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Richard Jenkins
With his balding pate and knowing grin, Richard Jenkins is one of those cinematic supporting players whose name may not be widely known but whose instantly recognizable visage reassures viewers they're in for an entertaining ride. Born Dec. 2, 1953, in DeKalb, Ill., Jenkins studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University before embarking on a career in regional theater.Jenkins made his feature film debut in 1985's Silverado, but it wasn't until he displayed his gift for comedy in late-'90s films such as Flirting with Disaster and There's Something About Mary that he became known to wider audiences.In 2001, Jenkins began playing the patriarch of the dysfunctional Fisher family on HBO's "Six Feet Under" -- a role he continued in for five seasons, despite being killed off in the first episode. Recent films for Jenkins include I Heart Huckabees, North Country and The Visitor, for which he nabbed his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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filmography
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The Cabin in the Woods
As Steve Hadley
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Friends with Benefits
Actor
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Hall Pass
As Coakley
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Waiting for Forever
As Richard Twist
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The Rum Diary
As Lotterman
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Norman
As Doug Long
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trivia
Served as an artistic director of Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Theater.
Studied theater at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Has a son and daughter with wife, Sharon.
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.
Parents: Dale Stevens and M. Elizabeth Wheeler Jenkins.
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.
He has two grown-up children, Sarah Pamela and Andrew Dale, from his long-time marriage to wife Sharon.
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)".
Was considered for the role of Dr.David Morgenstern on "ER " (1994).
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).
awards
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The Visitor
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ( Oscar - 2009 ) (Nominated)
