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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…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Richard Jenkins's Filmography
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as Art Teacher (voice)
Nightmare Alley
as Ezra Grindle
The Humans
as Erik
Kajillionaire
as Robert
The Last Shift
as Stanley
The Shape of Water
as Giles
LBJ
as Sen. Richard Russell
Kong: Skull Island
as Senator Al Willis
The Hollars
as Don Hollar
Spotlight
as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
Bone Tomahawk
as Chicory
Lullaby
as Robert
4 Minute Mile
as Coleman
God's Pocket
as Richard Shelburn
A.C.O.D.
as Hugh
Turbo
as Bobby (voice)
White House Down
as Raphelson
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as Self
Jack Reacher
as D.A. Alex Rodin
The Company You Keep
as Jed Lewis
Liberal Arts
as Professor Peter Hoberg
Killing Them Softly
as Driver
Darling Companion
as Russell
The Cabin in the Woods
as Richard Sitterson
The Rum Diary
as Lotterman
Friends with Benefits
as Mr. Harper
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Paul Gertmanian
Hall Pass
as Coakley
Let Me In
as The Father
Eat Pray Love
as Richard
Eat Pray Love
as Richard from Texas
Norman
as Doug Long
Waiting for Forever
as Richard Twist
Dear John
as Mr. Tyree
No Poster
Finding the Burn
as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
The Tale of Despereaux
as Principal (voice)
The Broken
as John McVey
Burn After Reading
as Ted
Step Brothers
as Dr. Robert Doback
The Visitor
as Prof. Walter Vale
The Kingdom
as Robert Grace
Rumor Has It...
as Earl Huttinger
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Frank Bascombe
Earth to America
as Self
North Country
as Hank Aimes
Shall We Dance?
as Devine
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Shake
Intolerable Cruelty
as Freddy Bender
The Core
as Gen. Thomas Purcell
The Mudge Boy
as Edgar Mudge
Stealing Harvard
as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
Changing Lanes
as Walter Arnell
Sins of the Father
as Bobby Frank Cherry
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Walter Abundas
One Night at McCool's
as Father Jimmy
Say It Isn't So
as Walter Wingfield
Me, Myself & Irene
as Agent Boshane
What Planet Are You From?
as Don Fisk
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Sheriff Art Moran
Random Hearts
as Truman Trainor
Outside Providence
as Barney
The Mod Squad
as Det. Bob Mothershed
The Confession
as Cass O'Donnell
The Impostors
as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
There's Something About Mary
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
as Beck Weathers
Eye of God
as Willard Sprague
Absolute Power
as Michael McCarty
Eddie
as Carl Zimmer
Flirting with Disaster
as Paul Harmon
A Couch in New York
as Campton
The Boys Next Door
as Bob Klemper
How to Make an American Quilt
as Howell
The Indian in the Cupboard
as Victor
Trapped in Paradise
as Agent Shaddus Peyser
It Could Happen to You
as C. Vernon Hale
Wolf
as Detective Carl Bridger
Getting Out
as Chaplain
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Marc Conant
Undercover Blues
as Frank
Afterburn
as Acton Ryder
Carolina Skeletons
as Redy
Doublecrossed
as Jim Donaldson
The Perfect Tribute
as Blair
Descending Angel
as Debaudt
When You Remember Me
as Vaughan
Rising Son
as Tommy
Blue Steel
as Attorney Mel Dawson
Challenger
as Gregory B. Jarvis
Blaze
as Picayune
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
as Joel Litkin
Sea of Love
as Gruber
How I Got Into College
as Bill Browne
Out on the Edge
as Paul Evetts
Rachel River
as Cordell
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
as Detective Hamill
Stealing Home
as Hank Chandler
Little Nikita
as Richard Grant
The Witches of Eastwick
as Clyde Alden
Courtship
as Bobby Pate
The Manhattan Project
as Radiation Controls Officer
On Valentine's Day
as Bobby Pate
The Tender Age
as Roger Davis
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Dr. Wilkes
Silverado
as Kelly
Parole
as 1st Cop
Feasting with Panthers
as Warder