Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins
	Jenkins in 2015
Born	Richard Dale Jenkins; May 4, 1947 (age 77); DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Illinois Wesleyan University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Sharon R. Friedrick (m. 1969)
Children	2

Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. He is well known for his portrayal of deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005). He began his career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company and made his film debut in 1974. He has worked steadily in film and television since the 1980s, mostly in supporting roles. His eclectic body of work includes such films as The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Little Nikita (1988), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), The Mudge Boy (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), Step Brothers (2008), Let Me In (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Last Shift (2020), The Humans (2021), and Nightmare Alley (2021).

Jenkins received nominations for the Academy Award, Spirit Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for the drama film The Visitor (2007).^[1] 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), he was nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. The Netflix miniseries Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) garnered him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor, plus an additional Emmy nod for producing the series.

Early life

Jenkins was born and raised in DeKalb, Illinois. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wheeler), was a housewife, and his father, Dale Stevens Jenkins, was a dentist.^[2]^[3] He attended DeKalb High School. Before he became a professional actor, Jenkins drove a linen truck; his boss was the father of actor John C. Reilly.^[4]^[5] He earned a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University before relocating to Rhode Island.

Career

Theatre

Jenkins worked with the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, while breaking into film with a bit part in Feasting with Panthers (1974), a television film about Oscar Wilde. When he was given the option of joining the Screen Actors Guild, he accepted immediately.^[6] He continued as a member of Trinity's resident acting company and served as its artistic director from 1990 to 1994.^[7]

Film

Since his debut in the television movie Feasting with Panthers (1974), Jenkins has worked steadily in film. His earlier film credits include Silverado (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Sea of Love (1989), Blue Steel (1990), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Snow Falling On Cedars (1999).

He has worked with the director siblings the Farrelly brothers in There's Something About Mary (1998), Outside Providence (1999), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Say It Isn't So (2001) and Hall Pass (2011). He has also appeared in three Coen Brothers movies: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), and Burn After Reading (2008). He is in North Country (2005), has three memorable scenes as FBI Director James (Robert) Grace in The Kingdom (2007), and Dr. Robert Dobeck in Step Brothers (2008).

Although primarily known for supporting parts, Jenkins had a lead role in The Visitor (2007) for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor.^[8] Jenkins won the International Press Academy's Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture.

In 2010, Jenkins costarred in Dear John, as the father of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), and also co-starred with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem in Eat Pray Love. In 2012, he appeared in the Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard horror film The Cabin in the Woods and the action film Jack Reacher. He then appeared in the action films White House Down (2013) and Kong: Skull Island (2017).

Jenkins co-starred in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy romance drama film The Shape of Water (2017), for which he received critical acclaim. For his performance, he garnered Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

Television

Jenkins is perhaps best known on television for playing Nathaniel Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. His character is the deceased patriarch of the Fisher family and regularly appears to his family as a ghost or in dreams. He played the role for the show's entire run. He and his castmates received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2002.

Jenkins portrayed a DEA agent in one episode of Miami Vice and a mob boss in a later episode.^[9]

In 2015, Jenkins won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his performance as Henry Kitteridge in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge.^[10]

In 2022, Jenkins portrayed Lionel Dahmer, father of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, in Netflix's limited series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Starring alongside Evan Peters and Molly Ringwald, Jenkins appears in all ten episodes of the series created by Ryan Murphy.^[11] His performance was described in The New Yorker as "brilliant,"^[12] and he was nominated for the 2023 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie.^[13]

Personal life

Jenkins is married to choreographer Sharon R. Friedrick, with whom he has two children.^[14]^[15]

Awards and honors

In 2014, Jenkins and his wife Sharon received the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement from Trinity Repertory Company in Providence.^[16]^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1985	Silverado	Kelly	Lawrence Kasdan
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	Dr. Wilkes	Woody Allen
	The Manhattan Project	Radiation Controls Officer, Medatomics Lab	Marshall Brickman
	On Valentine's Day	Bobby Pate	Ken Harrison
1987	Rachel River	Cordell	Sandy Smolan
	The Witches of Eastwick	Clyde Alden	George Miller
	Courtship	Bobby Pate	Howard Cummings
1988	Little Nikita	Richard Grant	Richard Benjamin
1988	Stealing Home	Hank Chandler	Steven Kampmann William Porter
1989	Sea of Love	Detective Gruber	Harold Becker
	Blaze	Picayune	Ron Shelton
	How I Got into College	Bill Browne	Savage Steve Holland
1990	Blue Steel	Attorney Mel Dawson	Kathryn Bigelow
1993	Undercover Blues	Frank	Herbert Ross
1994	It Could Happen to You	C. Vernon Hale	Andrew Bergman
	Trapped in Paradise	Agent Shaddus Peyser	George Gallo
	Wolf	Detective Bridger	Mike Nichols
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Howell Saunders	Jocelyn Moorhouse
1995	The Indian in the Cupboard	Victor	Frank Oz
1996	Flirting with Disaster	Paul Harmon	David O. Russell	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
	A Couch in New York	Campton	Chantal Akerman
	Eddie	Carl Zimmer	Steve Rash
1997	Eye of God	Willard Sprague	Tim Blake Nelson
1997	Absolute Power	Michael McCarty	Clint Eastwood
1998	There's Something About Mary	Psychiatrist	Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly	Uncredited cameo
1998	The Impostors	Johnny Leguard	Stanley Tucci
1999	Random Hearts	Truman Trainor	Sydney Pollack
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Sheriff Art Moran	Scott Hicks
	The Mod Squad	Det. Bob Mothershed	Scott Silver
	Outside Providence	Barney	Michael Corrente
	The Confession	Cass O'Donnell	David Hugh Jones
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Don Fisk	Mike Nichols
2000	Me, Myself & Irene	Agent Boshane	Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly
2001	Say It Isn't So	Walter Wingfield	J.B. Rogers
	The Man Who Wasn't There	Walter Abundas	Joel Coen Ethan Coen
	One Night at McCool's	Father Jimmy	Harald Zwart
2002	Stealing Harvard	Honorable Emmett Cook	Bruce McCulloch
2002	Changing Lanes	Walter Arnell	Roger Michell
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Shake McGuire	Shawn Levy
	Intolerable Cruelty	Freddy Bender	Joel Ethan Coen
	The Core	General Thomas Purcell	Jon Amiel
	The Mudge Boy	Edgar Mudge	Michael Burke
2004	Shall We Dance?	Devine	Peter Chelsom
2004	I Heart Huckabees	Mr. Hooten	David O. Russell	Uncredited cameo
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Frank Bascombe	Dean Parisot
	Rumor Has It…	Earl Huttinger	Rob Reiner
	North Country	Hank Aimes	Niki Caro
2007	The Kingdom	FBI Director Robert Grace	Peter Berg
2008	The Visitor	Professor Walter Vale	Tom McCarthy	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (3rd place) Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast (2nd place) Method Fest Independent Film Festival for Best Actor Moscow International Film Festival for Best Actor^[18] National Board of Review — Spotlight Award San Diego Film Critics Society — Special Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival — Virtuoso Award Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
	The Broken	John McVey	Sean Ellis
	Step Brothers	Dr. Robert Doback	Adam McKay	San Diego Film Critics Society — Special Award
	Burn After Reading	Ted Treffon	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	San Diego Film Critics Society — Special Award
	The Tale of Despereaux	Principal	Sam Fell Robert Stevenhagen	Voice San Diego Film Critics Society — Special Award
2009	Waiting for Forever	Richard Twist	James Keach
2010	happythankyoumoreplease	Paul Gertmanian	Josh Radnor
	Dear John	Bill Tyree	Lasse Hallström
	Eat Pray Love	Richard Fenwick	Ryan Murphy
	Norman	Doug Long	Jonathan Segal	Breckenridge Festival of Film for Best Ensemble Cast
	Let Me In	The Father	Matt Reeves	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2011	Friends with Benefits	Mr. Harper	Will Gluck
	The Rum Diary	Edward J. Lotterman	Bruce Robinson
	Hall Pass	Coakley	Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly
2012	Liberal Arts	Professor Peter Hoberg	Josh Radnor
	Darling Companion	Russell	Lawrence Kasdan
	The Cabin in the Woods	Gary Sitterson	Drew Goddard
	Killing Them Softly	Ron Fenwick, The Driver	Andrew Dominik
	Jack Reacher	District Attorney Alex Rodin	Christopher McQuarrie
	The Company You Keep	Jed Lewis	Robert Redford
2013	White House Down	Speaker Eli Raphelson	Roland Emmerich
	Turbo	Bobby	David Soren	Voice
	A.C.O.D.	Hugh	Stu Zicherman
2014	God's Pocket	Richard Shelburn	John Slattery
	4 Minute Mile	Coach Coleman	Charles-Olivier Michaud
	Lullaby	Robert	Andrew Levitas
2015	Bone Tomahawk	Deputy Chicory	S. Craig Zahler	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2015	Spotlight	Richard Sipe	Tom McCarthy	Uncredited voice cameo
2016	The Hollars	Don Hollar	John Krasinski
2016	LBJ	Senator Richard Russell	Rob Reiner
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Senator Al Willis	Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2017	The Shape of Water	Giles	Guillermo del Toro	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place) Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (3rd place) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2020	Kajillionaire	Robert Shepard	Miranda July
2020	The Last Shift	Stanley	Andrew Cohn
2021	The Humans	Erik Blake	Stephen Karam
2021	Nightmare Alley	Ezra Grindle	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2024	IF	Art Teacher	John Krasinski	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974–1975	Great Performances	Warder / The Sheriff	2 episodes
1984	American Playhouse	Nicholas Vazzana	Episode: "Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion"
1985	Spenser: For Hire	'Tex'	Episode: "Internal Affairs"
1985–1989	Miami Vice	Goodman / DEA Agent Ed Waters	2 episodes
1986	The Little Sister	Roger Davis	Television film
1988	In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders	Detective Hamill
1989	Out on the Edge	Paul Evetts
1989	Kojak: Fatal Flaw	Joel Litkin
1990	Challenger	Gregory Jarvis
	When You Remember Me	Vaughan
	Against the Law	Wexford	3 episodes
	Descending Angel	Debaudt	Television film
1991	Doublecrossed	Jim Donaldson
1992	Afterburn	Acton Ryder
1992	Crossroads	Jim Mundy	Episode: "Pilot"
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	Mr. Benson	2 episodes
1993	And the Band Played On	Dr. Marc Conant	Television film
1996	The Boys Next Door	Bob Klemper
1997	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest	Beck Weathers
2001	Ally McBeal	Mr. Bo	Episode: "Mr. Bo"
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	Nathaniel Fisher	21 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2002	Sins of the Father	Bobby Frank Cherry	Television film
2014	Olive Kitteridge	Henry Kitteridge	4 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2016–2019	Berlin Station	Steven Frost	24 episodes
2017	Comrade Detective	Vlad Anghel (voice)	Episode: "No Exit"
2022	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	Lionel Dahmer	10 episodes; also producer Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
TBA	Criminal	Ivan	^[19]

References

^ "Just Visiting". FutureMovies.co.uk. January 2002. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
^ Benjamin Secher (June 28, 2008). "Richard Jenkins: bald, 61 years old - and a star at last". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
^ "Richard Jenkins profile". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
^ "Reilly + Movie Dad Met When He Was Four". Showbizspy.com. June 29, 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
^ Stated on the Late Show with David Letterman, February 3, 2009.
^ Moynihan, Rob (January 19, 2015). "How I Got My SAG-AFTRA Card", TV Guide. p. 8
^ "History". Trinity Rep. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
^ Maxwell, Erin and Michael Jones. Variety "Film trio feel the Spirit." Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine December 2, 2008
^ McCarter, Reid (September 20, 2022). "Miami Vice supercut reminds you of the ludicrous number of celebrities who guested on Miami Vice". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ Boedeker, Hal (September 20, 2015). "Emmys: Viola Davis makes history; HBO scores". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^ Speicher, Jeffrey (October 6, 2022). "'Dahmer': Why Richard Jenkins' Lionel Is the Netflix Show's Emotional Center". Collider. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ Winter, Jessica (October 2, 2022). "Netflix's "Dahmer" and the Killer Who Cannot Be "Explained"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ "Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie Nominees / Winners 2023". Television Academy. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
^ Gordon, David (May 8, 2016). "Richard and Sharon Jenkins Bring Oklahoma! to Life at Trinity Rep". TheaterMania. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020.
^ Brady, Tara (February 9, 2018). ""I said 'I'm in the movie,' and the guy on the gate said 'Yeah sure, me too' "". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020.
^ "Richard and Sharon Jenkins to Receive Trinity Rep's 2014 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement; Ceremony Set for 6/9". Broadway World. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ Gray, Channing (June 9, 2014). "Pell Awards salute the best of R.I. arts". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ Otterson, Joe (May 22, 2024). "Richard Jenkins Joins Amazon Series Adaptation of Ed Brubaker Graphic Novel Criminal". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024.

External links

Richard Jenkins at IMDb
Interview with Richard Jenkins at everydayyeah.com
Richard Jenkins interview by Davy Rothbart for Grantland
Richard Jenkins interview at The Faster Times, Davi Napoleon's Theater Talk

[Future_Movies-1] "Just Visiting". FutureMovies.co.uk. January 2002. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

[2] Benjamin Secher (June 28, 2008). "Richard Jenkins: bald, 61 years old - and a star at last". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.

[filmr-3] "Richard Jenkins profile". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.

[4] "Reilly + Movie Dad Met When He Was Four". Showbizspy.com. June 29, 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.

[5] Stated on the Late Show with David Letterman, February 3, 2009.

[6] Moynihan, Rob (January 19, 2015). "How I Got My SAG-AFTRA Card", TV Guide. p. 8

[7] "History". Trinity Rep. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.

[Spirit-8] Maxwell, Erin and Michael Jones. Variety "Film trio feel the Spirit." Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine December 2, 2008

[9] McCarter, Reid (September 20, 2022). "Miami Vice supercut reminds you of the ludicrous number of celebrities who guested on Miami Vice". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[10] Boedeker, Hal (September 20, 2015). "Emmys: Viola Davis makes history; HBO scores". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

[11] Speicher, Jeffrey (October 6, 2022). "'Dahmer': Why Richard Jenkins' Lionel Is the Netflix Show's Emotional Center". Collider. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[12] Winter, Jessica (October 2, 2022). "Netflix's "Dahmer" and the Killer Who Cannot Be "Explained"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[13] "Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie Nominees / Winners 2023". Television Academy. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

[14] Gordon, David (May 8, 2016). "Richard and Sharon Jenkins Bring Oklahoma! to Life at Trinity Rep". TheaterMania. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020.

[15] Brady, Tara (February 9, 2018). ""I said 'I'm in the movie,' and the guy on the gate said 'Yeah sure, me too' "". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020.

[16] "Richard and Sharon Jenkins to Receive Trinity Rep's 2014 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement; Ceremony Set for 6/9". Broadway World. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[17] Gray, Channing (June 9, 2014). "Pell Awards salute the best of R.I. arts". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[Moscow2008-18] "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[19] Otterson, Joe (May 22, 2024). "Richard Jenkins Joins Amazon Series Adaptation of Ed Brubaker Graphic Novel Criminal". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024.

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Richard Jenkins

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Personal life

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