Richard Jenkins
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Warder
1971
Series
Great Performances
Sheriff
1971
Series
Miami Vice
DEA Agent Ed Waters
1984
Series
Miami Vice
Goodman
1984
Series
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lionel Dahmer
2022
Series
Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher
2001
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
American Playhouse
Roger Davis
1982
Film
Kong: Skull Island
Senator Al Willis
2017
Film
Jack Reacher
D.A. Alex Rodin
2012
Series
DTF St. Louis
Donoghue Homer
2026
Film
The Shape of Water
Giles
2017
Series
Ally McBeal
Mr. Bo
1997
Film
IF
Art Teacher (voice)
2024
Film
Nightmare Alley
Ezra Grindle
2021
Series
Berlin Station
Steven Frost
2016
Film
White House Down
Raphelson
2013
Film
Friends with Benefits
Mr. Harper
2011
Film
The Cabin in the Woods
Richard Sitterson
2012
Film
Me, Myself & Irene
Agent Boshane
2000
Film
Spotlight
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Burn After Reading
Ted
2008
Film
There's Something About Mary
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1998
Film
Step Brothers
Dr. Robert Doback
2008
Film
Bone Tomahawk
Chicory
2015
Film
Eat Pray Love
Richard
2010
Film
Eat Pray Love
Richard from Texas
2010
Film
Turbo
Bobby (voice)
2013
Film
The Core
Gen. Thomas Purcell
2003
Film
Cheaper by the Dozen
Shake
2003
Film
Fun with Dick and Jane
Frank Bascombe
2005
Film
Let Me In
The Father
2010
Series
Olive Kitteridge
Henry Kitteridge
2014
Film
Intolerable Cruelty
Freddy Bender
2003
Film
The Rum Diary
Lotterman
2011
Film
The Company You Keep
Jed Lewis
2012
Film
Silverado
Kelly
1985
Film
Shall We Dance?
Devine
2004
Film
The Witches of Eastwick
Clyde Alden
1987
Film
It Could Happen to You
C. Vernon Hale
1994
Film
Hall Pass
Coakley
2011
Film
Killing Them Softly
Driver
2012
Film
Changing Lanes
Walter Arnell
2002
Film
Dear John
Mr. Tyree
2010
Film
The Tale of Despereaux
Principal (voice)
2008
Film
Sea of Love
Gruber
1989
Film
Random Hearts
Truman Trainor
1999
Film
Rumor Has It...
Earl Huttinger
2005
Film
Absolute Power
Michael McCarty
1997
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Wilkes
1986
Film
The Kingdom
Robert Grace
2007
Film
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Abundas
2001
Film
North Country
Hank Aimes
2005
Film
The Indian in the Cupboard
Victor
1995
Film
Wolf
Detective Carl Bridger
1994
Film
Blue Steel
Attorney Mel Dawson
1990
Film
Stealing Home
Hank Chandler
1988
Series
Alex Haley's Queen
Mr. Benson
1993
Film
The Hollars
Don Hollar
2016
Film
One Night at McCool's
Father Jimmy
2001
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Howell
1995
Film
Kajillionaire
Robert
2020
Film
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
2004
Film
God's Pocket
Richard Shelburn
2014
Film
Say It Isn't So
Walter Wingfield
2001
Film
The Humans
Erik
2021
Film
Liberal Arts
Professor Peter Hoberg
2012
Film
The Last Shift
Stanley
2020
Film
And the Band Played On
Dr. Marc Conant
1993
Film
Trapped in Paradise
Agent Shaddus Peyser
1994
Film
Undercover Blues
Frank
1993
Film
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sheriff Art Moran
1999
Film
LBJ
Sen. Richard Russell
2017
Film
Flirting with Disaster
Paul Harmon
1996
Film
The Confession
Cass O'Donnell
1999
Film
Stealing Harvard
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
2002
Film
The Visitor
Prof. Walter Vale
2008
Film
Little Nikita
Richard Grant
1988
Film
The Impostors
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
1998
Film
Darling Companion
Russell
2012
Film
A.C.O.D.
Hugh
2013
Film
The Mod Squad
Det. Bob Mothershed
1999
Film
Outside Providence
Barney
1999
Film
What Planet Are You From?
Don Fisk
2000
Film
Eddie
Carl Zimmer
1996
Film
The Manhattan Project
Radiation Controls Officer
1986
Film
The Mudge Boy
Edgar Mudge
2003
Film
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Film
Lullaby
Robert
2014
Film
The Broken
John McVey
2008
Film
Waiting for Forever
Richard Twist
2010
Film
The Tender Age
Roger Davis
1986
Film
How I Got Into College
Bill Browne
1989
Film
4 Minute Mile
Coleman
2014
Series
Criminal
Ivan
Film
A Couch in New York
Campton
1996
Film
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Detective Hamill
1988
Film
Happythankyoumoreplease
Paul Gertmanian
2011
Film
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Beck Weathers
1997
Film
Courtship
Bobby Pate
1987
Film
Earth to America
Self
2005
Film
Blaze
Picayune
1989
Film
Afterburn
Acton Ryder
1992
Film
Challenger
Gregory B. Jarvis
1990
Film
The Perfect Tribute
Blair
1991
Film
The Boys Next Door
Bob Klemper
1996
Film
Rising Son
Tommy
1990
Film
Eye of God
Willard Sprague
1997
Film
Carolina Skeletons
Redy
1991
Film
Descending Angel
Debaudt
1990
Film
Out on the Edge
Paul Evetts
1989
Finding the Burn
Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
2008
Film
When You Remember Me
Vaughan
1990
Film
Kojak : Error Fatal
Joel Litkin
1989
Film
Norman
Doug Long
2010
Film
On Valentine's Day
Bobby Pate
1986
Film
Sins of the Father
Bobby Frank Cherry
2002
Film
Parole
1st Cop
1982
Film
Rachel River
Cordell
1989
Film
Feasting with Panthers
Warder
1974
Film
Doublecrossed
1991
Film
Getting Out
Chaplain
1994