Richard Jenkins
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
Known For
Paul Harmon
Flirting with Disaster
Redy
Carolina Skeletons
Sheriff Art Moran
Snow Falling on Cedars
John McVey
The Broken
C. Vernon Hale
It Could Happen to You
Detective Carl Bridger
Wolf
Don Fisk
What Planet Are You From?
Earl Huttinger
Rumor Has It...
Dr. Marc Conant
And the Band Played On
Walter Abundas
The Man Who Wasn't There
Robert Grace
The Kingdom
Devine
Shall We Dance?
Walter Wingfield
Say It Isn't So
Ted
Burn After Reading
Carl Zimmer
Eddie
Victor
The Indian in the Cupboard
Cass O'Donnell
The Confession
Richard Sitterson
The Cabin in the Woods
Mr. Tyree
Dear John
Clyde Alden
The Witches of Eastwick
Freddy Bender
Intolerable Cruelty
Frank Bascombe
Fun with Dick and Jane
Lotterman
The Rum Diary
Picayune
Blaze
Kelly
Silverado
Agent Shaddus Peyser
Trapped in Paradise
Howell
How to Make an American Quilt
Dr. Robert Doback
Step Brothers
Gruber
Sea of Love
Hank Chandler
Stealing Home
Edgar Mudge
The Mudge Boy
Beck Weathers
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Truman Trainor
Random Hearts
Prof. Walter Vale
The Visitor
Gen. Thomas Purcell
The Core
Richard Grant
Little Nikita
Bill Browne
How I Got Into College
Hank Aimes
North Country
The Father
Let Me In
Barney
Outside Providence
Warder
Feasting with Panthers
Richard
Eat Pray Love
Det. Bob Mothershed
The Mod Squad
Driver
Killing Them Softly
Paul Gertmanian
Happythankyoumoreplease
Campton
Un divan à New York
Coakley
Hall Pass
Mr. Harper
Friends with Benefits
Doug Long
Norman
Richard Twist
Waiting for Forever
Professor Peter Hoberg
Liberal Arts
D.A. Alex Rodin
Jack Reacher
Bobby (voice)
Turbo
Jed Lewis
The Company You Keep
Doublecrossed
Bobby Pate
On Valentine's Day
Acton Ryder
Afterburn
Hugh
A.C.O.D.
Speaker Eli Raphelson
White House Down
Richard from Texas
Eat Pray Love
Art Teacher (voice)
IF
Richard Shelburn
God's Pocket
Robert
Lullaby
Radiation Controls Officer
The Manhattan Project
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Stealing Harvard
Coleman
4 Minute Mile
Agent Boshane
Me, Myself & Irene
Chicory
Bone Tomahawk
Principal (voice)
The Tale of Despereaux
Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Tommy
Rising Son
Self
Earth to America
Attorney Mel Dawson
Blue Steel
Don Hollar
The Hollars
Sen. Richard Russell
LBJ
Father Jimmy
One Night at McCool's
Paul Evetts
Out on the Edge
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
The Impostors
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
There's Something About Mary
Vaughan
When You Remember Me
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Spotlight
Cordell
Rachel River
Russell
Darling Companion
Michael McCarty
Absolute Power
Giles
The Shape of Water
Joel Litkin
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Bobby Pate
Courtship
Debaudt
Descending Angel
Dr. Wilkes
Hannah and Her Sisters
Senator Al Willis
Kong: Skull Island
Roger Davis
The Tender Age
Gregory B. Jarvis
Challenger
Chaplain
Getting Out
Robert
Kajillionaire
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
I ♥ Huckabees
Blair
The Perfect Tribute
Erik
The Humans
Walter Arnell
Changing Lanes
Ezra Grindle
Nightmare Alley
Stanley
The Last Shift
Detective Hamill
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1st Cop
Parole
Bob Klemper
The Boys Next Door
Bobby Frank Cherry
Sins of the Father
Willard Sprague
Eye of God
Shake
Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank
Undercover Blues
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
107
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-05-04
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Ричард Дженкинс