
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

Spotlight

I ♥ Huckabees

Eat Pray Love

IF

Alex Haley's Queen

Kong: Skull Island

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Tale of Despereaux

Six Feet Under

Shall We Dance?

It Could Happen to You

Turbo

Trapped in Paradise

The Kingdom

Blue Steel

Changing Lanes

Intolerable Cruelty

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Monsters

The Core

Killing Them Softly

The Cabin in the Woods

Friends with Benefits

Hall Pass

The Rum Diary

White House Down

Nightmare Alley

Wolf

Me, Myself & Irene

DTF St. Louis

The Indian in the Cupboard

Kajillionaire

Darling Companion

Little Nikita

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Liberal Arts

Berlin Station

Step Brothers

Jack Reacher

Dear John

The Shape of Water

Bone Tomahawk

Olive Kitteridge

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Criminal
Production Credits
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