Richard Jenkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1947, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- Movies
- 107
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | IF | Art Teacher (voice) |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Ezra Grindle |
| 2021 | The Humans | Erik |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | Robert |
| 2020 | The Last Shift | Stanley |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles |
| 2017 | LBJ | Sen. Richard Russell |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Senator Al Willis |
| 2016 | The Hollars | Don Hollar |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Chicory |
| 2014 | Lullaby | Robert |
| 2014 | 4 Minute Mile | Coleman |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Richard Shelburn |
| 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Hugh |
| 2013 | Turbo | Bobby (voice) |
| 2013 | White House Down | Raphelson |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | D.A. Alex Rodin |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Jed Lewis |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Professor Peter Hoberg |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Driver |
| 2012 | Darling Companion | Russell |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Richard Sitterson |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Lotterman |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Mr. Harper |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Paul Gertmanian |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Coakley |
| 2010 | Let Me In | The Father |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard, Richard from Texas |
| 2010 | Norman | Doug Long |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever | Richard Twist |
| 2010 | Dear John | Mr. Tyree |
| 2008 | Finding the Burn | Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage) |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Principal (voice) |
| 2008 | The Broken | John McVey |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Ted |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Dr. Robert Doback |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Prof. Walter Vale |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Robert Grace |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Earl Huttinger |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Frank Bascombe |
| 2005 | Earth to America | Self |
| 2005 | North Country | Hank Aimes |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Devine |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Mr. Hooten (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shake |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Freddy Bender |
| 2003 | The Core | Gen. Thomas Purcell |
| 2003 | The Mudge Boy | Edgar Mudge |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Honorable Judge Emmett Cook |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Walter Arnell |
| 2002 | Sins of the Father | Bobby Frank Cherry |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Walter Abundas |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Father Jimmy |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Walter Wingfield |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Agent Boshane |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Don Fisk |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Sheriff Art Moran |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Truman Trainor |
| 1999 | Outside Providence | Barney |
| 1999 | The Confession | Cass O'Donnell |
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Det. Bob Mothershed |
| 1998 | The Impostors | Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Psychiatrist (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | Beck Weathers |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Willard Sprague |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Michael McCarty |
| 1996 | Eddie | Carl Zimmer |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon |
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | Campton |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Bob Klemper |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Howell |
| 1995 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Victor |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Agent Shaddus Peyser |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | C. Vernon Hale |
| 1994 | Wolf | Detective Carl Bridger |
| 1994 | Getting Out | Chaplain |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Dr. Marc Conant |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Frank |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Acton Ryder |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Redy |
| 1991 | Doublecrossed | Jim Donaldson |
| 1991 | The Perfect Tribute | Blair |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Debaudt |
| 1990 | When You Remember Me | Vaughan |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Tommy |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Attorney Mel Dawson |
| 1990 | Challenger | Gregory B. Jarvis |
| 1989 | Blaze | Picayune |
| 1989 | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Joel Litkin |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Gruber |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Bill Browne |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Paul Evetts |
| 1989 | Rachel River | Cordell |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Detective Hamill |
| 1988 | Stealing Home | Hank Chandler |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Richard Grant |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Clyde Alden |
| 1987 | Courtship | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Radiation Controls Officer |
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | The Tender Age | Roger Davis |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Dr. Wilkes |
| 1985 | Silverado | Kelly |
| 1982 | Parole | 1st Cop |
| 1974 | Feasting with Panthers | Warder |
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