Richard Jenkins

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-05-04 (78 years old)

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 A...

Acting

1996

1999

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Sheriff Art Moran

2008

The Broken

as John McVey

1994

It Could Happen to You

as C. Vernon Hale

1994

Wolf

as Detective Carl Bridger

2005

Rumor Has It...

as Earl Huttinger

1993

And the Band Played On

as Dr. Marc Conant

2001

The Man Who Wasn't There

as Walter Abundas

2007

The Kingdom

as Robert Grace

2004

2001

Say It Isn't So

as Walter Wingfield

1996

Eddie

as Carl Zimmer

1999

The Confession

as Cass O'Donnell

2012

The Cabin in the Woods

as Richard Sitterson

2010

Dear John

as Mr. Tyree

1987

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

as Freddy Bender

2005

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Frank Bascombe

2011

The Rum Diary

as Lotterman

1989

Blaze

as Picayune

1985

Silverado

as Kelly

1994

Trapped in Paradise

as Agent Shaddus Peyser

2008

Step Brothers

as Dr. Robert Doback

1989

Sea of Love

as Gruber

1988

Stealing Home

as Hank Chandler

2003

The Mudge Boy

as Edgar Mudge

1999

Random Hearts

as Truman Trainor

2008

The Visitor

as Prof. Walter Vale

2003

The Core

as Gen. Thomas Purcell

1988

Little Nikita

as Richard Grant

1989

2005

North Country

as Hank Aimes

2010

Let Me In

as The Father

1999

2010

Eat Pray Love

as Richard

1999

The Mod Squad

as Det. Bob Mothershed

2012

2011

Happythankyoumoreplease

as Paul Gertmanian

1996

2011

Hall Pass

as Coakley

2011

2010

Norman

as Doug Long

2010

Waiting for Forever

as Richard Twist

2012

Liberal Arts

as Professor Peter Hoberg

2012

Jack Reacher

as D.A. Alex Rodin

2013

Turbo

as Bobby (voice)

2012

1986

On Valentine's Day

as Bobby Pate

1992

Afterburn

as Acton Ryder

2013

A.C.O.D.

as Hugh

2013

White House Down

as Speaker Eli Raphelson

2010

Eat Pray Love

as Richard from Texas

2024

IF

as Art Teacher (voice)

2014

God's Pocket

as Richard Shelburn

2014

Lullaby

as Robert

1986

The Manhattan Project

as Radiation Controls Officer

2002

Stealing Harvard

as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

2014

4 Minute Mile

as Coleman

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Agent Boshane

2015

Bone Tomahawk

as Chicory

2008

The Tale of Despereaux

as Principal (voice)

1990

Rising Son

as Tommy

2005

1990

Blue Steel

as Attorney Mel Dawson

2016

The Hollars

as Don Hollar

2017

LBJ

as Sen. Richard Russell

2001

One Night at McCool's

as Father Jimmy

1989

Out on the Edge

as Paul Evetts

1998

The Impostors

as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

1998

There's Something About Mary

as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1990

2015

Spotlight

as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

1988

Rachel River

as Cordell

2012

1997

Absolute Power

as Michael McCarty

2017

1989

Kojak : Error Fatal

as Joel Litkin

1987

Courtship

as Bobby Pate

1990

1986

2017

Kong: Skull Island

as Senator Al Willis

1986

The Tender Age

as Roger Davis

1990

Challenger

as Gregory B. Jarvis

1994

Getting Out

as Chaplain

2020

Kajillionaire

as Robert

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)

2021

The Humans

as Erik

2002

Changing Lanes

as Walter Arnell

2021

Nightmare Alley

as Ezra Grindle

2020

The Last Shift

as Stanley

1982

Parole

as 1st Cop

1996

The Boys Next Door

as Bob Klemper

2002

Sins of the Father

as Bobby Frank Cherry

1997

Eye of God

as Willard Sprague

1993

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