Richard Jenkins
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- This article is about the American actor. For the Welsh actor whose birth name was Richard Jenkins, see Richard Burton.
| Richard Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 4, 1947 DeKalb, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | character actor |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon R. Frederick (1969–present) |
Richard Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American character actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Jenkins was born in DeKalb, Illinois, the son of M. Elizabeth (née Wheeler) and Dale Stevens Jenkins.[1] He earned a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University before relocating to Rhode Island. He married Sharon R. Frederick on August 23, 1969 and together they have two children, Sarah Pamela and Andrew Dale.[1]
[edit] Career
He worked as an actor with Trinity Repertory Theater Company in Providence, Rhode Island before breaking into film with a bit part in Feasting with Panthers (1974), a television movie.
A versatile character actor, Jenkins has steadily been working in film and television since the 1970s with other roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Snow Falling On Cedars (1999), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Intolerable Cruelty (2003). He is also an occasional collaborator with the director siblings the Farrelly brothers, who have worked with Jenkins in There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself, & Irene (2000), Outside Providence (1999) and Say It Isn't So (2001).
Jenkins is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Nathaniel Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. His character is a deceased patriarch of the Fisher family, who regularly appears to his family as a ghost or in a dream. He played the role since the show began in 2001, through its final season in 2005. He and his castmates were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2002.
He acquired good critical notices as Hank Aimes, the blue collar mine worker dad in North Country who stands up for his daughter Josey Aimes, played by Charlize Theron.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- Silverado (1985)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Little Nikita (1987)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Sea of Love (1989)
- When You Remember Me (1990) (TV)
- Challenger (1990) (TV) as Gregory Jarvis
- Blue Steel (1990)
- And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)
- Trapped in Paradise (1994)
- Wolf (1994)
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
- Flirting with Disaster (1996)
- A Couch in New York (1996)
- The Boys Next Door (1996) (TV)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- There's Something About Mary (1998) (uncredited)
- Random Hearts (1999)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
- The Mod Squad (1999)
- Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
- Say It Isn't So (2001)
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- Stealing Harvard (2002)
- Changing Lanes (2002)
- Sins of the Father (2002)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- The Core (2003)
- The Mudge Boy (2003)
- Shall We Dance (2004)
- I ♥ Huckabees (2004) (uncredited)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- Rumor Has It (2005)
- North Country (2005)
- The Kingdom (2007)
- The Visitor (2008)
- The Broken (2008)
- Step Brothers (2008)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
[edit] Six Feet Under episodes
- Season 1 (2001): "Pilot", "The Will", "The Foot", "The Room", "Life's Too Short", "Knock, Knock".
- Season 2 (2002): "In the Game", "The Plan", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "I'll Take You".
- Season 3 (2003): "Perfect Circles", "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost".
- Season 4 (2004): "In Case of Rapture", "Grinding the Corn", "Untitled".
- Season 5 (2005): "Time Flies", "Ecotone", "All Alone", "Everyone's Waiting".
