Angel
as Debaudt
(1990)
When You Remember Me
as Vaughan
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Gruber
(1989)
Blaze
as Picayune
(1989)
How I Got Into College
as Bill Browne
(1989)
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
as Joel Litkin
(1989)
Out on the Edge
as Paul Evetts
(1988)
Stealing Home
as Hank Chandler
(1988)
Little Nikita
as Richard Grant
(1988)
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
as Detective Hamill
(1988)
Rachel River
as Cordell
(1987)
The Witches of Eastwick
as Clyde Alden
(1987)
Courtship
as Bobby Pate
(1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Dr. Wilkes
(1986)
The Manhattan Project
as Radiation Controls Officer
(1986)
On Valentine's Day
as Bobby Pate
(1986)
The Tender Age
as Roger Davis
(1985)
Silverado
as Kelly
(1982)
Parole
as 1st Cop
(1974)
Feasting with Panthers
as Warder