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