Richard Jenkins

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Richard Jenkins
  • Birth Place: DeKalb, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/04/1947, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor
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Richard Jenkins Fast Facts:
  • Met his wife, Sharon, at Illinois Wesleyan University; they both graduated in 1969.
  • Spent 15 years with Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Theater, where he performed on stage, directed and served as artistic director (1990-94).
  • First TV appearance was the PBS airing of the play Feasting With Panthers, a 1974 Trinity Repertory Company production about playwright Oscar Wilde's incarceration.
  • Began adding film and TV credits in the early 1980s, including Hannah and Her Sisters, The Witches of Eastwick and Sea of Love.
  • Attained a higher profile with his recurring role as the deceased Nathaniel Fischer Sr. in the HBO hit series Six Feet Under (2001-05).
  • Richard Jenkins Relationships:
  • Dale Stevens Jenkins - Father
  • M. Elizabeth Wheeler - Mother
  • Sharon R. Frederick Jenkins - Wife
  • Sarah Pamela Jenkins - Daughter
  • Andrew Dale Jenkins - Son
  • Richard Jenkins Awards:
  • 2008 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Winner
  • College:
  • Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL (BFA in Theatre Arts, 1969); Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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