Acting
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
Great Performances
1971 · TV
Miami Vice
1984 · TV
Six Feet Under
2001 · TV
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022 · TV
Kong: Skull Island
2017 · Movie
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV
DTF St. Louis
2026 · TV
Berlin Station
2016 · TV
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · Movie
Jack Reacher
2012 · Movie
The Core
2003 · Movie
The Shape of Water
2017 · Movie
IF
2024 · Movie
There's Something About Mary
1998 · Movie
Turbo
2013 · Movie
The Kingdom
2007 · Movie
Spotlight
2015 · Movie
Friends with Benefits
2011 · Movie
White House Down
2013 · Movie
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Movie
Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · Movie
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Movie
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · Movie
Step Brothers
2008 · Movie
Bone Tomahawk
2015 · Movie
Eat Pray Love
2010 · Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · Movie
Burn After Reading
2008 · Movie
Dear John
2010 · Movie
Hall Pass
2011 · Movie
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · TV
Killing Them Softly
2012 · Movie
Let Me In
2010 · Movie
Rumor Has It...
2005 · Movie
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Movie
The Tale of Despereaux
2008 · Movie
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie
Silverado
1985 · Movie
Alex Haley's Queen
1993 · TV
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Movie
It Could Happen to You
1994 · Movie
Sea of Love
1989 · Movie
Absolute Power
1997 · Movie
The Rum Diary
2011 · Movie
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995 · Movie
North Country
2005 · Movie
Shall We Dance?
2004 · Movie
I ♥ Huckabees
2004 · Movie
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
Wolf
1994 · Movie
Changing Lanes
2002 · Movie
One Night at McCool's
2001 · Movie
The Company You Keep
2012 · Movie
Kajillionaire
2020 · Movie
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Movie
Blue Steel
1990 · Movie
Criminal
· TV
Flirting with Disaster
1996 · Movie
And the Band Played On
1993 · Movie
Liberal Arts
2012 · Movie
LBJ
2017 · Movie
The Mod Squad
1999 · Movie
The Mudge Boy
2003 · Movie
Darling Companion
2012 · Movie
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Movie
The Humans
2021 · Movie
The Tender Age
1986 · Movie
Eddie
1996 · Movie
Say It Isn't So
2001 · Movie
The Manhattan Project
1986 · Movie
Trapped in Paradise
1994 · Movie
Outside Providence
1999 · Movie
The Visitor
2008 · Movie
God's Pocket
2014 · Movie
Undercover Blues
1993 · Movie
The Last Shift
2020 · Movie
Stealing Harvard
2002 · Movie
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011 · Movie
The Broken
2008 · Movie
How I Got Into College
1989 · Movie
Little Nikita
1988 · Movie
A.C.O.D.
2013 · Movie
Stealing Home
1988 · Movie
The Confession
1999 · Movie
Afterburn
1992 · Movie
The Hollars
2016 · Movie
The Impostors
1998 · Movie
Waiting for Forever
2010 · Movie
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997 · Movie
A Couch in New York
1996 · Movie
Courtship
1987 · Movie
Blaze
1989 · Movie
Descending Angel
1990 · Movie
Feasting with Panthers
1974 · Movie
Lullaby
2014 · Movie
Carolina Skeletons
1991 · Movie
The Boys Next Door
1996 · Movie
Earth to America
2005 · Movie
The Perfect Tribute
1991 · Movie
Rising Son
1990 · Movie
On Valentine's Day
1986 · Movie
4 Minute Mile
2014 · Movie
Norman
2010 · Movie
When You Remember Me
1990 · Movie
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988 · Movie
Sins of the Father
2002 · Movie
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013 · Movie
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989 · Movie
Challenger
1990 · Movie
Rachel River
1989 · Movie
Doublecrossed
1991 · Movie
Getting Out
1994 · Movie
Eye of God
1997 · Movie
Parole
1982 · Movie
Out on the Edge
1989 · Movie
