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