Richard Jenkins
Acting
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
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tvDTF St. Louis
2026
Donoghue Homer
movieIF
2024
Art Teacher (voice)
tvDAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
Lionel Dahmer
movieNightmare Alley
2021
Ezra Grindle
movieKajillionaire
2020
Robert
movieThe Last Shift
2020
Stanley
movieLBJ
2017
Sen. Richard Russell
movieKong: Skull Island
2017
Senator Al Willis
tvBerlin Station
2016
Steven Frost
movieThe Hollars
2016
Don Hollar
movieSpotlight
2015
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
movieBone Tomahawk
2015
Chicory
tvOlive Kitteridge
2014
Henry Kitteridge
movieLullaby
2014
Robert
movie4 Minute Mile
2014
Coleman
movieGod's Pocket
2014
Richard Shelburn
movieTurbo
2013
Bobby (voice)
movieWhite House Down
2013
Raphelson
movieJack Reacher
2012
D.A. Alex Rodin
movieThe Company You Keep
2012
Jed Lewis
movieLiberal Arts
2012
Professor Peter Hoberg
movieDarling Companion
2012
Russell
movieThe Cabin in the Woods
2012
Richard Sitterson
movieThe Rum Diary
2011
Lotterman
movieFriends with Benefits
2011
Mr. Harper
movieHappythankyoumoreplease
2011
Paul Gertmanian
movieHall Pass
2011
Coakley
movieLet Me In
2010
The Father
movieEat Pray Love
2010
Richard / Richard from Texas
movieNorman
2010
Doug Long
movieWaiting for Forever
2010
Richard Twist
movieDear John
2010
Mr. Tyree
Finding the Burn
2008
Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
movieThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
Principal (voice)
movieThe Broken
2008
John McVey
movieStep Brothers
2008
Dr. Robert Doback
movieThe Visitor
2008
Prof. Walter Vale
movieThe Kingdom
2007
Robert Grace
movieRumor Has It...
2005
Earl Huttinger
movieFun with Dick and Jane
2005
Frank Bascombe
movieNorth Country
2005
Hank Aimes
movieShall We Dance?
2004
Devine
movieI ♥ Huckabees
2004
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
movieIntolerable Cruelty
2003
Freddy Bender
movieThe Core
2003
Gen. Thomas Purcell
movieThe Mudge Boy
2003
Edgar Mudge
movieStealing Harvard
2002
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
movieChanging Lanes
2002
Walter Arnell
movieSins of the Father
2002
Bobby Frank Cherry
movieThe Man Who Wasn't There
2001
Walter Abundas
tvSix Feet Under
2001
Nathaniel Fisher
movieOne Night at McCool's
2001
Father Jimmy
movieSay It Isn't So
2001
Walter Wingfield
movieMe, Myself & Irene
2000
Agent Boshane
movieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999
Sheriff Art Moran
movieRandom Hearts
1999
Truman Trainor
movieThe Confession
1999
Cass O'Donnell
movieThe Mod Squad
1999
Det. Bob Mothershed
movieThe Impostors
1998
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
movieThere's Something About Mary
1998
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
movieInto Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
Beck Weathers
movieEye of God
1997
Willard Sprague
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Mr. Bo
movieAbsolute Power
1997
Michael McCarty
movieEddie
1996
Carl Zimmer
movieFlirting with Disaster
1996
Paul Harmon
movieA Couch in New York
1996
Campton
movieThe Boys Next Door
1996
Bob Klemper
movieTrapped in Paradise
1994
Agent Shaddus Peyser
movieIt Could Happen to You
1994
C. Vernon Hale
movieWolf
1994
Detective Carl Bridger
movieGetting Out
1994
Chaplain
movieAnd the Band Played On
1993
Dr. Marc Conant
tvAlex Haley's Queen
1993
Mr. Benson
movieAfterburn
1992
Acton Ryder
movieDescending Angel
1990
Debaudt
movieRising Son
1990
Tommy
movieBlue Steel
1990
Attorney Mel Dawson
movieChallenger
1990
Gregory B. Jarvis
movieBlaze
1989
Picayune
movieKojak : Error Fatal
1989
Joel Litkin
movieSea of Love
1989
Gruber
movieHow I Got Into College
1989
Bill Browne
movieOut on the Edge
1989
Paul Evetts
movieRachel River
1989
Cordell
movieIn the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988
Detective Hamill
movieStealing Home
1988
Hank Chandler
movieLittle Nikita
1988
Richard Grant
movieThe Witches of Eastwick
1987
Clyde Alden
movieCourtship
1987
Bobby Pate
movieThe Manhattan Project
1986
Radiation Controls Officer
movieOn Valentine's Day
1986
Bobby Pate
movieThe Tender Age
1986
Roger Davis
movieHannah and Her Sisters
1986
Dr. Wilkes
movieSilverado
1985
Kelly
tvMiami Vice
1984
DEA Agent Ed Waters / Goodman
movieParole
1982
1st Cop
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Roger Davis
tvGreat Performances
1971
Warder / Sheriff
tvCriminal
Ivan