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Acting · DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. Jenkins began his acting career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company and later made his film debut in 1974. He has worked steadily in film and television since the 1980s, mostly in supporting roles. His first major role did not come until the early 2000s, when he portrayed the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO…
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- DTF St. Louis — Donoghue Homer2026
- IF — Art Teacher (voice)2024
- DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — Lionel Dahmer2022
- The Humans — Erik2021
- Nightmare Alley — Ezra Grindle2021
- Kajillionaire — Robert2020
- The Last Shift — Stanley
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Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. 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 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), Cheaper By The Dozen (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), Step Brothers (2008), Let Me In (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), White House Down (2013), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Last Shift (2020), The Humans (2021), and Nightmare Alley (2021). On television, he played Nathaniel Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005).
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