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

Miami Vice

Six Feet Under

Great Performances

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Ally McBeal

All Movies (108)

IF2024 · as Art Teacher (voice)
Nightmare Alley2021 · as Ezra Grindle
The Humans2021 · as Erik
Kajillionaire2020 · as Robert
The Last Shift2020 · as Stanley
The Shape of Water2017 · as Giles
LBJ2017 · as Sen. Richard Russell
Kong: Skull Island2017 · as Senator Al Willis
The Hollars2016 · as Don Hollar
Spotlight2015 · as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Bone Tomahawk2015 · as Chicory
Lullaby2014 · as Robert
4 Minute Mile2014 · as Coleman
God's Pocket2014 · as Richard Shelburn
A.C.O.D.2013 · as Hugh
Turbo2013 · as Bobby (voice)
White House Down2013 · as Raphelson
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around2013 · as Self
Jack Reacher2012 · as D.A. Alex Rodin
The Company You Keep2012 · as Jed Lewis
Liberal Arts2012 · as Professor Peter Hoberg
Killing Them Softly2012 · as Driver
Darling Companion2012 · as Russell
The Cabin in the Woods2012 · as Richard Sitterson
The Rum Diary2011 · as Lotterman
Friends with Benefits2011 · as Mr. Harper
Happythankyoumoreplease2011 · as Paul Gertmanian
Hall Pass2011 · as Coakley
Let Me In2010 · as The Father
Eat Pray Love2010 · as Richard
Eat Pray Love2010 · as Richard from Texas
Norman2010 · as Doug Long
Waiting for Forever2010 · as Richard Twist
Dear John2010 · as Mr. Tyree
Finding the Burn2008 · as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
The Tale of Despereaux2008 · as Principal (voice)
The Broken2008 · as John McVey
Burn After Reading2008 · as Ted
Step Brothers2008 · as Dr. Robert Doback
The Visitor2008 · as Prof. Walter Vale
The Kingdom2007 · as Robert Grace
Rumor Has It...2005 · as Earl Huttinger
Fun with Dick and Jane2005 · as Frank Bascombe
Earth to America2005 · as Self
North Country2005 · as Hank Aimes
Shall We Dance?2004 · as Devine
I ♥ Huckabees2004 · as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen2003 · as Shake
Intolerable Cruelty2003 · as Freddy Bender
The Core2003 · as Gen. Thomas Purcell
The Mudge Boy2003 · as Edgar Mudge
Stealing Harvard2002 · as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Changing Lanes2002 · as Walter Arnell
Sins of the Father2002 · as Bobby Frank Cherry
The Man Who Wasn't There2001 · as Walter Abundas
One Night at McCool's2001 · as Father Jimmy
Say It Isn't So2001 · as Walter Wingfield
Me, Myself & Irene2000 · as Agent Boshane
What Planet Are You From?2000 · as Don Fisk
Snow Falling on Cedars1999 · as Sheriff Art Moran
Random Hearts1999 · as Truman Trainor
Outside Providence1999 · as Barney
The Confession1999 · as Cass O'Donnell
The Mod Squad1999 · as Det. Bob Mothershed
The Impostors1998 · as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
There's Something About Mary1998 · as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest1997 · as Beck Weathers
Eye of God1997 · as Willard Sprague
Absolute Power1997 · as Michael McCarty
Eddie1996 · as Carl Zimmer
Flirting with Disaster1996 · as Paul Harmon
A Couch in New York1996 · as Campton
The Boys Next Door1996 · as Bob Klemper
How to Make an American Quilt1995 · as Howell
The Indian in the Cupboard1995 · as Victor
Trapped in Paradise1994 · as Agent Shaddus Peyser
It Could Happen to You1994 · as C. Vernon Hale
Wolf1994 · as Detective Carl Bridger
Getting Out1994 · as Chaplain
And the Band Played On1993 · as Dr. Marc Conant
Undercover Blues1993 · as Frank
Afterburn1992 · as Acton Ryder
Carolina Skeletons1991 · as Redy
Doublecrossed1991
The Perfect Tribute1991 · as Blair
Descending Angel1990 · as Debaudt
When You Remember Me1990 · as Vaughan
Rising Son1990 · as Tommy
Blue Steel1990 · as Attorney Mel Dawson
Challenger1990 · as Gregory B. Jarvis
Blaze1989 · as Picayune
Kojak : Error Fatal1989 · as Joel Litkin
Sea of Love1989 · as Gruber
How I Got Into College1989 · as Bill Browne
Out on the Edge1989 · as Paul Evetts
Rachel River1989 · as Cordell
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders1988 · as Detective Hamill
Stealing Home1988 · as Hank Chandler
Little Nikita1988 · as Richard Grant
The Witches of Eastwick1987 · as Clyde Alden
Courtship1987 · as Bobby Pate
The Manhattan Project1986 · as Radiation Controls Officer
On Valentine's Day1986 · as Bobby Pate
The Tender Age1986 · as Roger Davis
Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Dr. Wilkes
Silverado1985 · as Kelly
Parole1982 · as 1st Cop
Feasting with Panthers1974 · as Warder

All TV Shows (13)

DTF St. Louis2026 · as Donoghue Homer
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story2022 · as Lionel Dahmer
Berlin Station2016 · as Steven Frost
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Henry Kitteridge
Six Feet Under2001 · as Nathaniel Fisher
Ally McBeal1997 · as Mr. Bo
Alex Haley's Queen1993 · as Mr. Benson
Miami Vice1984 · as DEA Agent Ed Waters
Miami Vice1984 · as Goodman
Great Performances1971 · as Warder
Great Performances1971 · as Sheriff
Criminal— · as Ivan