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3 | Richard 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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5 | Jenkins 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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7 | He 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 |
77 | * ''Film/{{IF|2024}}'' (2024) - Art Teacher (voice) |
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79 | !!Live-Action Television |
80 | * ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (TV Series, 2001-2005) - Nathaniel Fisher Sr. |
81 | * ''Series/OliveKitteridge'' (TV Mini-series, 2014) - Henry Kitteridge |
82 | * ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' (TV Mini-series, 2022) - Lionel Dahmer |
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84 | !!WesternAnimation |
85 | * ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux'' (2008) - The School Principal (voice) |
86 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' (2013) - Bobby (voice) |
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89 | !!Tropes associates with Richard Jenkins: |
90 | * TheDanza: His character in ''Film/EatPrayLove''. |
91 | * 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''). |
92 | * StarMakingRole: Nathaniel Fisher Sr. in the Creator/{{HBO}} series ''Series/SixFeetUnder''. |
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