Richard Jenkins

ActorProducer May 4 (age 78) DeKalb, Illinois, USA 1971–2026 (55 year career)

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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

Film

Spotlight

Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Shape of Water

Giles

Film

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Lionel Dahmer

Film

Kong: Skull Island

Senator Al Willis

Film

The Cabin in the Woods

Richard Sitterson

Film

Friends with Benefits

Mr. Harper

Film

Jack Reacher

D.A. Alex Rodin

Film

Burn After Reading

Ted

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (108)

2024

as Art Teacher (voice)

Nightmare Alley

as Ezra Grindle

The Humans

as Erik

Kajillionaire

as Robert

The Last Shift

as Stanley

The Shape of Water

as Giles

Kong: Skull Island

as Senator Al Willis

LBJ

as Sen. Richard Russell

The Hollars

as Don Hollar

Spotlight

as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

Bone Tomahawk

as Chicory

God's Pocket

as Richard Shelburn

Lullaby

as Robert

4 Minute Mile

as Coleman

Turbo

as Bobby (voice)

White House Down

as Raphelson

A.C.O.D.

as Hugh

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

as Self

Jack Reacher

as D.A. Alex Rodin

The Cabin in the Woods

as Richard Sitterson

The Company You Keep

as Jed Lewis

Killing Them Softly

as Driver

Liberal Arts

as Professor Peter Hoberg

6.5

Darling Companion

2012

as Russell

5.0

Friends with Benefits

as Mr. Harper

The Rum Diary

as Lotterman

Hall Pass

as Coakley

Happythankyoumoreplease

as Paul Gertmanian

Eat Pray Love

as Richard

Let Me In

as The Father

Dear John

as Mr. Tyree

Norman

as Doug Long

Waiting for Forever

as Richard Twist

Step Brothers

as Dr. Robert Doback

Burn After Reading

as Ted

The Tale of Despereaux

as Principal (voice)

The Visitor

as Prof. Walter Vale

The Broken

as John McVey

Finding the Burn

as Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage)

The Kingdom

as Robert Grace

Rumor Has It...

as Earl Huttinger

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Frank Bascombe

North Country

as Hank Aimes

Earth to America

as Self

Shall We Dance?

as Devine

I ♥ Huckabees

as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)

Intolerable Cruelty

as Freddy Bender

The Core

as Gen. Thomas Purcell

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Shake

The Mudge Boy

as Edgar Mudge

Changing Lanes

as Walter Arnell

Stealing Harvard

as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

4.8

Sins of the Father

2002

as Bobby Frank Cherry

6.3

The Man Who Wasn't There

as Walter Abundas

Say It Isn't So

as Walter Wingfield

One Night at McCool's

as Father Jimmy

Me, Myself & Irene

as Agent Boshane

What Planet Are You From?

as Don Fisk

The Confession

as Cass O'Donnell

The Mod Squad

as Det. Bob Mothershed

4.4

Outside Providence

1999

as Barney

5.8

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Sheriff Art Moran

Random Hearts

as Truman Trainor

There's Something About Mary

1998

as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

6.6

The Impostors

1998

as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

5.9

Absolute Power

1997

as Michael McCarty

6.7

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

as Beck Weathers

Eye of God

as Willard Sprague

Eddie

as Carl Zimmer

Flirting with Disaster

as Paul Harmon

The Boys Next Door

as Bob Klemper

A Couch in New York

as Campton

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

as Victor

6.5

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Howell

6.4

It Could Happen to You

1994

as C. Vernon Hale

6.7

Wolf

1994

as Detective Carl Bridger

6.1

Trapped in Paradise

1994

as Agent Shaddus Peyser

Getting Out

as Chaplain

Undercover Blues

as Frank

And the Band Played On

as Dr. Marc Conant

Afterburn

as Acton Ryder

The Perfect Tribute

as Blair

Carolina Skeletons

as Redy

Doublecrossed

Blue Steel

as Attorney Mel Dawson

Challenger

as Gregory B. Jarvis

Descending Angel

as Debaudt

When You Remember Me

as Vaughan

Rising Son

as Tommy

Sea of Love

as Gruber

Blaze

as Picayune

Out on the Edge

as Paul Evetts

Rachel River

as Cordell

How I Got Into College

as Bill Browne

Kojak : Error Fatal

as Joel Litkin

Little Nikita

as Richard Grant

Stealing Home

as Hank Chandler

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

1988

as Detective Hamill

6.1

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

as Clyde Alden

6.5

Courtship

1987

as Bobby Pate

The Manhattan Project

1986

as Radiation Controls Officer

6.2

Hannah and Her Sisters

as Dr. Wilkes

The Tender Age

as Roger Davis

On Valentine's Day

as Bobby Pate

Silverado

as Kelly

Parole

as 1st Cop

Feasting with Panthers

1974

as Warder

We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods

as Self / Richard Sitterson

Television (13)

DTF St. Louis

2026

as Homer

5.8

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

as Lionel Dahmer

8.0

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

as Self - Lionel Dahmer

8.0

Berlin Station

2016

as Steven Frost

7.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Olive Kitteridge

as Henry Kitteridge

Monster

as Lionel Dahmer

Six Feet Under

as Nathaniel Fisher

Ally McBeal

as Mr. Bo

Alex Haley's Queen

as Mr. Benson

Miami Vice

as DEA Agent Ed Waters

7.5

Great Performances

1971

as Warder

5.8

Criminal

as Ivan

Crew (1)

Television (1)

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

Producer

8.0