Richard Jenkins

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.

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Filmography (118 Appearances)

Criminal

TBA

DTF St. Louis

2026

IF

2024

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

Nightmare Alley

2021

The Humans

2021

Kajillionaire

2020

The Last Shift

2020

The Shape of Water

2017

LBJ

2017

Kong: Skull Island

2017

Berlin Station

2016

The Hollars

2016

Spotlight

2015

Bone Tomahawk

2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

Olive Kitteridge

2014

Lullaby

2014

4 Minute Mile

2014

God's Pocket

2014

A.C.O.D.

2013

Turbo

2013

White House Down

2013

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

2013

Jack Reacher

2012

The Company You Keep

2012

Liberal Arts

2012

Killing Them Softly

2012

Darling Companion

2012

The Cabin in the Woods

2012

The Rum Diary

2011

Friends with Benefits

2011

Happythankyoumoreplease

2011

Hall Pass

2011

Let Me In

2010

Eat Pray Love

2010

Norman

2010

Waiting for Forever

2010

Dear John

2010

Finding the Burn

2008

The Tale of Despereaux

2008

The Broken

2008

Burn After Reading

2008

Step Brothers

2008

The Visitor

2008

The Kingdom

2007

Rumor Has It...

2005

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

Earth to America

2005

North Country

2005

Shall We Dance?

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

Cheaper by the Dozen

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

2003

The Core

2003

The Mudge Boy

2003

Stealing Harvard

2002

Changing Lanes

2002

Sins of the Father

2002

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

Six Feet Under

2001

One Night at McCool's

2001

Say It Isn't So

2001

Me, Myself & Irene

2000

What Planet Are You From?

2000

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

Random Hearts

1999

Outside Providence

1999

The Mod Squad

1999

The Confession

1999

The Impostors

1998

There's Something About Mary

1998

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

1997

Eye of God

1997

Ally McBeal

1997

Absolute Power

1997

Eddie

1996

Flirting with Disaster

1996

A Couch in New York

1996

The Boys Next Door

1996

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

Trapped in Paradise

1994

It Could Happen to You

1994

Wolf

1994

Getting Out

1994

And the Band Played On

1993

Undercover Blues

1993

Alex Haley's Queen

1993

Afterburn

1992

Carolina Skeletons

1991

Doublecrossed

1991

The Perfect Tribute

1991

Descending Angel

1990

When You Remember Me

1990

Rising Son

1990

Blue Steel

1990

Challenger

1990

Blaze

1989

Kojak : Error Fatal

1989

Sea of Love

1989

How I Got Into College

1989

Out on the Edge

1989

Rachel River

1989

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

1988

Stealing Home

1988

Little Nikita

1988

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

Courtship

1987

The Manhattan Project

1986

On Valentine's Day

1986

The Tender Age

1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

Silverado

1985

Miami Vice

1984

Parole

1982

Feasting with Panthers

1974 Debut

Great Performances

1971
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