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

Filmography

• DTF St. Louis — Donoghue Homer
• 2024IF — Art Teacher (voice)
• DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — Lionel Dahmer, Producer
• 2021Nightmare Alley — Ezra Grindle
• 2021The Humans — Erik
• 2020Kajillionaire — Robert
• 2020The Last Shift — Stanley
• 2017Kong: Skull Island — Senator Al Willis
• 2017LBJ — Sen. Richard Russell
• 2017The Shape of Water — Giles
• Berlin Station — Steven Frost
• 2016The Hollars — Don Hollar
• 2015Bone Tomahawk — Chicory
• 2015Spotlight — Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)
• 20144 Minute Mile — Coleman
• 2014God's Pocket — Richard Shelburn
• 2014Lullaby — Robert
• Olive Kitteridge — Henry Kitteridge
• 2013A.C.O.D. — Hugh
• 2013Turbo — Bobby (voice)
• 2013White House Down — Raphelson
• 2012Darling Companion — Russell
• 2012Jack Reacher — D.A. Alex Rodin
• 2012Killing Them Softly — Driver
• 2012Liberal Arts — Professor Peter Hoberg
• 2012The Cabin in the Woods — Richard Sitterson
• 2012The Company You Keep — Jed Lewis
• 2011Friends with Benefits — Mr. Harper
• 2011Hall Pass — Coakley
• 2011Happythankyoumoreplease — Paul Gertmanian
• 2011The Rum Diary — Lotterman
• 2010Dear John — Mr. Tyree
• 2010Eat Pray Love — Richard, Richard from Texas
• 2010Let Me In — The Father
• 2010Norman — Doug Long
• 2010Waiting for Forever — Richard Twist
• 2008Burn After Reading — Ted
• 2008Step Brothers — Dr. Robert Doback
• 2008The Broken — John McVey
• 2008The Tale of Despereaux — Principal (voice)
• 2008The Visitor — Prof. Walter Vale
• 2007The Kingdom — Robert Grace
• 2005Fun with Dick and Jane — Frank Bascombe
• 2005North Country — Hank Aimes
• 2005Rumor Has It... — Earl Huttinger
• 2004I ♥ Huckabees — Mr. Hooten (uncredited)
• 2004Shall We Dance? — Devine
• 2003Cheaper by the Dozen — Shake
• 2003Intolerable Cruelty — Freddy Bender
• 2003The Core — Gen. Thomas Purcell
• 2003The Mudge Boy — Edgar Mudge
• 2002Changing Lanes — Walter Arnell
• 2002Sins of the Father — Bobby Frank Cherry
• 2002Stealing Harvard — Honorable Judge Emmett Cook
• 2001One Night at McCool's — Father Jimmy
• 2001Say It Isn't So — Walter Wingfield
• Six Feet Under — Nathaniel Fisher
• 2001The Man Who Wasn't There — Walter Abundas
• 2000Me, Myself & Irene — Agent Boshane
• 2000What Planet Are You From? — Don Fisk
• 1999Outside Providence — Barney
• 1999Random Hearts — Truman Trainor
• 1999Snow Falling on Cedars — Sheriff Art Moran
• 1999The Confession — Cass O'Donnell
• 1999The Mod Squad — Det. Bob Mothershed
• 1998The Impostors — Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)
• 1998There's Something About Mary — Psychiatrist (uncredited)
• 1997Absolute Power — Michael McCarty
• Ally McBeal — Mr. Bo
• 1997Eye of God — Willard Sprague
• 1997Into Thin Air: Death on Everest — Beck Weathers
• 1996A Couch in New York — Campton
• 1996Eddie — Carl Zimmer
• 1996Flirting with Disaster — Paul Harmon
• 1996The Boys Next Door — Bob Klemper
• 1995How to Make an American Quilt — Howell
• 1995The Indian in the Cupboard — Victor
• 1994Getting Out — Chaplain
• 1994It Could Happen to You — C. Vernon Hale
• 1994Trapped in Paradise — Agent Shaddus Peyser
• 1994Wolf — Detective Carl Bridger
• Alex Haley's Queen — Mr. Benson
• 1993And the Band Played On — Dr. Marc Conant
• 1993Undercover Blues — Frank
• 1992Afterburn — Acton Ryder
• 1991Carolina Skeletons — Redy
• 1991Doublecrossed
• 1991The Perfect Tribute — Blair
• 1990Blue Steel — Attorney Mel Dawson
• 1990Challenger — Gregory B. Jarvis
• 1990Descending Angel — Debaudt
• 1990Rising Son — Tommy
• 1990When You Remember Me — Vaughan
• 1989Blaze — Picayune
• 1989How I Got Into College — Bill Browne
• 1989Kojak: Fatal Flaw — Joel Litkin
• 1989Out on the Edge — Paul Evetts
• 1989Rachel River — Cordell
• 1989Sea of Love — Gruber
• 1988In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders — Detective Hamill
• 1988Little Nikita — Richard Grant
• 1988Stealing Home — Hank Chandler
• 1987Courtship — Bobby Pate
• 1987The Witches of Eastwick — Clyde Alden
• 1986Hannah and Her Sisters — Dr. Wilkes
• 1986On Valentine's Day — Bobby Pate
• 1986The Manhattan Project — Radiation Controls Officer
• 1986The Tender Age — Roger Davis
• 1985Silverado — Kelly
• Miami Vice — DEA Agent Ed Waters, Goodman
• American Playhouse — Roger Davis
• 1982Parole — 1st Cop
• 1974Feasting with Panthers — Warder
• Great Performances — Warder, Sheriff
• Criminal — Ivan

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around — Self
• 2008Finding the Burn — Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)
• 2005Earth to America — Self