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Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins’s screen credits include Giles in The Shape of Water, D.A. Alex Rodin in Jack Reacher, and The Father in Let Me In.
Born May 4, 1947 DeKalb, Illinois, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2024IFArt Teacher (voice)
- 2021Nightmare AlleyEzra Grindle
- 2021The HumansErik
- 2020KajillionaireRobert
- 2020The Last ShiftStanley
- 2017LBJSen. Richard Russell
- 2017Kong: Skull IslandSenator Al Willis
- 2016The HollarsDon Hollar
- 2015SpotlightRichard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015Bone TomahawkChicory
- 2014LullabyRobert
- 20144 Minute MileColeman
- 2014God's PocketRichard Shelburn
- 2013A.C.O.D.Hugh
- 2013TurboBobby (voice)
- 2013White House DownRaphelson
- 2013Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes AroundSelf
- 2012The Company You KeepJed Lewis
- 2012Liberal ArtsProfessor Peter Hoberg
- 2012Killing Them SoftlyDriver
- 2012Darling CompanionRussell
- 2012The Cabin in the WoodsRichard Sitterson
- 2011The Rum DiaryLotterman
- 2011Friends with BenefitsMr. Harper
- 2011HappythankyoumorepleasePaul Gertmanian
- 2011Hall PassCoakley
- 2010Eat Pray LoveRichard, Richard from Texas
- 2010NormanDoug Long
- 2010Waiting for ForeverRichard Twist
- 2010Dear JohnMr. Tyree
- 2008Finding the BurnSelf / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
- 2008The Tale of DespereauxPrincipal (voice)
- 2008The BrokenJohn McVey
- 2008Burn After ReadingTed
- 2008Step BrothersDr. Robert Doback
- 2008The VisitorProf. Walter Vale
- 2007The KingdomRobert Grace
- 2005Rumor Has It...Earl Huttinger
- 2005Fun with Dick and JaneFrank Bascombe
- 2005Earth to AmericaSelf
- 2005North CountryHank Aimes
- 2004Shall We Dance?Devine
- 2004I ♥ HuckabeesMr. Hooten (uncredited)
- 2003Cheaper by the DozenShake
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyFreddy Bender
- 2003The CoreGen. Thomas Purcell
- 2003The Mudge BoyEdgar Mudge
- 2002Stealing HarvardHonorable Judge Emmett Cook
- 2002Changing LanesWalter Arnell
- 2002Sins of the FatherBobby Frank Cherry
- 2001The Man Who Wasn't ThereWalter Abundas
- 2001One Night at McCool'sFather Jimmy
- 2001Say It Isn't SoWalter Wingfield
- 2000Me, Myself & IreneAgent Boshane
- 2000What Planet Are You From?Don Fisk
- 1999Snow Falling on CedarsSheriff Art Moran
- 1999Random HeartsTruman Trainor
- 1999Outside ProvidenceBarney
- 1999The ConfessionCass O'Donnell
- 1999The Mod SquadDet. Bob Mothershed
- 1998The ImpostorsJohnny Leguard (Frenchman)
- 1998There's Something About MaryPsychiatrist (uncredited)
- 1997Into Thin Air: Death on EverestBeck Weathers
- 1997Eye of GodWillard Sprague
- 1997Absolute PowerMichael McCarty
- 1996EddieCarl Zimmer
- 1996Flirting with DisasterPaul Harmon
- 1996A Couch in New YorkCampton
- 1996The Boys Next DoorBob Klemper
- 1995How to Make an American QuiltHowell
- 1995The Indian in the CupboardVictor
- 1994Trapped in ParadiseAgent Shaddus Peyser
- 1994It Could Happen to YouC. Vernon Hale
- 1994WolfDetective Carl Bridger
- 1994Getting OutChaplain
- 1993And the Band Played OnDr. Marc Conant
- 1993Undercover BluesFrank
- 1992AfterburnActon Ryder
- 1991Carolina SkeletonsRedy
- 1991DoublecrossedActor
- 1991The Perfect TributeBlair
- 1990Descending AngelDebaudt
- 1990When You Remember MeVaughan
- 1990Rising SonTommy
- 1990Blue SteelAttorney Mel Dawson
- 1990ChallengerGregory B. Jarvis
- 1989BlazePicayune
- 1989Kojak: Fatal FlawJoel Litkin
- 1989Sea of LoveGruber
- 1989How I Got Into CollegeBill Browne
- 1989Out on the EdgePaul Evetts
- 1989Rachel RiverCordell
- 1988In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. MurdersDetective Hamill
- 1988Stealing HomeHank Chandler
- 1988Little NikitaRichard Grant
- 1987The Witches of EastwickClyde Alden
- 1987CourtshipBobby Pate
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