American actor
Richard Jenkins
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Richard_Jenkins_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Richard_Jenkins_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg) Jenkins in 2015
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Born
| Richard Dale Jenkins
(
1947-05-04
)
May 4, 1947
(age 77)
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Alma mater
| Illinois Wesleyan University
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1974?present
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Spouse
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Sharon R. Friedrick
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m.
1969)
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Children
| 2
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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
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Jenkins was born and raised in
DeKalb, Illinois
. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (
nee
Wheeler), was a housewife, and his father, Dale Stevens Jenkins, was a dentist.
[2]
[3]
He attended
DeKalb High School
. Before he was an actor, Jenkins drove a
linen
truck (his boss was actor
John C. Reilly
's father).
[4]
[5]
He earned a degree in drama from
Illinois Wesleyan University
before relocating to
Rhode Island
.
Career
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Theatre
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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
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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).
Jenkins in April 2011
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
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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
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Jenkins is married to choreographer Sharon R. Friedrick, with whom he has two children.
[14]
[15]
Awards and honors
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In 2014, Jenkins and his wife Sharon received the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement from Trinity Repertory Company in Providence.
[16]
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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- ^
"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
.
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Stated on the
Late Show with David Letterman
, February 3, 2009.
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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
.
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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
.
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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
.
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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
.
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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.
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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.
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"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
.
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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
.
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"30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)"
.
MIFF
. Archived from
the original
on April 21, 2013
. Retrieved
June 2,
2013
.
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