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