Richard Jenkins
Overview
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
2024
IF
Average rating: 7.3
2017
Kong: Skull Island
Average rating: 6.5
2012
The Cabin in the Woods
Average rating: 6.6
2013
White House Down
Average rating: 6.5
1994
It Could Happen to You
Average rating: 6.6
2012
Jack Reacher
Average rating: 6.6
2011
Friends with Benefits
Average rating: 6.7
2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Average rating: 6.6
2017
The Shape of Water
Average rating: 7.2
2003
The Core
Average rating: 5.8
2013
Turbo
Average rating: 6.2
1987
The Witches of Eastwick
Average rating: 6.5
2008
Step Brothers
Average rating: 6.6
2003
Cheaper by the Dozen
Average rating: 6.3
2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Average rating: 6.1
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Average rating: 4.3
1984
Miami Vice
Average rating: 7.5
2001
Six Feet Under
Average rating: 8.1
2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Average rating: 8
2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Average rating: 8
1971
Great Performances
Average rating: 4.9
1971
Great Performances
Average rating: 4.9
2016
Berlin Station
Average rating: 7.2
2014
Olive Kitteridge
Average rating: 7.5
1993
Alex Haley's Queen
Average rating: 7.2Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Movie | IF | Art Teacher (voice) |
| 2022 | Tv Show | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Lionel Dahmer |
| 2022 | Tv Show | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Self - Lionel Dahmer |
| 2021 | Movie | Nightmare Alley | Ezra Grindle |
| 2021 | Movie | The Humans | Erik |
| 2020 | Movie | Kajillionaire | Robert |
| 2020 | Movie | The Last Shift | Stanley |
| 2017 | Movie | The Shape of Water | Giles |
| 2017 | Movie | LBJ | Sen. Richard Russell |
| 2017 | Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Senator Al Willis |
| 2016 | Tv Show | Berlin Station | Steven Frost |
| 2016 | Movie | The Hollars | Don Hollar |
| 2015 | Movie | Spotlight | Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Movie | Bone Tomahawk | Chicory |
| 2014 | Tv Show | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2014 | Tv Show | Olive Kitteridge | Henry Kitteridge |
| 2014 | Movie | Lullaby | Robert |
| 2014 | Movie | 4 Minute Mile | Coleman |
| 2014 | Movie | God's Pocket | Richard Shelburn |
| 2013 | Movie | A.C.O.D. | Hugh |
| 2013 | Movie | Turbo | Bobby (voice) |
| 2013 | Movie | White House Down | Speaker Eli Raphelson |
| 2013 | Movie | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self |
| 2012 | Movie | Jack Reacher | D.A. Alex Rodin |
| 2012 | Movie | The Company You Keep | Jed Lewis |
| 2012 | Movie | Liberal Arts | Professor Peter Hoberg |
| 2012 | Movie | Killing Them Softly | Driver |
| 2012 | Movie | Darling Companion | Russell |
| 2012 | Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | Richard Sitterson |
| 2011 | Movie | The Rum Diary | Lotterman |
| 2011 | Movie | Friends with Benefits | Mr. Harper |
| 2011 | Movie | Happythankyoumoreplease | Paul Gertmanian |
| 2011 | Movie | Hall Pass | Coakley |
| 2010 | Movie | Let Me In | The Father |
| 2010 | Movie | Eat Pray Love | Richard |
| 2010 | Movie | Eat Pray Love | Richard from Texas |
| 2010 | Movie | Norman | Doug Long |
| 2010 | Movie | Waiting for Forever | Richard Twist |
| 2010 | Movie | Dear John | Mr. Tyree |
| 2008 | Movie | The Tale of Despereaux | Principal (voice) |
| 2008 | Movie | The Broken | John McVey |
| 2008 | Movie | Burn After Reading | Ted |
| 2008 | Movie | Step Brothers | Dr. Robert Doback |
| 2008 | Movie | The Visitor | Prof. Walter Vale |
| 2007 | Movie | The Kingdom | Robert Grace |
| 2005 | Movie | Rumor Has It... | Earl Huttinger |
| 2005 | Movie | Fun with Dick and Jane | Frank Bascombe |
| 2005 | Movie | Earth to America | Self |
| 2005 | Movie | North Country | Hank Aimes |
| 2004 | Movie | Shall We Dance? | Devine |
| 2004 | Movie | I ♥ Huckabees | Mr. Hooten (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Movie | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shake |
| 2003 | Movie | Intolerable Cruelty | Freddy Bender |
| 2003 | Movie | The Core | Gen. Thomas Purcell |
| 2003 | Movie | The Mudge Boy | Edgar Mudge |
| 2002 | Movie | Stealing Harvard | Honorable Judge Emmett Cook |
| 2002 | Movie | Changing Lanes | Walter Arnell |
| 2002 | Movie | Sins of the Father | Bobby Frank Cherry |
| 2001 | Movie | The Man Who Wasn't There | Walter Abundas |
| 2001 | Tv Show | Six Feet Under | Nathaniel Fisher |
| 2001 | Movie | One Night at McCool's | Father Jimmy |
| 2001 | Movie | Say It Isn't So | Walter Wingfield |
| 2000 | Movie | Me, Myself & Irene | Agent Boshane |
| 2000 | Movie | What Planet Are You From? | Don Fisk |
| 1999 | Movie | Snow Falling on Cedars | Sheriff Art Moran |
| 1999 | Movie | Random Hearts | Truman Trainor |
| 1999 | Movie | Outside Providence | Barney |
| 1999 | Movie | The Confession | Cass O'Donnell |
| 1999 | Movie | The Mod Squad | Det. Bob Mothershed |
| 1998 | Movie | The Impostors | Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) |
| 1998 | Movie | There's Something About Mary | Psychiatrist (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Movie | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | Beck Weathers |
| 1997 | Movie | Eye of God | Willard Sprague |
| 1997 | Movie | Absolute Power | Michael McCarty |
| 1996 | Movie | Eddie | Carl Zimmer |
| 1996 | Movie | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon |
| 1996 | Movie | A Couch in New York | Campton |
| 1996 | Movie | The Boys Next Door | Bob Klemper |
| 1995 | Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Howell |
| 1995 | Movie | The Indian in the Cupboard | Victor |
| 1994 | Movie | Trapped in Paradise | Agent Shaddus Peyser |
| 1994 | Movie | It Could Happen to You | C. Vernon Hale |
| 1994 | Movie | Wolf | Detective Carl Bridger |
| 1994 | Movie | Getting Out | Chaplain |
| 1993 | Movie | And the Band Played On | Dr. Marc Conant |
| 1993 | Movie | Undercover Blues | Frank |
| 1993 | Tv Show | Alex Haley's Queen | Mr. Benson |
| 1992 | Movie | Afterburn | Acton Ryder |
| 1991 | Movie | Carolina Skeletons | Redy |
| 1991 | Movie | Doublecrossed | - |
| 1991 | Movie | The Perfect Tribute | Blair |
| 1990 | Movie | Descending Angel | Debaudt |
| 1990 | Movie | When You Remember Me | Vaughan |
| 1990 | Movie | Rising Son | Tommy |
| 1990 | Movie | Blue Steel | Attorney Mel Dawson |
| 1990 | Movie | Challenger | Gregory B. Jarvis |
| 1989 | Movie | Blaze | Picayune |
| 1989 | Movie | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Joel Litkin |
| 1989 | Movie | Sea of Love | Gruber |
| 1989 | Movie | How I Got Into College | Bill Browne |
| 1989 | Movie | Out on the Edge | Paul Evetts |
| 1988 | Movie | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Detective Hamill |
| 1988 | Movie | Stealing Home | Hank Chandler |
| 1988 | Movie | Little Nikita | Richard Grant |
| 1988 | Movie | Rachel River | Cordell |
| 1987 | Movie | The Witches of Eastwick | Clyde Alden |
| 1987 | Movie | Courtship | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | Movie | The Manhattan Project | Radiation Controls Officer |
| 1986 | Movie | On Valentine's Day | Bobby Pate |
| 1986 | Movie | The Tender Age | Roger Davis |
| 1986 | Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | Dr. Wilkes |
| 1985 | Movie | Silverado | Kelly |
| 1984 | Tv Show | Miami Vice | DEA Agent Ed Waters |
| 1982 | Movie | Parole | 1st Cop |
| 1974 | Movie | Feasting with Panthers | Warder |
| 1971 | Tv Show | Great Performances | Warder |
| 1971 | Tv Show | Great Performances | Sheriff |
| - | Tv Show | Criminal | Ivan |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Tv Show | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Production |