Richard Jenkins
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1947-05-04 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Ричард Дженкинс · Richard Dale Jenkins · Ρίτσαρντ Τζένκινς · 李察·傑金斯
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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Known For
TV Shows (11)
Miami Vice
1984
as DEA Agent Ed Waters / Goodman
Great Performances
1971
as Warder / Sheriff
Six Feet Under
2001
as Nathaniel Fisher
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
as Lionel Dahmer
Ally McBeal
1997
as Mr. Bo
DTF St. Louis
2026
as Donoghue Homer
Berlin Station
2016
as Steven Frost
Olive Kitteridge
2014
as Henry Kitteridge
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Mr. Benson
Criminal
as Ivan
Movies (107)
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Senator Al Willis
Jack Reacher
2012
as D.A. Alex Rodin
IF
2024
as Art Teacher (voice)
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
as Richard Sitterson
The Shape of Water
2017
as Giles
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Mr. Harper
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Spotlight
2015
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Eat Pray Love
2010
as Richard / Richard from Texas
White House Down
2013
as Raphelson
Turbo
2013
as Bobby (voice)
The Core
2003
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Ezra Grindle
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
as Agent Boshane
Step Brothers
2008
as Dr. Robert Doback
It Could Happen to You
1994
as C. Vernon Hale
Burn After Reading
2008
as Ted
Hall Pass
2011
as Coakley
Silverado
1985
as Kelly
The Kingdom
2007
as Robert Grace
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
as Shake
Absolute Power
1997
as Michael McCarty
North Country
2005
as Hank Aimes
Bone Tomahawk
2015
as Chicory
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Walter Abundas
Wolf
1994
as Detective Carl Bridger
Dear John
2010
as Mr. Tyree
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
as Frank Bascombe
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Clyde Alden
Sea of Love
1989
as Gruber
Shall We Dance?
2004
as Devine
Rumor Has It...
2005
as Earl Huttinger
Killing Them Softly
2012
as Driver
Let Me In
2010
as The Father
Changing Lanes
2002
as Walter Arnell
The Company You Keep
2012
as Jed Lewis
Blue Steel
1990
as Attorney Mel Dawson
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
as Victor
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Freddy Bender
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Dr. Wilkes
Undercover Blues
1993
as Frank
The Rum Diary
2011
as Lotterman
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Principal (voice)
Liberal Arts
2012
as Professor Peter Hoberg
Random Hearts
1999
as Truman Trainor
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Kajillionaire
2020
as Robert
The Visitor
2008
as Prof. Walter Vale
God's Pocket
2014
as Richard Shelburn
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Sheriff Art Moran
The Manhattan Project
1986
as Radiation Controls Officer
LBJ
2017
as Sen. Richard Russell
Earth to America
2005
as Self
Say It Isn't So
2001
as Walter Wingfield
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Paul Harmon
One Night at McCool's
2001
as Father Jimmy
Eddie
1996
as Carl Zimmer
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Howell
The Hollars
2016
as Don Hollar
Stealing Harvard
2002
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Outside Providence
1999
as Barney
The Impostors
1998
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Marc Conant
The Last Shift
2020
as Stanley
The Confession
1999
as Cass O'Donnell
A.C.O.D.
2013
as Hugh
The Broken
2008
as John McVey
Getting Out
1994
as Chaplain
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Don Fisk
Rising Son
1990
as Tommy
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
as Beck Weathers
Lullaby
2014
as Robert
Trapped in Paradise
1994
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Paul Gertmanian
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
as Self
Eye of God
1997
as Willard Sprague
The Humans
2021
as Erik
Darling Companion
2012
as Russell
Blaze
1989
as Picayune
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988
as Detective Hamill
Little Nikita
1988
as Richard Grant
4 Minute Mile
2014
as Coleman
Stealing Home
1988
as Hank Chandler
The Mod Squad
1999
as Det. Bob Mothershed
The Mudge Boy
2003
as Edgar Mudge
Sins of the Father
2002
as Bobby Frank Cherry
How I Got Into College
1989
as Bill Browne
A Couch in New York
1996
as Campton
When You Remember Me
1990
as Vaughan
Afterburn
1992
as Acton Ryder
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989
as Joel Litkin
Waiting for Forever
2010
as Richard Twist
Challenger
1990
as Gregory B. Jarvis
Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Redy
Norman
2010
as Doug Long
The Boys Next Door
1996
as Bob Klemper
Courtship
1987
as Bobby Pate
Doublecrossed
1991
The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Blair
Descending Angel
1990
as Debaudt
Out on the Edge
1989
as Paul Evetts
Finding the Burn
2008
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
Rachel River
1989
as Cordell
On Valentine's Day
1986
as Bobby Pate
Parole
1982
as 1st Cop
The Tender Age
1986
as Roger Davis
Feasting with Panthers
1974
as Warder
About Richard Jenkins
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 (20… With 118 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Richard Jenkins has appeared in 107 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Jenkins Movies
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) — as Senator Al Willis
- Jack Reacher (2012) — as D.A. Alex Rodin
- IF (2024) — as Art Teacher (voice)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2012) — as Richard Sitterson
- The Shape of Water (2017) — as Giles
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