Richard Jenkins
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Richard Jenkins

Born 4 May 1947 · DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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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

Known for

The Shape of Water
Kong: Skull Island
The Cabin in the Woods
Friends with Benefits
Jack Reacher
Burn After Reading
White House Down
Me, Myself & Irene
Dear John
Turbo
Step Brothers
Nightmare Alley
IF
The Humans
Nightmare Alley
Kajillionaire
The Last Shift
LBJ
The Shape of Water
Kong: Skull Island
The Hollars
Bone Tomahawk
God's Pocket
Lullaby
4 Minute Mile
Turbo
A.C.O.D.
White House Down
The Cabin in the Woods
Killing Them Softly
Liberal Arts
Jack Reacher
The Company You Keep
Darling Companion
The Rum Diary
Happythankyoumoreplease
Hall Pass
Friends with Benefits
Dear John
Let Me In
Eat Pray Love
Norman
Waiting for Forever
The Broken
Burn After Reading
Step Brothers
The Visitor
The Tale of Despereaux
The Kingdom
Rumor Has It...
Fun with Dick and Jane
North Country
Shall We Dance?
Intolerable Cruelty
The Mudge Boy
The Core
Cheaper by the Dozen
Stealing Harvard
Changing Lanes
Sins of the Father
The Man Who Wasn't There
Say It Isn't So
One Night at McCool's
What Planet Are You From?
Me, Myself & Irene
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Confession
Random Hearts
Outside Providence
The Mod Squad
The Impostors
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Absolute Power
Eye of God
Flirting with Disaster
Eddie
A Couch in New York
The Boys Next Door
The Indian in the Cupboard
How to Make an American Quilt
It Could Happen to You
Wolf
Trapped in Paradise
Getting Out
And the Band Played On
Undercover Blues
Afterburn
Carolina Skeletons
Doublecrossed
The Perfect Tribute
Rising Son
Blue Steel
When You Remember Me
Descending Angel
Challenger
Blaze
Sea of Love
How I Got Into College
Out on the Edge
Rachel River
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Stealing Home
Little Nikita
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
The Witches of Eastwick
Courtship
On Valentine's Day
The Manhattan Project
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Tender Age
Silverado
Parole
Feasting with Panthers
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