Richard Jenkins
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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 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.
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Known For
Miami Vice
There's Something About Mary
Eat Pray Love
Alex Haley's Queen
Cheaper by the Dozen
Kong: Skull Island
I ♥ Huckabees
IF
Six Feet Under
It Could Happen to You
Shall We Dance?
Turbo
Trapped in Paradise
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Blue Steel
The Core
Changing Lanes
Friends with Benefits
Hall Pass
The Cabin in the Woods
The Rum Diary
Killing Them Softly
Intolerable Cruelty
Wolf
Nightmare Alley
White House Down
Step Brothers
Darling Companion
Kajillionaire
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Shape of Water
Liberal Arts
Berlin Station
Bone Tomahawk
Into Thin Air
Dear John
Jack Reacher
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Olive Kitteridge
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