
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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