Richard Jenkins

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Richard Jenkins Wiki Biography

Richard Dale Jenkins was born on the 4th May 1947, in DeKalb, Illinois, USA and is an actor best known for his roles in the movies “Flirting with Disaster” (1996), “The Visitor” (2007), “Step Brothers” (2008), “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Jack Reacher” both in 2012 as well as in TV series such as “Six Feet Under” and “Olive Kitteridge”. For the latter engagement, Richard was honored with a Primetime Emmy Award.

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this veteran actor has accumulated so far? How rich Richard Jenkins is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total size of Richard Jenkins’ net worth, as of early 2017, is over $8 million, acquired through his acting career abundant with credits in almost 100 film and TV series, and which has been active since 1974.

Richard was born to homemaker Mary Elizabeth and dentist Dale Stevens Jenkins, and has a bit of Irish, English, Welsh as well as German ancestry. After matriculating from DeKalb High School, Richard enrolled at Illinois Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts. He then transferred to Providence, Rhode Island where he joined the Trinity Repertory Company within which he stayed for the next 15 years, with occasional outings to movies and television. However, his Trinity Repertory Company engagements provided the basis for Richard Jenkins’ now respectable overall net worth.

Richard Jenkins debuted as an on-camera actor in 1974, in “Feasting with Panthers”, one episode of the “Great Performances” TV series, and later in another episode, “Brother to Dragons” in 1975. However, he continued his theatre career until he was cast in a support role in Lawrence Kasdan‘s 1985 western movie “Silverado”. Ever since, Richard Jenkins has managed to keep a continuous streak of on-camera acting roles in numerous movies as well as TV series. All these engagements have certainly helped Richard Jenkins to further increase his overall net worth.

In the late 1980s Jenkins began to appear in more demanding roles, and got the chance to show his full acting potential. In 1985 he was cast as a DEA agent in one episode of “Miami Vice” TV series and in 1989 he appeared in the Al Pacino-featured crime drama “Sea of Love”. Between 1990 and 1994, Richard served as Trinity Repertory Theater’s artistic director, then in 1996, he secured a notable role in David O. Russell’s comedy “Flirting with Disaster” featuring Ben Stiller in the leading role. Between 2001 and 2005, Richard Jenkins starred as Nathaniel Fisher in HBO’s drama television series “Six Feet Under”. Although his character was killed in the very first episode of the show, he reprised his role as a ghost in another 20 episode through all five seasons. It is certain that the latter role and the whole “Six Feet Under” engagement helped Richard Jenkins to increase his popularity as well as the total size of his wealth by a large margin.

For the main role of Professor Walter Vale in Tim McCarthy’s 2007 drama “The Visitor”, Richard Jenkins was honored with an Academy Award nomination as well as with almost a dozen other prestigious film festival award nominations. In 2008, Richard appeared in two comedies, “Step Brothers” and “Burn After Reading” and for both engagements was rewarded with San Diego Film Critics Society Special Awards. Some other notable roles of Jenkins’ include appearances in Hollywood motion pictures such as “The Core” (2003), “Eat Pray Love” (2010), “The Rum Diary” (2011) and “Killing Them Softly” (2012). For the role of Henry Kitteridge, the father of the title character in 2014 TV mini-series “Olive Kitteridge”, Richard received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. Doubtlessly, all these roles and achievements have dramatically impacted Richard Jenkins’ overall net worth in a positive way.

When it comes to his personal life, Richard Jenkins has been married since 1969 to his college sweetheart, Sharon R. Friedrick with whom he has a son and a daughter. With his family, he currently resides in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

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Richard Jenkins Quick Info

Full Name Richard Jenkins
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth May 4, 1947
Place Of Birth DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.
Height 1.85 m
Profession Actor
Education Illinois Wesleyan University
Nationality American
Spouse Sharon R. Friedrick
Children Andrew Dale Jenkins, Sarah Pamela Jenkins
Parents Dale Stevens Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth Jenkins
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420955/
Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, more
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Mal…
Movies The Visitor, The Cabin in the Woods, Let Me In, Step Brothers, Jack Reacher, Eat Pray Love, Bone Tomahawk, Dear John, Burn After Reading, Killing Them Softly, Friends with Benefits, Hall Pass, The Rum Diary, White House Down, A.C.O.D., God’s Pocket, Me, Myself & Irene, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Into…
TV Shows Olive Kitteridge, Six Feet Under, Berlin Station

Richard Jenkins Quotes

  • (On his role in the 1985 film Silverado) I auditioned for this really great part, and I remember my manager called me up and said “You got it! You’re Kelly.” And I said “Who?” “Kelly.” I searched through the script, and I was in two scenes. I said “Howdy” in the first scene, and in the second scene, I said “You can’t do that,” and they shot me. And I was on the set for seven weeks. It was a cover set, which means if they couldn’t work outside with it snowing or bad weather, they would move inside and do that scene they were saving for bad weather, so I couldn’t go anywhere. I was hanging out in the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and everybody else was working on the movie.
  • I was at a real funeral once, around the time I was doing Six Feet Under, when a woman tapped me on the shoulder and asked “Are they filming this?” It was one of those things where you’re thinking “Is she kidding, is she not kidding?” She wasn’t. That was jaw-dropping.
  • (On working with the Coens brothers) Well, I audition for them, for every movie. Raising Arizona was the first one. I auditioned for Miller’s Crossing, and my agent called me up and said “I’ve got great news, it’s between you and Albert Finney.” I said “Oh really, that’s great. Who would you choose?” And of course, Albert Finney was wonderful. I wanted Fargo, that’s the one I wanted so badly. And when I saw it, and I saw William Macy in the part, I said “Oh, no wonder. He’s incredible.” But I stopped going in to audition. I’d say “No, they’re not going to cast me anyway.” And then they called me up and asked me to do The Man Who Wasn’t There. And I said “So the only way to get a part in your movie is not to come in and audition?”
  • (On filming Witches of Eastwick) My first really nice part after Silverado. And my first day of shooting, they wouldn’t let me on the set, cause they didn’t believe I was in it. We were shooting in Massachusetts, and I drove up from my house, and I didn’t have any ID on me or anything. I just drove up to the gate, and said “I’m here to shoot the movie.” The guy said “Who are you?” I said “I’m an actor,” and he said “Yeah, you and everyone else in town.” I said “No, no, I’m an actor.” And one of the grips or crew guys was walking by, and the guard asked “Hey, do you know who this guy is?” And the guy looked at me and said “Never seen ’em before.” Finally I got an assistant to say “Yeah, yeah, he’s in the movie.” You think it’s hard getting into movie sets? It is.
  • (In response to his first starring film role in The Visitor (2007)) I would say ‘I’ll go back to my trailer now’, and they’d say, ‘No, no, you’re in the next scene. It’s one of those things that I didn’t know if I would ever get an opportunity to try. I’ve been waiting my entire professional life for this experience.

Richard Jenkins Important Facts

  • Shares the same birth name as Richard Burton.
  • He has Welsh, English, Irish, and German ancestry.
  • He worked as a summer truck driver for the father of actor John C. Reilly in Illinois. Jenkins coincidentally met Reilly when the latter was four years old. The two later worked together in Step Brothers (2008).
  • Was considered for the role of Dr.David Morgenstern on ER (1994).
  • He attended school with Larry Shue and worked with James Pickering, according to an interview of February 20, 2009. Pickering acted as the Nerd in Shue’s famous play, “The Nerd,” adapted as “Laus im Pelz (1987)”.
  • He has two grown-up children, Sarah Pamela and Andrew Dale, from his long-time marriage to wife Sharon.
  • One of several Rhode Island residents who have made films for the Farrelly Brothers. In four of their pictures, Richard even bought a house down the street from the brothers’ childhood home in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
  • Parents: Dale Stevens and M. Elizabeth Wheeler Jenkins.
  • A member of the Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island for fifteen years, he appeared in such 1970s and 1980s Trinity Repertory productions as “Brother to Dragons,” “Of Mice and Men,” “True West,” “American Buffalo” and “Waiting for Godot”; directed such later productions as “Tartuffe,” “The Glass Menagerie”, “The Miser” and Shekspeare’s “Macbeth” and “Twelfth Night”; and was the company’s artistic director for four years.
  • Has a son and daughter with wife, Sharon.
  • Studied theater at Illinois Wesleyan University.
  • Served as an artistic director of Rhode Island’s Trinity Repertory Theater.
  • Frequently works with the Farrelly Brothers and the Coen Brothers.

Richard Jenkins Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Crossroads 1992 TV Series Jim Mundy Actor
Afterburn 1992 TV Movie Acton Ryder Actor
Carolina Skeletons 1991 TV Movie Redy Actor
Doublecrossed 1991 TV Movie Actor
The Perfect Tribute 1991 TV Movie Blair Actor
Against the Law 1990 TV Series Wexford Actor
Descending Angel 1990 TV Movie Debaudt Actor
When You Remember Me 1990 TV Movie Vaughan Actor
Rising Son 1990 TV Movie Tommy Actor
Challenger 1990 TV Movie Gregory B. Jarvis Actor
Blue Steel 1990 Attorney Mel Dawson Actor
Blaze 1989 Picayune Actor
Kojak: Fatal Flaw 1989 TV Movie Joel Litkin Actor
Sea of Love 1989 Gruber Actor
How I Got Into College 1989 Bill Browne Actor
Out on the Edge 1989 TV Movie Paul Evetts Actor
Miami Vice 1985-1989 TV Series Goodman / DEA Agent Ed Waters Actor
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders 1988 TV Movie Detective Hamill Actor
Stealing Home 1988 Hank Chandler Actor
Little Nikita 1988 Richard Grant Actor
Courtship 1987 Bobby Pate Actor
Rachel River 1987 Cordell Actor
The Witches of Eastwick 1987 Clyde Alden Actor
The Manhattan Project 1986 Radiation Controls Officer Actor
On Valentine’s Day 1986 Bobby Pate Actor
The Little Sister 1986 Roger Davis Actor
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Dr. Wilkes Actor
Spenser: For Hire 1985 TV Series Tex Actor
Silverado 1985 Kelly Actor
American Playhouse 1984 TV Series Nicholas Vazzana Actor
Parole 1982 TV Movie 1st Cop Actor
Great Performances 1974-1975 TV Series The Sheriff / Warder Actor
The Shape of Water 2017 post-production Actor
Berlin Station 2016 TV Series Steven Frost Actor
LBJ 2016 Senator Russell Actor
The Hollars 2016 Don Hollar Actor
Bone Tomahawk 2015 Chicory Actor
Spotlight 2015/I Richard Sipe (voice, uncredited) Actor
Olive Kitteridge 2014 TV Mini-Series Henry Kitteridge Actor
Lullaby 2014/II Robert Actor
4 Minute Mile 2014 Coleman Actor
God’s Pocket 2014 Richard Shellburn Actor
Turbo 2013 Bobby (voice) Actor
White House Down 2013 Raphelson Actor
A.C.O.D. 2013 Hugh Actor
Jack Reacher 2012 Rodin Actor
The Company You Keep 2012 Jed Lewis Actor
Killing Them Softly 2012 Driver Actor
The Cabin in the Woods 2012 Sitterson Actor
Darling Companion 2012 Russell Actor
Liberal Arts 2012 Professor Peter Hoberg Actor
The Rum Diary 2011 Lotterman Actor
Friends with Benefits 2011 Mr. Harper Actor
Hall Pass 2011 Coakley Actor
Let Me In 2010/I The Father Actor
Eat Pray Love 2010 Richard from Texas Actor
Norman 2010 Doug Long Actor
Waiting for Forever 2010 Richard Twist Actor
Dear John 2010/I Mr. Tyree Actor
Happythankyoumoreplease 2010 Paul Gertmanian Actor
The Tale of Despereaux 2008 Principal (voice) Actor
Burn After Reading 2008 Ted Actor
Step Brothers 2008 Dr. Robert Doback Actor
The Broken 2008 John McVey Actor
The Visitor 2007/I Walter Actor
The Kingdom 2007 Robert Grace Actor
Rumor Has It… 2005 Earl Huttinger Actor
Fun with Dick and Jane 2005 Frank Bascombe Actor
North Country 2005 Hank Aimes Actor
Six Feet Under 2001-2005 TV Series Nathaniel Fisher Actor
Shall We Dance 2004 Devine Actor
I Heart Huckabees 2004 Mr. Hooten (uncredited) Actor
Cheaper by the Dozen 2003 Shake Actor
Intolerable Cruelty 2003 Freddy Bender Actor
The Core 2003 General Purcell Actor
The Mudge Boy 2003 Edgar Mudge Actor
Stealing Harvard 2002 Honorable Emmett Cook Actor
Changing Lanes 2002 Walter Arnell Actor
Sins of the Father 2002 TV Movie Bobby Frank Cherry Actor
The Man Who Wasn’t There 2001 Walter Abundas Actor
One Night at McCool’s 2001 Father Jimmy Actor
Say It Isn’t So 2001 Walter Wingfield Actor
Ally McBeal 2001 TV Series Mr. Bo Actor
Me, Myself & Irene 2000 Agent Boshane Actor
What Planet Are You From? 2000 Don Fisk Actor
Random Hearts 1999 Truman Trainor Actor
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 Sheriff Art Moran Actor
Outside Providence 1999 Barney Actor
The Mod Squad 1999 Mothershed Actor
The Confession 1999 Cass O’Donnell Actor
There’s Something About Mary 1998 Psychiatrist (uncredited) Actor
The Impostors 1998 Johnny Leguard Actor
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest 1997 TV Movie Beck Weathers Actor
Eye of God 1997 Willard Sprague Actor
Absolute Power 1997 Michael McCarty Actor
Eddie 1996 Assistant Coach Zimmer Actor
Flirting with Disaster 1996 Paul Harmon Actor
Un divan 1996 Campton Actor
The Boys Next Door 1996 TV Movie Bob Klemper Actor
How to Make an American Quilt 1995 Howell Actor
The Indian in the Cupboard 1995 Victor (Dad) Actor
Trapped in Paradise 1994 Agent Shaddus Peyser Actor
It Could Happen to You 1994 C. Vernon Hale Actor
Wolf 1994 Detective Bridger Actor
Getting Out 1994 TV Movie Chaplain Actor
And the Band Played On 1993 TV Movie Dr. Marc Conant Actor
Undercover Blues 1993 Frank Actor
Queen 1993 TV Mini-Series Mr. Benson Actor
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards 2015 TV Special Himself – Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Self
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 TV Special Himself – Nominee Self
The Company You Keep: Behind-the-Scenes – The Movement 2013 Video short Himself Self
The Company You Keep: Behind-the-Scenes – The Script, Preparation and the Cast 2013 Video short Himself Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around 2013 Video short Himself Self
Comedy of a Sexomedy 2011 Video short Himself Self
Janela Indiscreta 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Días de cine 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Premio Donostia a Julia Roberts 2010 TV Special Himself Self
Made in Hollywood 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2008-2010 TV Series Himself Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 2010 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role Self
The View 2009 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Late Show with David Letterman 2009 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Festival Updates 2008 TV Series Himself (2008) Self
Biography 2007 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Life and Loss: The Impact of ‘Six Feet Under’ 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Earth to America 2005 TV Movie Himself Self
A Look Inside ‘Intolerable Cruelty’ 2004 Video documentary short Himself / Freddy Bender Self
Reel Comedy 2002 TV Series Himself Self
Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness 2014 TV Series documentary Sitterson Archive Footage

Richard Jenkins Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2015 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Olive Kitteridge (2014) Won
2011 Chainsaw Award Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actor Let Me In (2010) Won
2010 Best of the Fest Breckenridge Festival of Film Best Ensemble Cast Norman (2010) Won
2009 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Actor The Visitor (2007) Won
2009 Virtuoso Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival The Visitor (2007) Won
2008 Joseph Plateau Honorary Award Ghent International Film Festival Won
2008 Best Actor Method Fest The Visitor (2007) Won
2008 Silver St. George Moscow International Film Festival Best Actor The Visitor (2007) Won
2008 Spotlight Award National Board of Review, USA The Visitor (2007) Won
2008 Special Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards The Visitor (2007) Won
2008 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama The Visitor (2007) Won
2015 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Olive Kitteridge (2014) Nominated
2011 Chainsaw Award Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actor Let Me In (2010) Nominated
2010 Best of the Fest Breckenridge Festival of Film Best Ensemble Cast Norman (2010) Nominated
2009 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Actor The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2009 Virtuoso Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2008 Joseph Plateau Honorary Award Ghent International Film Festival Nominated
2008 Best Actor Method Fest The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2008 Silver St. George Moscow International Film Festival Best Actor The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2008 Spotlight Award National Board of Review, USA The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2008 Special Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards The Visitor (2007) Nominated
2008 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama The Visitor (2007) Nominated