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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 funeral drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005).
He is also known for his roles in the films Burn After Reading (2008), Step Brothers (2008), Let Me In (2010), Jack Reacher (2012),
and The Cabin in the Woods (2012).
Jenkins was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor for the drama film The Visitor (2007).[1] He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for
the limited drama series Olive Kitteridge (2014).
For his performance in the fantasy drama film The Shape of Water (2017),
Jenkins received Academy
Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting
Actor. Jenkins was born and raised in DeKalb, Illinois. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wheeler), was a
housewife, and his father, Dale Stevens Jenkins, was a dentist. He
attended DeKalb High School.
Before he was an actor, Jenkins drove a linen truck
(his boss was actor John C. Reilly's father). Jenkins
earned a degree in Drama from Illinois Wesleyan
University before relocating to Rhode Island.