Cast & creator
Richard Jenkins
Best known for Great Performances, Great Performances, American Playhouse
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
Also known as: Ричард Дженкинс, Richard Dale Jenkins, Ρίτσαρντ Τζένκινς, 李察·傑金斯
108
film credits
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television credits
122
1971–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (123)
Showing 123 of 123 credits
Great Performances
Sheriff
1971Great Performances
Warder
1971
American Playhouse
Roger Davis
1982
Miami Vice
DEA Agent Ed Waters
1984Miami Vice
Goodman
1984
Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher
2001
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lionel Dahmer
2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Producer
2022
Ally McBeal
Mr. Bo
1997
Jack Reacher
D.A. Alex Rodin
2012
Kong: Skull Island
Senator Al Willis
2017
The Shape of Water
Giles
2017
The Cabin in the Woods
Richard Sitterson
2012
DTF St. Louis
Donoghue Homer
2026
Berlin Station
Steven Frost
2016
Me, Myself & Irene
Agent Boshane
2000
Eat Pray Love
Richard
2010Eat Pray Love
Richard from Texas
2010
Spotlight
Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
2015
There's Something About Mary
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1998
Friends with Benefits
Mr. Harper
2011
IF
Art Teacher (voice)
2024
Turbo
Bobby (voice)
2013
Step Brothers
Dr. Robert Doback
2008
Nightmare Alley
Ezra Grindle
2021
The Core
Gen. Thomas Purcell
2003
White House Down
Raphelson
2013
The Rum Diary
Lotterman
2011
Olive Kitteridge
Henry Kitteridge
2014
Absolute Power
Michael McCarty
1997
Let Me In
The Father
2010
Cheaper by the Dozen
Shake
2003
Burn After Reading
Ted
2008
Fun with Dick and Jane
Frank Bascombe
2005
The Tale of Despereaux
Principal (voice)
2008
The Witches of Eastwick
Clyde Alden
1987
Killing Them Softly
Driver
2012
Bone Tomahawk
Chicory
2015
North Country
Hank Aimes
2005
Shall We Dance?
Devine
2004
Dear John
Mr. Tyree
2010
Sea of Love
Gruber
1989
Alex Haley's Queen
Mr. Benson
1993
Silverado
Kelly
1985
Changing Lanes
Walter Arnell
2002
Hall Pass
Coakley
2011
The Kingdom
Robert Grace
2007
Intolerable Cruelty
Freddy Bender
2003
Rumor Has It...
Earl Huttinger
2005
The Company You Keep
Jed Lewis
2012
It Could Happen to You
C. Vernon Hale
1994
The Humans
Erik
2021
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Wilkes
1986
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Abundas
2001
Random Hearts
Truman Trainor
1999
Wolf
Detective Carl Bridger
1994
The Hollars
Don Hollar
2016
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
2004
Trapped in Paradise
Agent Shaddus Peyser
1994
The Indian in the Cupboard
Victor
1995
The Visitor
Prof. Walter Vale
2008
And the Band Played On
Dr. Marc Conant
1993
Liberal Arts
Professor Peter Hoberg
2012
How to Make an American Quilt
Howell
1995
Flirting with Disaster
Paul Harmon
1996
Blue Steel
Attorney Mel Dawson
1990
One Night at McCool's
Father Jimmy
2001
Kajillionaire
Robert
2020
Say It Isn't So
Walter Wingfield
2001
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sheriff Art Moran
1999
God's Pocket
Richard Shelburn
2014
Criminal
Ivan
Stealing Home
Hank Chandler
1988
Undercover Blues
Frank
1993
Eddie
Carl Zimmer
1996
The Last Shift
Stanley
2020
What Planet Are You From?
Don Fisk
2000
A.C.O.D.
Hugh
2013
Darling Companion
Russell
2012
Outside Providence
Barney
1999
Stealing Harvard
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
2002
The Mod Squad
Det. Bob Mothershed
1999
The Confession
Cass O'Donnell
1999
The Broken
John McVey
2008
How I Got Into College
Bill Browne
1989
The Impostors
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
1998
The Manhattan Project
Radiation Controls Officer
1986
LBJ
Sen. Richard Russell
2017
Little Nikita
Richard Grant
1988
A Couch in New York
Campton
1996
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Beck Weathers
1997
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Detective Hamill
1988
Happythankyoumoreplease
Paul Gertmanian
2011
Earth to America
Self
2005
Eye of God
Willard Sprague
1997
Lullaby
Robert
2014
Out on the Edge
Paul Evetts
1989
Sins of the Father
Bobby Frank Cherry
2002
The Boys Next Door
Bob Klemper
1996
The Tender Age
Roger Davis
1986
4 Minute Mile
Coleman
2014
The Mudge Boy
Edgar Mudge
2003
Waiting for Forever
Richard Twist
2010
Afterburn
Acton Ryder
1992
Descending Angel
Debaudt
1990
Rising Son
Tommy
1990
Getting Out
Chaplain
1994
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Challenger
Gregory B. Jarvis
1990
When You Remember Me
Vaughan
1990
On Valentine's Day
Bobby Pate
1986
Carolina Skeletons
Redy
1991
Courtship
Bobby Pate
1987
Blaze
Picayune
1989
Norman
Doug Long
2010
Rachel River
Cordell
1989
Doublecrossed
1991
The Perfect Tribute
Blair
1991
Feasting with Panthers
Warder
1974Finding the Burn
Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
2008
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Joel Litkin
1989
Parole
1st Cop
1982