Richard Jenkins
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
TV Shows(11)
DTF St. Louis
Donoghue Homer
2026
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lionel Dahmer
2022
Berlin Station
Steven Frost
2016
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Olive Kitteridge
Henry Kitteridge
2014
Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher
2001
Ally McBeal
Mr. Bo
1997
Alex Haley's Queen
Mr. Benson
1993
Miami Vice
DEA Agent Ed Waters
1984
Great Performances
Warder
1971
Criminal
Ivan
Movies(107)
IF
Art Teacher (voice)
2024
Nightmare Alley
Ezra Grindle
2021
The Humans
Erik
2021
Kajillionaire
Robert
2020
The Last Shift
Stanley
2020
The Shape of Water
Giles
2017
LBJ
Sen. Richard Russell
2017
Kong: Skull Island
Senator Al Willis
2017
The Hollars
Don Hollar
2016
Spotlight
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Bone Tomahawk
Chicory
2015
Lullaby
Robert
2014
4 Minute Mile
Coleman
2014
God's Pocket
Richard Shelburn
2014
A.C.O.D.
Hugh
2013
Turbo
Bobby (voice)
2013
White House Down
Raphelson
2013
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Jack Reacher
D.A. Alex Rodin
2012
The Company You Keep
Jed Lewis
2012
Liberal Arts
Professor Peter Hoberg
2012
Killing Them Softly
Driver
2012
Darling Companion
Russell
2012
The Cabin in the Woods
Richard Sitterson
2012
The Rum Diary
Lotterman
2011
Friends with Benefits
Mr. Harper
2011
Happythankyoumoreplease
Paul Gertmanian
2011
Hall Pass
Coakley
2011
Let Me In
The Father
2010
Eat Pray Love
Richard
2010
Norman
Doug Long
2010
Waiting for Forever
Richard Twist
2010
Dear John
Mr. Tyree
2010
Finding the Burn
Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Principal (voice)
2008
The Broken
John McVey
2008
Burn After Reading
Ted
2008
Step Brothers
Dr. Robert Doback
2008
The Visitor
Prof. Walter Vale
2008
The Kingdom
Robert Grace
2007
Rumor Has It...
Earl Huttinger
2005
Fun with Dick and Jane
Frank Bascombe
2005
Earth to America
Self
2005
North Country
Hank Aimes
2005
Shall We Dance?
Devine
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
2004
Cheaper by the Dozen
Shake
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
Freddy Bender
2003
The Core
Gen. Thomas Purcell
2003
The Mudge Boy
Edgar Mudge
2003
Stealing Harvard
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
2002
Changing Lanes
Walter Arnell
2002
Sins of the Father
Bobby Frank Cherry
2002
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Abundas
2001
One Night at McCool's
Father Jimmy
2001
Say It Isn't So
Walter Wingfield
2001
Me, Myself & Irene
Agent Boshane
2000
What Planet Are You From?
Don Fisk
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sheriff Art Moran
1999
Random Hearts
Truman Trainor
1999
Outside Providence
Barney
1999
The Confession
Cass O'Donnell
1999
The Mod Squad
Det. Bob Mothershed
1999
The Impostors
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
1998
There's Something About Mary
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1998
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Beck Weathers
1997
Eye of God
Willard Sprague
1997
Absolute Power
Michael McCarty
1997
Eddie
Carl Zimmer
1996
Flirting with Disaster
Paul Harmon
1996
A Couch in New York
Campton
1996
The Boys Next Door
Bob Klemper
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Howell
1995
The Indian in the Cupboard
Victor
1995
Trapped in Paradise
Agent Shaddus Peyser
1994
It Could Happen to You
C. Vernon Hale
1994
Wolf
Detective Carl Bridger
1994
Getting Out
Chaplain
1994
And the Band Played On
Dr. Marc Conant
1993
Undercover Blues
Frank
1993
Afterburn
Acton Ryder
1992
Carolina Skeletons
Redy
1991
Doublecrossed
1991
The Perfect Tribute
Blair
1991
Descending Angel
Debaudt
1990
When You Remember Me
Vaughan
1990
Rising Son
Tommy
1990
Blue Steel
Attorney Mel Dawson
1990
Challenger
Gregory B. Jarvis
1990
Blaze
Picayune
1989
Kojak : Error Fatal
Joel Litkin
1989
Sea of Love
Gruber
1989
How I Got Into College
Bill Browne
1989
Out on the Edge
Paul Evetts
1989
Rachel River
Cordell
1989
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Detective Hamill
1988
Stealing Home
Hank Chandler
1988
Little Nikita
Richard Grant
1988
The Witches of Eastwick
Clyde Alden
1987
Courtship
Bobby Pate
1987
The Manhattan Project
Radiation Controls Officer
1986
On Valentine's Day
Bobby Pate
1986
The Tender Age
Roger Davis
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Wilkes
1986
Silverado
Kelly
1985
Parole
1st Cop
1982
Feasting with Panthers
Warder
1974