Richard Jenkins
Known for Acting · 119 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 (12)
Miami Vice
1984
as DEA Agent Ed Waters / Goodman
Great Performances
1971
as Warder / Sheriff
Six Feet Under
2001
as Nathaniel Fisher
American Playhouse
1982
as Roger Davis
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)
The Shape of Water
2017
as Giles
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Senator Al Willis
Jack Reacher
2012
as D.A. Alex Rodin
Turbo
2013
as Bobby (voice)
The Kingdom
2007
as Robert Grace
IF
2024
as Art Teacher (voice)
White House Down
2013
as Raphelson
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Mr. Harper
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
as Richard Sitterson
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Spotlight
2015
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
as Agent Boshane
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
as Shake
Step Brothers
2008
as Dr. Robert Doback
Eat Pray Love
2010
as Richard / Richard from Texas
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Ezra Grindle
Bone Tomahawk
2015
as Chicory
The Core
2003
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
Hall Pass
2011
as Coakley
Dear John
2010
as Mr. Tyree
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
as Frank Bascombe
Burn After Reading
2008
as Ted
It Could Happen to You
1994
as C. Vernon Hale
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Principal (voice)
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Clyde Alden
Killing Them Softly
2012
as Driver
Shall We Dance?
2004
as Devine
Let Me In
2010
as The Father
Rumor Has It...
2005
as Earl Huttinger
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Dr. Wilkes
Absolute Power
1997
as Michael McCarty
Silverado
1985
as Kelly
Sea of Love
1989
as Gruber
The Rum Diary
2011
as Lotterman
Changing Lanes
2002
as Walter Arnell
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Walter Abundas
The Company You Keep
2012
as Jed Lewis
Random Hearts
1999
as Truman Trainor
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
as Victor
Liberal Arts
2012
as Professor Peter Hoberg
Wolf
1994
as Detective Carl Bridger
North Country
2005
as Hank Aimes
One Night at McCool's
2001
as Father Jimmy
The Tender Age
1986
as Roger Davis
Darling Companion
2012
as Russell
The Mudge Boy
2003
as Edgar Mudge
Say It Isn't So
2001
as Walter Wingfield
God's Pocket
2014
as Richard Shelburn
Blue Steel
1990
as Attorney Mel Dawson
LBJ
2017
as Sen. Richard Russell
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Marc Conant
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
A.C.O.D.
2013
as Hugh
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Howell
The Mod Squad
1999
as Det. Bob Mothershed
Kajillionaire
2020
as Robert
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Paul Harmon
How I Got Into College
1989
as Bill Browne
The Last Shift
2020
as Stanley
Eddie
1996
as Carl Zimmer
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Don Fisk
The Hollars
2016
as Don Hollar
Trapped in Paradise
1994
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Sheriff Art Moran
Afterburn
1992
as Acton Ryder
The Visitor
2008
as Prof. Walter Vale
The Manhattan Project
1986
as Radiation Controls Officer
Lullaby
2014
as Robert
When You Remember Me
1990
as Vaughan
Stealing Home
1988
as Hank Chandler
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Freddy Bender
A Couch in New York
1996
as Campton
The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Blair
Undercover Blues
1993
as Frank
Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Redy
Courtship
1987
as Bobby Pate
The Confession
1999
as Cass O'Donnell
Little Nikita
1988
as Richard Grant
The Humans
2021
as Erik
Stealing Harvard
2002
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Waiting for Forever
2010
as Richard Twist
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Paul Gertmanian
4 Minute Mile
2014
as Coleman
The Broken
2008
as John McVey
Outside Providence
1999
as Barney
Challenger
1990
as Gregory B. Jarvis
Finding the Burn
2008
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
Descending Angel
1990
as Debaudt
Feasting with Panthers
1974
as Warder
Eye of God
1997
as Willard Sprague
The Impostors
1998
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989
as Joel Litkin
Earth to America
2005
as Self
The Boys Next Door
1996
as Bob Klemper
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
as Beck Weathers
Rising Son
1990
as Tommy
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988
as Detective Hamill
Blaze
1989
as Picayune
Getting Out
1994
as Chaplain
Sins of the Father
2002
as Bobby Frank Cherry
Out on the Edge
1989
as Paul Evetts
Rachel River
1989
as Cordell
Doublecrossed
1991
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
as Self
Norman
2010
as Doug Long
On Valentine's Day
1986
as Bobby Pate
Parole
1982
as 1st Cop
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 119 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Richard Jenkins has appeared in 107 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Jenkins Movies
- The Shape of Water (2017) — as Giles
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) — as Senator Al Willis
- Jack Reacher (2012) — as D.A. Alex Rodin
- Turbo (2013) — as Bobby (voice)
- The Kingdom (2007) — as Robert Grace
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