
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

The Shape of Water (2017)
as Giles

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

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
as Senator Al Willis

Turbo (2013)
as Bobby (voice)

IF (2024)
as Art Teacher (voice)

The Kingdom (2007)
as Robert Grace

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
as Richard Sitterson

White House Down (2013)
as Raphelson

Friends with Benefits (2011)
as Mr. Harper

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

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
as Agent Boshane

Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Ezra Grindle

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

Dear John (2010)
as Mr. Tyree

Eat Pray Love (2010)
as Richard

Burn After Reading (2008)
as Ted

Step Brothers (2008)
as Dr. Robert Doback

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
as Shake

Let Me In (2010)
as The Father

The Core (2003)
as Gen. Thomas Purcell

Hall Pass (2011)
as Coakley

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

Bone Tomahawk (2015)
as Chicory

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
as Frank Bascombe

Killing Them Softly (2012)
as Driver

Shall We Dance? (2004)
as Devine

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as Dr. Wilkes

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

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

The Rum Diary (2011)
as Lotterman

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

Sea of Love (1989)
as Gruber

Silverado (1985)
as Kelly

Changing Lanes (2002)
as Walter Arnell

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
as Clyde Alden

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
as Freddy Bender

Liberal Arts (2012)
as Professor Peter Hoberg

Wolf (1994)
as Detective Carl Bridger

The Company You Keep (2012)
as Jed Lewis

The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
as Victor

Random Hearts (1999)
as Truman Trainor

Kajillionaire (2020)
as Robert

Absolute Power (1997)
as Michael McCarty

Blue Steel (1990)
as Attorney Mel Dawson

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

North Country (2005)
as Hank Aimes

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
as Sheriff Art Moran

Darling Companion (2012)
as Russell

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

The Tender Age (1986)
as Roger Davis

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Howell

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

Flirting with Disaster (1996)
as Paul Harmon

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

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

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

The Mod Squad (1999)
as Det. Bob Mothershed

Trapped in Paradise (1994)
as Agent Shaddus Peyser

The Mudge Boy (2003)
as Edgar Mudge

Eddie (1996)
as Carl Zimmer

God's Pocket (2014)
as Richard Shelburn

The Manhattan Project (1986)
as Radiation Controls Officer

Afterburn (1992)
as Acton Ryder

Stealing Harvard (2002)
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

The Broken (2008)
as John McVey

LBJ (2017)
as Sen. Richard Russell

How I Got Into College (1989)
as Bill Browne

The Visitor (2008)
as Prof. Walter Vale

Little Nikita (1988)
as Richard Grant

Outside Providence (1999)
as Barney

Undercover Blues (1993)
as Frank

Stealing Home (1988)
as Hank Chandler

The Last Shift (2020)
as Stanley

The Confession (1999)
as Cass O'Donnell

A Couch in New York (1996)
as Campton

The Hollars (2016)
as Don Hollar

Challenger (1990)
as Gregory B. Jarvis

Waiting for Forever (2010)
as Richard Twist

The Impostors (1998)
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

Courtship (1987)
as Bobby Pate

Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Redy

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

The Humans (2021)
as Erik

4 Minute Mile (2014)
as Coleman

Feasting with Panthers (1974)
as Warder

The Perfect Tribute (1991)
as Blair

Lullaby (2014)
as Robert

When You Remember Me (1990)
as Vaughan

On Valentine's Day (1986)
as Bobby Pate

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
as Beck Weathers
Finding the Burn (2008)
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)

Kojak : Error Fatal (1989)
as Joel Litkin

Doublecrossed (1991)
Actor

Eye of God (1997)
as Willard Sprague

Norman (2010)
as Doug Long

Descending Angel (1990)
as Debaudt

Earth to America (2005)
as Self

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

Happythankyoumoreplease (2011)
as Paul Gertmanian

Getting Out (1994)
as Chaplain

Blaze (1989)
as Picayune

The Boys Next Door (1996)
as Bob Klemper

Out on the Edge (1989)
as Paul Evetts

Sins of the Father (2002)
as Bobby Frank Cherry

Rising Son (1990)
as Tommy

Rachel River (1989)
as Cordell

Parole (1982)
as 1st Cop





