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3Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947 in [=DeKalb=], Illinois) is an American actor. He started acting in the mid-seventies though he had prominent roles through the 80's and the 90's. Then in the early 2000's he had his breakout role as the deceased patriarch Nate Fisher Sr. in the HBO series ''Series/SixFeetUnder''.
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5Jenkins has a very solid and long career playing all sort of roles in comedy (''Film/BurnAfterReading'', ''Film/StepBrothers''), action (''Film/TheCore'', ''Film/TheKingdom2007'', ''Film/JackReacher''), drama (''Film/NorthCountry'', ''Dear John'') and horror (''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'', ''[[Film/WolfMikeNichols Wolf]]'', the ''[[Literature/LetTheRightOneIn Let Me In]]'' [[ForeignRemake US remake]]). He has even been nominated for an Oscar twice, for Best Actor in ''The Visitor'', and for Best Supporting Actor in ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''.
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7He is a usual collaborator of two of Hollywood's most well known director brothers: The Farrelly Brothers and [[Creator/CoenBrothers the Coen Brothers]].
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10!!Filmography:
11* ''Film/{{Silverado}}'' (1985) - Kelly
12* ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' (1986) - Dr. Wilkes
13* ''Film/TheManhattanProject'' (1986) - Radiation controls officer
14* ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' (1987) - Clyde Alden
15* ''Film/LittleNikita'' (1988) - Richard Grant
16* ''Film/BlueSteel'' (1989) - Mel Dawson
17* ''Film/SeaOfLove'' (1989) - Gruber
18* ''Film/HowIGotIntoCollege'' (1989) - Bill Browne
19* ''Film/{{Blaze}}'' (1989) - Picayune
20* ''Film/{{Challenger}}'' (1990) - Gregory B. Jarvis
21* ''Film/UndercoverBlues'' (1993) - Frank
22* ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'' (1994) - Detective Bridger
23* ''Film/TheIndianInTheCupboard'' (1995) - Victor
24* ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'' (1995) - Howell
25* ''Film/FlirtingWithDisaster'' (1996) - Paul Harmon
26* ''Un Divan à New York'' (1996) - Campton
27* ''Film/{{Eddie}}'' (1996) - Carl Zimmer
28* ''Film/AbsolutePower1997'' - Michael [=McCarthy=]
29* ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' (1998) - The Psychiatrist
30* ''Film/TheImpostors'' (1998) - Johnny Leguard
31* ''Film/SnowFallingOnCedars'' (1999) - Sheriff Art Moran
32* ''Film/RandomHearts'' (1999) - Truman Trainor
33* ''Film/TheModSquad'' (1999) - Mothershed
34* ''Film/OutsideProvidence'' (1999) - Barney
35* ''Film/TheConfession'' (1997) - Cass O'Donnell
36* ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'' (2000) - Boshane
37* ''What Planet Are You From?'' (2000) - Don Fisk
38* ''[[Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001 The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' (2001) - Walter Abundas
39* ''Film/SayItIsntSo'' (2001) - Walter Wingfield
40* ''Film/OneNightAtMcCools'' (2001) - Father Jimmy
41* ''Film/StealingHarvard'' (2002) - Emmett Cook
42* ''Film/ChangingLanes'' (2002) - Walter Arnell
43* ''Film/TheCore'' (2003) - General Thomas Purcell
44* ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'' (2003) - Freddy Bender
45* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen2003'' (2003) - Shake
46* ''Shall We Dance2004'' (2004) - Devine
47* ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'' (2004) - Mr. Hooten
48* ''Film/NorthCountry'' (2005) - Hank Aimes
49* ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'' (2005) - Frank Bascombe
50* ''Film/RumorHasIt'' (2005) - Earl Huttinger
51* ''The Visitor'' (2007) - Walter
52* ''Film/TheKingdom2007'' - Robert Grace
53* ''Film/BurnAfterReading'' (2008) - Ted
54* ''Film/StepBrothers'' (2008) - Robert Doback
55* ''[[Literature/LetTheRightOneIn Let Me In (US Remake)]]'' (2010) - Father
56* ''Film/DearJohn'' (2010) - Mr. Tyree
57* ''Film/EatPrayLove'' (2010) - Richard
58* ''Film/{{Happythankyoumoreplease}}'' (2010) - Paul Gertmanian
59* ''Film/TheRumDiary'' (2011) - Lotterman
60* ''Film/HallPass'' (2011) - Coakley
61* ''Film/FriendsWithBenefits'' (2011) - Mr. Harper
62* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' (2012) - Gary Sitterson
63* ''Film/LiberalArts'' (2012) - Peter Hoberg
64* ''Film/KillingThemSoftly'' (2012) - Driver
65* ''Film/JackReacher'' (2012) - Rodin
66* ''Darling Companion'' (2012) - Russell
67* ''The Company You Keep'' (2012) - Jed Lewis
68* ''Film/WhiteHouseDown'' (2013) - Eli Raphelson
69* ''A.C.O.D.'' (2013) - Hugh
70* ''Film/{{Spotlight}}'' - Richard Sipe (voice)
71* ''Film/BoneTomahawk'' (2015) - Chicory
72* ''Film/{{LBJ}}'' (2016) - Sen. Richard Russell
73* ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' (2017) - Giles
74* ''Film/{{Kajillionaire}}'' (2020) - Robert
75* ''Film/TheHumans'' (2021) - Erik
76* ''[[Film/NightmareAlley2021 Nightmare Alley]]'' - Ezra Grindle
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78!!Live-Action Television
79* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (TV Series, 2001-2005) - Nathaniel Fisher Sr.
80* ''Series/OliveKitteridge'' (TV Mini-series, 2014) - Henry Kitteridge
81* ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' (TV Mini-series, 2022) - Lionel Dahmer
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83!!WesternAnimation
84* ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux'' (2008) - The School Principal (voice)
85* ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' (2013) - Bobby (voice)
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88!!Tropes associates with Richard Jenkins:
89* TheDanza: His character in ''Film/EatPrayLove''.
90* ProductionPosse: He has appeared in various films to many directors like the Creator/CoenBrothers (''Film/BurnAfterReading'', ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001'', ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'') and the Farrelly Brothers (''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'', ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'', as well as films produced by them). He had collaborated at least twice in Creator/JoshRadnor's directorial films (''Film/LiberalArts'' and ''Film/{{Happythankyoumoreplease}}''), with the late Creator/MikeNichols (''What Planet Are You From?'', ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'') and Creator/DavidORussell (''Film/FlirtingWithDisaster'', ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'').
91* StarMakingRole: Nathaniel Fisher Sr. in the Creator/{{HBO}} series ''Series/SixFeetUnder''.

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