Richard Jenkins
104 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Ричард Дженкинс · Richard Dale Jenkins · Ρίτσαρντ Τζένκινς · 李察·傑金斯
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.
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Richard Jenkins: movies and TV shows
Acting (115)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2024 IF
as Art Teacher (voice)
- 2022
- 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
- 2016 The Hollars
as Don Hollar
- 2015 Spotlight
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 Bone Tomahawk
as Chicory
- 2014
- 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 Raphelson
- 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 / 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 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
- 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 Confession
as Cass O'Donnell
- 1999 The Mod Squad
as Det. Bob Mothershed
- 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
- 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
- 1992 Afterburn
as Acton Ryder
- 1991 Carolina Skeletons
as Redy
- 1991
- 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
- 1989 Rachel River
as Cordell
- 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
- 1987 The Witches of Eastwick
as Clyde Alden
- 1987 Courtship
as Bobby Pate
- 1986 The Manhattan Project
as Radiation Controls Officer
- 1986 On Valentine's Day
as Bobby Pate
- 1986 The Tender Age
as Roger Davis
- 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
as Dr. Wilkes
- 1985 Silverado
as Kelly
- 1984
- 1982 Parole
as 1st Cop
- 1982
- 1974 Feasting with Panthers
as Warder
- 1971
Behind the camera (1)
- 2022
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2013
- 2008
- 2005