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