Richard Jenkins: movies and TV shows
Richard Jenkins has 123 credits in the archive: 108 films and 15 TV series, from 1971 to 2026. Highest rated: Six Feet Under (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2026 · busiest year: 1989 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DTF St. Louis | Donoghue Homer | TV | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2024 | IF | Art Teacher (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2022 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Lionel Dahmer | TV | 8.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | TV | 8.0 | 75 | |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Ezra Grindle | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2021 | The Humans | Erik | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 2020 | The Last Shift | Stanley | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | Robert | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Senator Al Willis | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2017 | LBJ | Sen. Richard Russell | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Steven Frost | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2016 | The Hollars | Don Hollar | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Chicory | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 67 |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Richard Shelburn | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Henry Kitteridge | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2014 | Lullaby | Robert | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2014 | 4 Minute Mile | Coleman | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2013 | Turbo | Bobby (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2013 | White House Down | Raphelson | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Hugh | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self | Film | 7.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | D.A. Alex Rodin | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Richard Sitterson | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Driver | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Professor Peter Hoberg | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Jed Lewis | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2012 | Darling Companion | Russell | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Mr. Harper | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Coakley | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Lotterman | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Paul Gertmanian | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Richard from Texas | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2010 | Dear John | Mr. Tyree | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2010 | Let Me In | The Father | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever | Richard Twist | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2010 | Norman | Doug Long | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Dr. Robert Doback | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Ted | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Principal (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Prof. Walter Vale | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Broken | John McVey | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 2008 | Finding the Burn | Self / Ted Treffon (archive footage) | Film | — | 61 |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Robert Grace | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Frank Bascombe | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Earl Huttinger | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2005 | North Country | Hank Aimes | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2005 | Earth to America | Self | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Devine | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Mr. Hooten (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shake | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Core | Gen. Thomas Purcell | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Freddy Bender | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Mudge Boy | Edgar Mudge | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Walter Arnell | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2002 | Sins of the Father | Bobby Frank Cherry | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Honorable Judge Emmett Cook | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Nathaniel Fisher | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Walter Abundas | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Father Jimmy | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Walter Wingfield | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Agent Boshane | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Don Fisk | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Det. Bob Mothershed | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Truman Trainor | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Sheriff Art Moran | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | The Confession | Cass O'Donnell | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1999 | Outside Providence | Barney | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Psychiatrist (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1998 | The Impostors | Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Mr. Bo | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Michael McCarty | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Willard Sprague | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1997 | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | Beck Weathers | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1996 | Eddie | Carl Zimmer | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Bob Klemper | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | Campton | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1995 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Victor | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Howell | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | C. Vernon Hale | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1994 | Wolf | Detective Carl Bridger | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Agent Shaddus Peyser | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1994 | Getting Out | Chaplain | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Dr. Marc Conant | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Mr. Benson | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Frank | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Acton Ryder | Film | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Redy | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1991 | The Perfect Tribute | Blair | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1991 | Doublecrossed | Film | 4.4 | 44 | |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Attorney Mel Dawson | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1990 | When You Remember Me | Vaughan | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1990 | Challenger | Gregory B. Jarvis | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Debaudt | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Tommy | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Gruber | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Bill Browne | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | Kojak : Error Fatal | Joel Litkin | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | Rachel River | Cordell | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Paul Evetts | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1989 | Blaze | Picayune | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | Stealing Home | Hank Chandler | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Richard Grant | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Detective Hamill | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Clyde Alden | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1987 | Courtship | Bobby Pate | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Dr. Wilkes | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1986 | The Tender Age | Roger Davis | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Radiation Controls Officer | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day | Bobby Pate | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1985 | Silverado | Kelly | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | DEA Agent Ed Waters | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Goodman | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Roger Davis | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1982 | Parole | 1st Cop | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1974 | Feasting with Panthers | Warder | Film | — | 27 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Warder | TV | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Sheriff | TV | 6.1 | 24 |
| Criminal | Ivan | TV | — | — |