Richard Jenkinson Biography
Richard Jenkins born Richard Dale Jenkins is an American actor. Jenkins began his acting career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company. 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, Step Brothers, Let Me In, and Jack Reacher
Richard Jenkins Age
He was born on May 4, 1947 DeKalb, Illinois, U.S. He is 71years as of 2018.
Richard Jenkins Height
Richard stands at a height of 1.85 m.
Richard Jenkins Wife
Jenkins together with his wife, Sharon R. Friedrick, were married on August 23, 1969. They have two children, son Andrew Dale, and daughter Sarah Pamela, and reside in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
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Richard Jenkins Shape Of Water
was cast as Dr. Robert Doback.
The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic dark fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor.
Richard Jenkins Step Brothers
Richard took the role of Dr. Robert Doback
Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay and written by Will Ferrell and McKay from a story by Ferrell, McKay, and John C. Reilly. It follows Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly), two grown men who are forced to live together as brothers after their single parents marry each other. Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn also star.
Richard Jenkins Spotlight
He performed uncredited as the voice of Sipe in three phone calls in Spotlight, each based on real-life conversations with Spotlight reporters.
Richard Jenkins Oscar
Nominated for Academy Awards in the following;
- Best Supporting Actor in the film The Shape Of Water (2018)
- Best Actor in the film The Visitor (2009)
Richard Jenkins Hall Pass
He plays the role of Coakley. Hall Pass is a 2011 American comedy film produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers and co-written by them along with Pete Jones, the writer/director of Stolen Summer.
Richard Jenkins Chicago
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in the film The Visitor in the year 2008
Richard Jenkins Movies
Title |
Year |
Role |
Director |
4 Minute Mile |
2014 |
Coach Coleman |
Charles-Olivier Michaud |
A Couch in New York |
1996 |
Campton |
Chantal Akerman |
A.C.O.D. |
2013 |
Hugh |
Stu Zicherman |
Absolute Power |
1997 |
Michael McCarty |
Clint Eastwood |
Blaze |
1989 |
Picayune |
Ron Shelton |
Blue Steel |
1990 |
Attorney Mel Dawson |
Kathryn Bigelow |
Bone Tomahawk |
2015 |
Chicory |
S. Craig Zahler |
The Broken |
2008 |
John McVey |
Sean Ellis |
Burn After Reading |
2008 |
Ted Treffon |
Joel Coen |
The Cabin in the Woods |
2012 |
Gary Sitterson |
Drew Goddard |
Call Me By Your Name |
2017 |
Luca Guadagnino |
|
Changing Lanes |
2002 |
Walter Arnell |
Roger Michell |
Cheaper by the Dozen |
2003 |
Shake |
Shawn Levy |
The Confession |
1999 |
Cass O’Donnell |
David Hugh Jones |
The Core |
2003 |
Gen. Thomas Purcell |
Jon Amiel |
Courtship |
1987 |
Bobby Pate |
Howard Cummings |
Darling Companion |
2012 |
Russell |
Lawrence Kasdan |
Dear John |
2010 |
Bill Tyree |
Lasse Hallström |
Eat Pray Love |
2010 |
Richard |
Ryan Murphy |
Eddie |
1996 |
Carl Zimmer |
Steve Rash |
Eye of God |
1997 |
Willard Sprague |
Tim Blake Nelson |
Flirting with Disaster |
1996 |
Paul Harmon |
David O. Russell |
Friends with Benefits |
2011 |
Mr. Harper |
Will Gluck |
Fun with Dick and Jane |
2005 |
Frank Bascombe |
Dean Parisot |
God’s Pocket |
2014 |
Richard Shelburn |
John Slattery |
Hall Pass |
2011 |
Coakley |
Peter Farrelly |
Hannah and Her Sisters |
1986 |
Dr. Wilkes |
Woody Allen |
happythankyoumoreplease |
2010 |
Paul Gertmanian |
Josh Radnor |
How I Got into College |
1989 |
Bill Browne |
Savage Steve Holland |
How to Make an American Quilt |
1995 |
Howell Saunders |
Jocelyn Moorhouse |
I ♥ Huckabees |
2004 |
Mr. Hooten |
David O. Russell |
Intolerable Cruelty |
2003 |
Freddy Bender |
Joel |
It Could Happen to You |
1994 |
C. Vernon Hale |
Andrew Bergman |
Jack Reacher |
2012 |
Alex Rodin |
Christopher McQuarrie |
Killing Them Softly |
2012 |
Driver |
Andrew Dominik |
The Kingdom |
2007 |
Robert Grace |
Peter Berg |
Kong: Skull Island |
2017 |
Senator Al Willis |
Jordan Vogt-Roberts |
LBJ |
2016 |
Senator Richard Russell |
Rob Reiner |
Let Me In |
2010 |
The Father |
Matt Reeves |
Liberal Arts |
2012 |
Professor Peter Hoberg |
Josh Radnor |
Little Nikita |
1988 |
Richard Grant |
Richard Benjamin |
Lullaby |
2014 |
Robert |
Andrew Levitas |
The Man Who Wasn’t There |
2001 |
Walter Abundas |
Joel Coen |
Me, Myself & Irene |
2000 |
Agent Boshane |
Peter Farrelly |
The Mod Squad |
1999 |
Det. Bob Mothershed |
Scott Silver |
The Mudge Boy |
2003 |
Edgar Mudge |
Michael Burke |
Norman |
2010 |
Doug Long |
Jonathan Segal |
North Country |
2005 |
Hank Aimes |
Niki Caro |
On Valentine’s Day |
1986 |
Bobby Pate |
Ken Harrison |
One Night at McCool’s |
2001 |
Father Jimmy |
Harald Zwart |
Outside Providence |
1999 |
Barney |
Michael Corrente |
Rachel River |
1987 |
Cordell |
Sandy Smolan |
Random Hearts |
1999 |
Truman Trainor |
Sydney Pollack |
The Rum Diary |
2011 |
Edward J. Lotterman |
Bruce Robinson |
Rumor Has It… |
2005 |
Earl Huttinger |
Rob Reiner |
Say It Isn’t So |
2001 |
Walter Wingfield |
J.B. Rogers |
Sea of Love |
1989 |
Gruber |
Harold Becker |
Shall We Dance? |
2004 |
Devine |
Peter Chelsom |
Silverado |
1985 |
Kelly |
Lawrence Kasdan |
Snow Falling on Cedars |
1999 |
Sheriff Art Moran |
Scott Hicks |
Spotlight |
2015 |
Richard Sipe |
Tom McCarthy |
Stealing Harvard |
2002 |
Honorable Emmett Cook |
Bruce McCulloch |
Stealing Home |
1988 |
Hank Chandler |
Steven Kampmann |
Step Brothers |
2008 |
Dr. Robert Doback |
Adam McKay |
The Tale of Despereaux |
2008 |
Principal |
Sam Fell |
The Company You Keep |
2012 |
Jed Lewis |
Robert Redford |
The Hollars |
2016 |
Don Hollar |
John Krasinski |
The Impostors |
1998 |
Johnny Leguard |
Stanley Tucci |
The Indian in the Cupboard |
1995 |
Victor |
Frank Oz |
The Manhattan Project |
1986 |
Radiation Controls Officer – Medatomics Lab |
Marshall Brickman |
The Shape of Water |
2017 |
Giles |
Guillermo del Toro |
The Witches of Eastwick |
1987 |
Clyde Alden |
George Miller |
There’s Something About Mary |
1998 |
Psychiatrist |
Peter Farrelly |
Trapped in Paradise |
1994 |
Agent Shaddus Peyser |
George Gallo |
Turbo |
2013 |
Bobby |
David Soren |
Undercover Blues |
1993 |
Frank |
Herbert Ross |
Untitled Miranda July Project |
2019 |
Miranda July |
|
The Visitor |
2008 |
Professor Walter Vale |
Tom McCarthy |
Waiting for Forever |
2009 |
Richard Twist |
James Keach |
What Planet Are You From? |
2000 |
Don Fisk |
Mike Nichols |
White House Down |
2013 |
Speaker Eli Raphelson |
Roland Emmerich |
Wolf |
1994 |
Detective Bridger |
Mike Nichols |
Richard Jenkins Tv Shows
Title |
Year |
Role |
When You Remember Me |
1990 |
Vaughan |
The Little Sister |
1986 |
Roger Davis |
The Boys Next Door |
1996 |
Bob Klemper |
Spenser: For Hire |
1985 |
Tex |
Six Feet Under |
2001–2005 |
Nathaniel Fisher |
Sins of the Father |
2002 |
Bobby Frank Cherry |
Out on the Edge |
1989 |
Paul Evetts |
Olive Kitteridge |
2014 |
Henry Kitteridge |
Miami Vice |
1985, 1989 |
Goodman / DEA Agent Ed Waters |
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest |
1997 |
Beck Weathers |
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders |
1988 |
Detective |
Great Performances |
1974, 1975 |
Warder / The Sheriff |
Doublecrossed |
1991 |
Jim Donaldson |
Descending Angel |
1990 |
Debaudt |
Crossroads |
1992 |
Jim Mundy |
Comrade Detective |
2017 |
Vlad Anghel (voice) |
Challenger |
1990 |
Gregory Jarvis |
Berlin Station |
2016–present |
Steven Frost |
And the Band Played On |
1993 |
Dr. Marc Conant |
American Playhouse |
1984 |
Nicholas Vazzana |
Ally McBeal |
2001 |
Mr. Bo |
Alex Haley’s Queen |
1993 |
Mr. Benson |
Against the Law |
1990 |
Wexford |
Richard Jenkins Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Richard Jenkins Awards
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the drama film The Visitor in 2007. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the limited drama series Olive Kitteridge in 2014. For his performance in the fantasy drama film The Shape of Water in 2017, Jenkins received Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2014, Jenkins and his wife Sharon received the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement from Trinity Repertory Company in Providence
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