Actor
Richard Jenkins
Biography

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 Re ...

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