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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 4, 1947
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Ричард Дженкинс
- Richard Dale Jenkins
- Ρίτσαρντ Τζένκινς
- 李察·傑金斯
Richard Jenkins
1.5 Popularity
Biography
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
7.0
Art Teacher (voice)
IF
2024
8.0
Lionel Dahmer
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
7.0
Ezra Grindle
Nightmare Alley
2021
6.1
Erik
The Humans
2021
6.3
Robert
Kajillionaire
2020
5.6
Stanley
The Last Shift
2020
7.2
Giles
The Shape of Water
2017
6.4
Sen. Richard Russell
LBJ
2017
6.6
Senator Al Willis
Kong: Skull Island
2017
7.2
Steven Frost
Berlin Station
2016
Credits
IF
as Art Teacher (voice)
2024
7.0
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
as Lionel Dahmer
2022
8.0
Nightmare Alley
as Ezra Grindle
2021
7.0
The Humans
as Erik
2021
6.1
Kajillionaire
as Robert
2020
6.3
The Last Shift
as Stanley
2020
5.6
The Shape of Water
as Giles
2017
7.2
LBJ
as Sen. Richard Russell
2017
6.4
Kong: Skull Island
as Senator Al Willis
2017
6.6
Berlin Station
as Steven Frost
2016
7.2
The Hollars
as Don Hollar
2016
6.3
Spotlight
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
2015
7.8
Bone Tomahawk
as Chicory
2015
6.9
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Olive Kitteridge
as Henry Kitteridge
2014
7.6
Lullaby
as Robert
2014
6.1
4 Minute Mile
as Coleman
2014
5.9
God's Pocket
as Richard Shelburn
2014
5.8
A.C.O.D.
as Hugh
2013
5.5
Turbo
as Bobby (voice)
2013
6.3
White House Down
as Raphelson
2013
6.5
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as Self
2013
7.7
Jack Reacher
as D.A. Alex Rodin
2012
6.7
The Company You Keep
as Jed Lewis
2012
6.2
Liberal Arts
as Professor Peter Hoberg
2012
6.5
Killing Them Softly
as Driver
2012
6.0
Darling Companion
as Russell
2012
5.0
The Cabin in the Woods
as Richard Sitterson
2012
6.6
The Rum Diary
as Lotterman
2011
5.9
Friends with Benefits
as Mr. Harper
2011
6.7
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Paul Gertmanian
2011
6.5
Hall Pass
as Coakley
2011
5.7
Let Me In
as The Father
2010
6.8
Eat Pray Love
as Richard
2010
6.2
Eat Pray Love
as Richard from Texas
2010
6.2
Norman
as Doug Long
2010
6.1
Waiting for Forever
as Richard Twist
2010
5.9
Dear John
as Mr. Tyree
2010
6.8
🎬
Finding the Burn
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
2008
0.0
The Tale of Despereaux
as Principal (voice)
2008
6.1
The Broken
as John McVey
2008
5.4
Burn After Reading
as Ted
2008
6.7
Step Brothers
as Dr. Robert Doback
2008
6.6
The Visitor
as Prof. Walter Vale
2008
7.1
The Kingdom
as Robert Grace
2007
6.7
Rumor Has It...
as Earl Huttinger
2005
5.7
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Frank Bascombe
2005
6.2
Earth to America
as Self
2005
8.0
North Country
as Hank Aimes
2005
7.2
Shall We Dance?
as Devine
2004
6.4
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
2004
6.3
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Shake
2003
6.3
Intolerable Cruelty
as Freddy Bender
2003
5.9
The Core
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
2003
5.8
The Mudge Boy
as Edgar Mudge
2003
6.6
Stealing Harvard
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
2002
4.8
Changing Lanes
as Walter Arnell
2002
6.3
Sins of the Father
as Bobby Frank Cherry
2002
6.3
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Walter Abundas
2001
7.5
Six Feet Under
as Nathaniel Fisher
2001
8.1
One Night at McCool's
as Father Jimmy
2001
5.9
Say It Isn't So
as Walter Wingfield
2001
4.7
Me, Myself & Irene
as Agent Boshane
2000
6.6
What Planet Are You From?
as Don Fisk
2000
5.4
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Sheriff Art Moran
1999
6.0
Random Hearts
as Truman Trainor
1999
5.6
Outside Providence
as Barney
1999
5.8
The Confession
as Cass O'Donnell
1999
5.7
The Mod Squad
as Det. Bob Mothershed
1999
4.3
The Impostors
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
1998
5.9
There's Something About Mary
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1998
6.6
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
as Beck Weathers
1997
5.4
Eye of God
as Willard Sprague
1997
5.7
Ally McBeal
as Mr. Bo
1997
6.6
Absolute Power
as Michael McCarty
1997
6.7
Eddie
as Carl Zimmer
1996
5.5
Flirting with Disaster
as Paul Harmon
1996
6.2
A Couch in New York
as Campton
1996
5.9
The Boys Next Door
as Bob Klemper
1996
6.6
How to Make an American Quilt
as Howell
1995
6.4
The Indian in the Cupboard
as Victor
1995
6.5
Trapped in Paradise
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
1994
5.6
It Could Happen to You
as C. Vernon Hale
1994
6.7
Wolf
as Detective Carl Bridger
1994
6.1
Getting Out
as Chaplain
1994
4.6
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Marc Conant
1993
6.4
Undercover Blues
as Frank
1993
6.1
Alex Haley's Queen
as Mr. Benson
1993
7.0
Afterburn
as Acton Ryder
1992
3.6
Carolina Skeletons
as Redy
1991
6.8
Doublecrossed
1991
3.9
The Perfect Tribute
as Blair
1991
6.0
Descending Angel
as Debaudt
1990
5.0
When You Remember Me
as Vaughan
1990
5.9
Rising Son
as Tommy
1990
5.9
Blue Steel
as Attorney Mel Dawson
1990
5.8
Challenger
as Gregory B. Jarvis
1990
6.2
Blaze
as Picayune
1989
6.1
Kojak : Error Fatal
as Joel Litkin
1989
6.0
Sea of Love
as Gruber
1989
6.6
How I Got Into College
as Bill Browne
1989
5.9
Out on the Edge
as Paul Evetts
1989
5.2
Rachel River
as Cordell
1989
7.0
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
as Detective Hamill
1988
6.1
Stealing Home
as Hank Chandler
1988
6.3
Little Nikita
as Richard Grant
1988
6.1
The Witches of Eastwick
as Clyde Alden
1987
6.5
Courtship
as Bobby Pate
1987
0.0
The Manhattan Project
as Radiation Controls Officer
1986
6.1
On Valentine's Day
as Bobby Pate
1986
4.5
The Tender Age
as Roger Davis
1986
5.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Dr. Wilkes
1986
7.5
Silverado
as Kelly
1985
7.0
Miami Vice
as DEA Agent Ed Waters
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Goodman
1984
7.5
Parole
as 1st Cop
1982
0.0
Feasting with Panthers
as Warder
1974
0.0
Great Performances
as Sheriff
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Warder
1971
5.8
🎬
DTF St. Louis
N/A
0.0
🎬
Criminal
as Ivan
N/A
0.0
We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods
as Self / Richard Sitterson
N/A
0.0