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Richard Dale Jenkins, born May 4, 1947, began his career in theater before transitioning to film in 1974. His early work in television and cinema was largely in supporting roles until the 2000s, when he earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of Nathaniel Fisher in HBO's Six Feet Under. Jenkins' performances in films like Burn After Reading, Step Brothers, and The Shape of Water have solidified his status as a character actor, earning him an Academy Award nomination for The Visitor and an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Olive Kitteridge.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DTF St. Louis | Donoghue Homer | TV |
| 2024 | IF | Art Teacher (voice) | Film |
| 2022 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Lionel Dahmer | TV |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Ezra Grindle | Film |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | Robert | Film |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles | Film |
| 2017 | LBJ | Sen. Richard Russell | Film |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Senator Al Willis | Film |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Steven Frost | TV |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Chicory | Film |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Henry Kitteridge | TV |
| 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Hugh | Film |
| 2013 | White House Down | Raphelson | Film |
| 2013 | Turbo | Bobby (voice) | Film |
| 2012 | Darling Companion | Russell | Film |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | D.A. Alex Rodin | Film |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Driver | Film |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Professor Peter Hoberg | Film |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Jed Lewis | Film |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Richard Sitterson | Film |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Lotterman | Film |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Coakley | Film |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Paul Gertmanian | Film |
| 2010 | Norman | Doug Long | Film |
| 2010 | Dear John | Mr. Tyree | Film |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever | Richard Twist | Film |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard | Film |
| 2010 | Let Me In | The Father | Film |
| 2008 | The Broken | John McVey | Film |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Prof. Walter Vale | Film |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Ted | Film |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Dr. Robert Doback | Film |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Principal (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Robert Grace | Film |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Frank Bascombe | Film |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Earl Huttinger | Film |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Devine | Film |
| 2003 | The Mudge Boy | Edgar Mudge | Film |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shake | Film |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Freddy Bender | Film |
| 2003 | The Core | Gen. Thomas Purcell | Film |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Walter Arnell | Film |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Honorable Judge Emmett Cook | Film |
| 2002 | Sins of the Father | Bobby Frank Cherry | Film |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Walter Wingfield | Film |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Father Jimmy | Film |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Walter Abundas | Film |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Agent Boshane | Film |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Don Fisk | Film |
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Det. Bob Mothershed | Film |
| 1999 | The Confession | Cass O'Donnell | Film |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Sheriff Art Moran | Film |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Truman Trainor | Film |
| 1999 | Outside Providence | Barney | Film |
| 1998 | The Impostors | Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) | Film |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Willard Sprague | Film |
| 1997 | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | Beck Weathers | Film |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Michael McCarty | Film |
| 1996 | Eddie | Carl Zimmer | Film |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Bob Klemper | Film |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon | Film |
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | Campton | Film |
| 1995 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Victor | Film |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Howell | Film |
| 1994 | Wolf | Detective Carl Bridger | Film |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | C. Vernon Hale | Film |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Agent Shaddus Peyser | Film |
| 1994 | Getting Out | Chaplain | Film |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Dr. Marc Conant | Film |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Frank | Film |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Acton Ryder | Film |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Redy | Film |
| 1991 | Doublecrossed | Film | |
| 1990 | Challenger | Gregory B. Jarvis | Film |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Attorney Mel Dawson | Film |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Debaudt | Film |
| 1989 | Blaze | Picayune | Film |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Bill Browne | Film |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Gruber | Film |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Detective Hamill | Film |
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