Richard Jenkins
Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947 in DeKalb , Illinois ) is an American actor .
Life
Richard Jenkins graduated from Wesleyan University in Illinois, then moved to Rhode Island . He first worked in the management of the Trinity Repertory Theater and made his actor debut in the 1974 television film Feasting with Panthers . For his role in the comedy Flirting with Disaster (1996), in which Jenkins and Ben Stiller , Patricia Arquette , Téa Leoni and Alan Alda , he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award . In the film drama Encounter of Fate (1999) he played a larger role alongside Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas , in the film Spurwechsel (2003) he played alongside Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson , in the film The Core (2003) alongside Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank .
From 2001 to 2005 he appeared in the television series Six Feet Under . In the 2005 comedy Dick and Jane , Jenkins played Frank Buscombe , a manager involved in the Globodyne machinations . The greatest success of his film career so far brought him the male lead in Tom McCarthy's drama A Summer in New York - The Visitor . For the part of the widowed college professor who befriends two illegal immigrants, he received critical acclaim and his first Oscar nomination for "Best Actor". For his participation in the fantasy film Shape of Water (2017) he was nominated in the category “Best Supporting Actor” for the Golden Globe Award and for the second time for an Oscar.
Richard Jenkins has been married to Sharon R. Friedrick since 1969 and the couple have two children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1974–1975: Great Performances (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1985: Silverado
- 1985: Miami Vice (S01E15)
- 1986: Hannah and her Sisters
- 1987: The Witches of Eastwick (The Witches of Eastwick)
- 1988: Katie's Desire (Stealing Home)
- 1988: Little Nikita
- 1989: Sea of Love - Melody of Death (Sea of Love)
- 1989: Blaze (Blaze)
- 1990: Blue Steel
- 1994: Wolf - The animal in a man (Wolf)
- 1994: Snowstorm in Paradise (Trapped in Paradise)
- 1994: $ 2 million tip (It Could Happen to You)
- 1996: A Couch in New York (Un divan à New York, A Couch in New York)
- 1996: Flirting with Disaster - A disaster of Hazzard (Flirting with Disaster)
- 1996: Eddie
- 1997: Absolute Power
- 1997: In icy heights - Die am Mount Everest (Into Thin Air: Death on Everest)
- 1998: There's Something About Mary (There's Something About Mary)
- 1999: Snow Falling on Cedars (Snow Falling on Cedars)
- 1999: Mod Squad - Temporary Cops (The Mod Squad)
- 1999: Encounter of Fate (Random Hearts)
- 2000: Good Vibrations - Sex vom Another Star (What Planet Are You From?)
- 2000: Me, Both & Them (Me, Myself & Irene)
- 2001: Without Words (Say It Isn't So)
- 2001: One Night at McCool's (One Night at McCool's)
- 2001: The Man Who Wasn't There (The Man Who Wasn't There)
- 2001–2005: Six Feet Under ( Six Feet Under , TV series, 21 episodes)
- 2002: Heavy Boys (Stealing Harvard)
- 2003: Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen)
- 2003: lane change (Changing Lanes)
- 2003: The Mudge Boy
- 2003: The Core - The inner core (The Core)
- 2003: An (im) possible case of hardship (Intolerable Cruelty)
- 2004: I Heart Huckabees
- 2004: May I ask? (Shall We Dance)
- 2005: Cold Land (North Country)
- 2005: Where love falls ... (Rumor Has It ...)
- 2005: Dick and Jane (Fun with Dick and Jane)
- 2007: A Summer in New York - The Visitor (The Visitor)
- 2007: Operation: Kingdom (The Kingdom)
- 2008: Step Brothers (Step Brothers)
- 2008: Burn After Reading - Who is Burning Their Fingers Here? (Burn After Reading)
- 2008: The Broken
- 2010: HappyThankYouMorePlease (happythankyoumoreplease)
- 2010: The Shine of Silence (Dear John)
- 2010: Eat Pray Love
- 2010: Let Me In
- 2011: The Rum Diary
- 2011: Everything is allowed - A week without rules (Hall Pass)
- 2011: Friends With Benefits (Friends with Benefits)
- 2012: The Cabin in the Woods
- 2012: Killing Them Softly
- 2012: The Company You Keep - Die Akte Grant (The Company You Keep)
- 2012: Liberal Arts
- 2012: Jack Reacher
- 2013: Turbo - Little Snail, Big Dream ( Turbo , Voice)
- 2013: White House Down
- 2013: Divorce Damage Included (ACOD)
- 2014: Living and dying in God's Pocket (God's Pocket)
- 2014: Olive Kitteridge (TV miniseries)
- 2015: Bone Tomahawk
- 2015: Spotlight
- since 2016: Berlin Station (TV series)
- 2017: Kong: Skull Island
- 2017: Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (The Shape of Water)
- 2020: Kajillionaire
- 2020: The Last Shift
Web links
- Richard Jenkins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jenkins, Richard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jenkins, Richard Dale (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | DeKalb , Illinois, United States |