
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
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
as Senator Al Willis

Jack Reacher (2012)
as D.A. Alex Rodin

Burn After Reading (2008)
as Ted

Spotlight (2015)
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
as Richard Sitterson

The Shape of Water (2017)
as Giles

There's Something About Mary (1998)
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

IF (2024)
as Art Teacher (voice)

The Core (2003)
as Gen. Thomas Purcell

Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Ezra Grindle

Turbo (2013)
as Bobby (voice)

White House Down (2013)
as Raphelson

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
as Agent Boshane

Eat Pray Love (2010)
as Richard

Friends with Benefits (2011)
as Mr. Harper

Step Brothers (2008)
as Dr. Robert Doback

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
as Principal (voice)

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
as Frank Bascombe

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
as Clyde Alden

Let Me In (2010)
as The Father

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
as Shake

Bone Tomahawk (2015)
as Chicory

Silverado (1985)
as Kelly

I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)

Eddie (1996)
as Carl Zimmer

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as Dr. Wilkes

Absolute Power (1997)
as Michael McCarty

The Rum Diary (2011)
as Lotterman

It Could Happen to You (1994)
as C. Vernon Hale

Hall Pass (2011)
as Coakley

The Kingdom (2007)
as Robert Grace

LBJ (2017)
as Sen. Richard Russell

The Company You Keep (2012)
as Jed Lewis

Killing Them Softly (2012)
as Driver

Darling Companion (2012)
as Russell

Shall We Dance? (2004)
as Devine

Rumor Has It... (2005)
as Earl Huttinger

Dear John (2010)
as Mr. Tyree

Wolf (1994)
as Detective Carl Bridger

Changing Lanes (2002)
as Walter Arnell

One Night at McCool's (2001)
as Father Jimmy

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
as Walter Abundas

North Country (2005)
as Hank Aimes

Sea of Love (1989)
as Gruber

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
as Freddy Bender

Blue Steel (1990)
as Attorney Mel Dawson

The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
as Victor

The Humans (2021)
as Erik

The Mod Squad (1999)
as Det. Bob Mothershed

Courtship (1987)
as Bobby Pate

Kajillionaire (2020)
as Robert

Afterburn (1992)
as Acton Ryder

Random Hearts (1999)
as Truman Trainor

Trapped in Paradise (1994)
as Agent Shaddus Peyser

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Howell

And the Band Played On (1993)
as Dr. Marc Conant

A.C.O.D. (2013)
as Hugh

What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Don Fisk

The Visitor (2008)
as Prof. Walter Vale

Liberal Arts (2012)
as Professor Peter Hoberg

Flirting with Disaster (1996)
as Paul Harmon

Say It Isn't So (2001)
as Walter Wingfield

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
as Sheriff Art Moran

The Hollars (2016)
as Don Hollar

Undercover Blues (1993)
as Frank

God's Pocket (2014)
as Richard Shelburn

4 Minute Mile (2014)
as Coleman

The Last Shift (2020)
as Stanley

How I Got Into College (1989)
as Bill Browne

The Tender Age (1986)
as Roger Davis

Happythankyoumoreplease (2011)
as Paul Gertmanian

The Confession (1999)
as Cass O'Donnell

Little Nikita (1988)
as Richard Grant

A Couch in New York (1996)
as Campton

The Impostors (1998)
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

Stealing Home (1988)
as Hank Chandler

Lullaby (2014)
as Robert

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
as Detective Hamill

The Manhattan Project (1986)
as Radiation Controls Officer

The Mudge Boy (2003)
as Edgar Mudge

Outside Providence (1999)
as Barney

The Broken (2008)
as John McVey

Stealing Harvard (2002)
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

Blaze (1989)
as Picayune

Waiting for Forever (2010)
as Richard Twist

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
as Beck Weathers

The Boys Next Door (1996)
as Bob Klemper
Finding the Burn (2008)
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)

Challenger (1990)
as Gregory B. Jarvis

Rising Son (1990)
as Tommy

Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Redy

Getting Out (1994)
as Chaplain

Descending Angel (1990)
as Debaudt

On Valentine's Day (1986)
as Bobby Pate

Eye of God (1997)
as Willard Sprague

The Perfect Tribute (1991)
as Blair

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013)
as Self

Parole (1982)
as 1st Cop

Doublecrossed (1991)
as Jim Donaldson

When You Remember Me (1990)
as Vaughan

Norman (2010)
as Doug Long

Earth to America (2005)
as Self

Feasting with Panthers (1974)
as Warder

Out on the Edge (1989)
as Paul Evetts

Sins of the Father (2002)
as Bobby Frank Cherry

Rachel River (1989)
as Cordell

Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989)
as Joel Litkin





