Richard Jenkins
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1947
Place of birth: DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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
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Filmography
107 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
6.9
DTF St. Louis
2026
6.9
IF
2024
8.0
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
6.9
Nightmare Alley
2021
6.1
The Humans
2021
6.3
Kajillionaire
2020
5.7
The Last Shift
2020
7.2
The Shape of Water
2017
6.4
LBJ
2017
6.6
Kong: Skull Island
2017
7.2
Berlin Station
2016
6.3
The Hollars
2016
7.8
Spotlight
2015
6.9
Bone Tomahawk
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
7.6
Olive Kitteridge
2014
6.2
Lullaby
2014
5.9
4 Minute Mile
2014
5.8
God's Pocket
2014
5.5
A.C.O.D.
2013
6.3
Turbo
2013
6.5
White House Down
2013
7.4
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
6.7
Jack Reacher
2012
6.2
The Company You Keep
2012
6.5
Liberal Arts
2012
6.0
Killing Them Softly
2012
5.0
Darling Companion
2012
6.7
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
5.9
The Rum Diary
2011
6.6
Friends with Benefits
2011
6.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
5.7
Hall Pass
2011
6.8
Let Me In
2010
6.2
Eat Pray Love
2010
6.1
Norman
2010
5.9
Waiting for Forever
2010
6.8
Dear John
2010NR
Finding the Burn
2008
6.2
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
5.4
The Broken
2008
6.7
Burn After Reading
2008
6.6
Step Brothers
2008
7.1
The Visitor
2008
6.7
The Kingdom
2007
5.7
Rumor Has It...
2005
6.2
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
7.7
Earth to America
2005
7.3
North Country
2005
6.4
Shall We Dance?
2004
6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
6.3
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
6.0
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
5.8
The Core
2003
6.6
The Mudge Boy
2003
4.9
Stealing Harvard
2002
6.3
Changing Lanes
2002
6.8
Sins of the Father
2002
7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
5.9
One Night at McCool's
2001
4.8
Say It Isn't So
2001
6.6
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
5.4
What Planet Are You From?
2000
6.1
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
5.6
Random Hearts
1999
5.9
Outside Providence
1999
5.8
The Confession
1999
4.4
The Mod Squad
1999
6.0
The Impostors
1998
6.6
There's Something About Mary
1998
5.5
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
5.8
Eye of God
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
6.7
Absolute Power
1997
5.5
Eddie
1996
6.2
Flirting with Disaster
1996
5.9
A Couch in New York
1996
6.7
The Boys Next Door
1996
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
6.5
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
5.6
Trapped in Paradise
1994
6.7
It Could Happen to You
1994
6.1
Wolf
1994
5.2
Getting Out
1994
6.4
And the Band Played On
1993
6.0
Undercover Blues
1993
7.0
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
4.2
Afterburn
1992
7.2
Carolina Skeletons
1991
4.4
Doublecrossed
1991
6.5
The Perfect Tribute
1991
5.5
Descending Angel
1990
6.1
When You Remember Me
1990
6.2
Rising Son
1990
5.8
Blue Steel
1990
6.5
Challenger
1990
6.2
Blaze
1989
8.0
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989
6.6
Sea of Love
1989
6.0
How I Got Into College
1989
5.8
Out on the Edge
1989
7.3
Rachel River
1989
6.2
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988
6.3
Stealing Home
1988
6.1
Little Nikita
1988
6.5
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
10.0
Courtship
1987
6.2
The Manhattan Project
1986
5.7
On Valentine's Day
1986
6.0
The Tender Age
1986
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
6.9
Silverado
1985
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.0
Parole
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
NR
Feasting with Panthers
1974
6.1
Great Performances
1971
NR
Criminal
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