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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.

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2024 IF as Art Teacher (voice)

2021 Nightmare Alley as Ezra Grindle

2021 The Humans as Erik

2020 The Last Shift as Stanley

2020 Kajillionaire as Robert

2017 The Shape of Water as Giles

2017 LBJ as Sen. Richard Russell

2017 Kong: Skull Island as Senator Al Willis

2016 The Hollars as Don Hollar

2015 Spotlight as Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited)

2015 Bone Tomahawk as Chicory

2014 Lullaby as Robert

2014 4 Minute Mile as Coleman

2014 God's Pocket as Richard Shelburn

2013 A.C.O.D. as Hugh

2013 Turbo as Bobby (voice)

2013 White House Down as Speaker Eli Raphelson

2013 Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around as Self

2012 The Company You Keep as Jed Lewis

2012 Jack Reacher as D.A. Alex Rodin

2012 Liberal Arts as Professor Peter Hoberg

2012 Killing Them Softly as Driver

2012 Darling Companion as Russell

2012 The Cabin in the Woods as Richard Sitterson

2011 The Rum Diary as Lotterman

2011 Friends with Benefits as Mr. Harper

2011 Happythankyoumoreplease as Paul Gertmanian

2011 Hall Pass as Coakley

2010 Let Me In as The Father

2010 Eat Pray Love as Richard, Richard from Texas

2010 Norman as Doug Long

2010 Waiting for Forever as Richard Twist

2010 Dear John as Mr. Tyree

2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Principal (voice)

2008 The Broken as John McVey

2008 Burn After Reading as Ted

2008 Step Brothers as Dr. Robert Doback

2008 The Visitor as Prof. Walter Vale

2007 The Kingdom as Robert Grace

2005 Rumor Has It... as Earl Huttinger

2005 Fun with Dick and Jane as Frank Bascombe

2005 Earth to America as Self

2005 North Country as Hank Aimes

2004 Shall We Dance? as Devine

2004 I ♥ Huckabees as Mr. Hooten (uncredited)

2003 Cheaper by the Dozen as Shake

2003 Intolerable Cruelty as Freddy Bender

2003 The Core as Gen. Thomas Purcell

2003 The Mudge Boy as Edgar Mudge

2002 Stealing Harvard as Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

2002 Changing Lanes as Walter Arnell

2002 Sins of the Father as Bobby Frank Cherry

2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Walter Abundas

2001 One Night at McCool's as Father Jimmy

2001 Say It Isn't So as Walter Wingfield

2000 Me, Myself & Irene as Agent Boshane

2000 What Planet Are You From? as Don Fisk

1999 Snow Falling on Cedars as Sheriff Art Moran

1999 Random Hearts as Truman Trainor

1999 Outside Providence as Barney

1999 The Mod Squad as Det. Bob Mothershed

1999 The Confession as Cass O'Donnell

1998 The Impostors as Johnny Leguard (Frenchman)

1998 There's Something About Mary as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1997 Into Thin Air: Death on Everest as Beck Weathers

1997 Eye of God as Willard Sprague

1997 Absolute Power as Michael McCarty

1996 Eddie as Carl Zimmer

1996 Flirting with Disaster as Paul Harmon

1996 A Couch in New York as Campton

1996 The Boys Next Door as Bob Klemper

1995 How to Make an American Quilt as Howell

1995 The Indian in the Cupboard as Victor

1994 Trapped in Paradise as Agent Shaddus Peyser

1994 It Could Happen to You as C. Vernon Hale

1994 Wolf as Detective Carl Bridger

1994 Getting Out as Chaplain

1993 And the Band Played On as Dr. Marc Conant

1993 Undercover Blues as Frank

1992 Afterburn as Acton Ryder

1991 Carolina Skeletons as Redy

1991 Doublecrossed

1991 The Perfect Tribute as Blair

1990 Descending Angel as Debaudt

1990 When You Remember Me as Vaughan

1990 Rising Son as Tommy

1990 Blue Steel as Attorney Mel Dawson

1990 Challenger as Gregory B. Jarvis

1989 Blaze as Picayune

1989 Kojak: Fatal Flaw as Joel Litkin

1989 Sea of Love as Gruber

1989 How I Got Into College as Bill Browne

1989 Out on the Edge as Paul Evetts

1988 In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders as Detective Hamill

1988 Stealing Home as Hank Chandler

1988 Little Nikita as Richard Grant

1988 Rachel River as Cordell

1987 The Witches of Eastwick as Clyde Alden

1987 Courtship as Bobby Pate

1986 The Manhattan Project as Radiation Controls Officer

1986 On Valentine's Day as Bobby Pate

1986 The Tender Age as Roger Davis

1986 Hannah and Her Sisters as Dr. Wilkes

1985 Silverado as Kelly

1982 Parole as 1st Cop

1974 Feasting with Panthers as Warder

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7.16 Music 1

7.11 History 2

6.92 Western 2

6.85 War 1

6.76 Fantasy 5

6.47 Crime 18

6.43 Family 5

6.40 Horror 6

6.20 Animation 2

6.18 Drama 69

6.14 Comedy 39

6.13 Romance 30

6.01 Adventure 6

5.94 Action 14

5.92 Thriller 20

5.89 Mystery 4

5.87 Science Fiction 3

5.68 TV Movie 13