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This article is about the American actor. For the British actor whose real name was Richard Jenkins, see Richard Burton.

Richard Jenkins (born 2 December 1953 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA) is an American actor.

Jenkins has a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University, before relocating to Rhode Island. He worked as the artistic director of Trinity Repertory Theater in Rhode Island before breaking into film with a bit part in Feasting with Panthers (1974), a television movie.

A versatile character actor, Jenkins has steadily been working in film and television since the 1970s with other roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Snow Falling On Cedars (1999), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Intolerable Cruelty (2003) He's also an occasional collaborator with the director siblings the Farrelly brothers, who have worked with Jenkins in There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself, & Irene (2000), Outside Providence (1999) and Say It Isn't So (2001).

Jenkins is probably best known for his recurring role on HBO's Six Feet Under. Jenkins played Nathaniel Fisher, the deceased patriarch of the Fisher family who regularly appears to his family as a ghost, and in dreams. Jenkins played the role since the show began in 2001, through to its final season in 2005.

He recently acquired good critical notices as the blue collar mine worker dad that stands up for his daughter (Charlize Theron) in North Country.

Selected filmography

• Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
• Rumor Has It (2005)
• North Country (2005)
• Shall We Dance (2004)
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004) (uncredited)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
• Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
• The Core (2003)
• The Mudge Boy (2003)
• Stealing Harvard (2002)
• Changing Lanes (2002)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Six Feet Under (2001)
• Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
• Random Hearts (1999)
• Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
• The Mod Squad (1999)
• There's Something About Mary (1998) (uncredited)
• Absolute Power (1997)
• Flirting with Disaster (1996)
• The Boys Next Door (1996) (TV)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
• The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
• Wolf (1994)
• And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)
• When You Remember Me (1990) (TV)
• Blue Steel (1990)
• Stealing Home (1988)
• The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Silverado (1985)

Richard Jenkins is also the name of Richard Charles Jenkins, born 9th September 1985 in St. Mary's Hospital, London to Michael and Stephanie Jenkins (nee Hoppen). Richard is currently a student at the University of Leeds studying for a Batchelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Management Studies. From 1996 to 2004 he attended Highgate School (founded 1565) where he excelled both in the fields of academia and the extra-curricular. He was a senior prefect, head of northgate house, captain of the fencing team and chairman of the school's debating society. Richard is an active member of the Jewish community having served on the National Executive Committee of the Association of Jewish 6th Formers (AJ6) and having been the head of Highgate School's Jewish Circle. He continues his involvement in all aspects of both the anglo and worldwide Jewish communities. The future remains bright for Richard - his varied and wide ranging interests and expertise leave him in good stead to become whoever or whatever he wants to be with assurance that he will be a triumphant leader in all fields of life.

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• Richard Jenkins at IMDb

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