Richard Jenkins
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-05-04
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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 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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Flirting with Disaster
Mar 22, 1996
Carolina Skeletons
Sep 30, 1991
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dec 22, 1999
The Broken
Nov 15, 2008
It Could Happen to You
Jul 16, 1994
Wolf
Jun 17, 1994
What Planet Are You From?
Mar 03, 2000
Rumor Has It...
Dec 22, 2005
And the Band Played On
Sep 11, 1993
The Man Who Wasn't There
Oct 26, 2001
The Kingdom
Aug 22, 2007
Shall We Dance?
Oct 15, 2004
Say It Isn't So
Mar 10, 2001
Burn After Reading
Sep 05, 2008
Eddie
May 31, 1996
The Indian in the Cupboard
Jul 14, 1995
The Confession
Mar 26, 1999
The Cabin in the Woods
Apr 12, 2012
Dear John
Feb 04, 2010
The Witches of Eastwick
Jun 12, 1987
Intolerable Cruelty
Sep 02, 2003
Fun with Dick and Jane
Dec 21, 2005
The Rum Diary
Oct 13, 2011
Blaze
Dec 15, 1989
Silverado
Jul 10, 1985
Trapped in Paradise
Dec 02, 1994
How to Make an American Quilt
Oct 06, 1995
Step Brothers
Jul 25, 2008
Sea of Love
Sep 15, 1989
Stealing Home
Aug 26, 1988
The Mudge Boy
Jan 17, 2003
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Nov 09, 1997
Random Hearts
Oct 08, 1999
The Visitor
Feb 21, 2008
The Core
Mar 28, 2003
Little Nikita
Mar 17, 1988
How I Got Into College
May 19, 1989
North Country
Feb 12, 2005
Let Me In
Oct 01, 2010
Outside Providence
Sep 01, 1999
Feasting with Panthers
Mar 27, 1974
Eat Pray Love
Aug 12, 2010
The Mod Squad
Mar 26, 1999
Killing Them Softly
Jul 30, 2012
Happythankyoumoreplease
Mar 04, 2011
A Couch in New York
Feb 21, 1996
Hall Pass
Feb 25, 2011
Friends with Benefits
Jul 21, 2011
Norman
Jun 11, 2010
Waiting for Forever
Feb 10, 2010
Liberal Arts
Sep 14, 2012
Jack Reacher
Dec 20, 2012
Turbo
Jul 11, 2013
The Company You Keep
Dec 20, 2012
Doublecrossed
Jul 20, 1991
On Valentine's Day
Apr 11, 1986
Afterburn
May 30, 1992
A.C.O.D.
Oct 03, 2013
White House Down
Jun 27, 2013
Eat Pray Love
Aug 12, 2010
IF
May 08, 2024
God's Pocket
May 09, 2014
Lullaby
Jun 13, 2014
The Manhattan Project
Jun 13, 1986
Stealing Harvard
Sep 13, 2002
4 Minute Mile
Jun 05, 2014
Me, Myself & Irene
Jun 22, 2000
Bone Tomahawk
Oct 23, 2015
The Tale of Despereaux
Dec 18, 2008
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
May 07, 2013
Rising Son
Jul 23, 1990
Earth to America
Nov 20, 2005
Blue Steel
Mar 16, 1990
The Hollars
Aug 25, 2016
LBJ
Nov 03, 2017
One Night at McCool's
Apr 19, 2001
Out on the Edge
May 14, 1989
The Impostors
Oct 02, 1998
There's Something About Mary
Jul 15, 1998
When You Remember Me
Oct 07, 1990
Spotlight
Nov 06, 2015
Rachel River
Jan 01, 1988
Darling Companion
Apr 20, 2012
Absolute Power
Feb 14, 1997
The Shape of Water
Dec 01, 2017
Kojak : Error Fatal
Nov 30, 1989
Courtship
Jan 01, 1987
Descending Angel
Nov 25, 1990
Hannah and Her Sisters
Feb 07, 1986
Kong: Skull Island
Mar 08, 2017
The Tender Age
Apr 07, 1986
Challenger
Feb 25, 1990
Getting Out
Apr 25, 1994
Kajillionaire
Sep 25, 2020
I ♥ Huckabees
Sep 10, 2004
The Perfect Tribute
Apr 21, 1991
The Humans
Nov 24, 2021
Changing Lanes
Apr 07, 2002
Nightmare Alley
Dec 02, 2021
The Last Shift
Sep 25, 2020
Parole
Apr 19, 1982
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Nov 27, 1988
The Boys Next Door
Feb 04, 1996
Eye of God
Oct 17, 1997
Sins of the Father
Jan 05, 2002
Cheaper by the Dozen
Dec 24, 2003
Undercover Blues
Sep 10, 1993
Olive Kitteridge
Nov 02, 2014
Berlin Station
Oct 16, 2016
Six Feet Under
Jun 03, 2001
Alex Haley's Queen
Feb 14, 1993
Criminal
Miami Vice
Sep 16, 1984
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Sep 21, 2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
DTF St. Louis
