Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins is an American actor and director. After beginning his acting career on the stage, Jenkins began television work in 1974, and made his first appearance in film in 1985.

Jenkins won a Spirit Award and was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of economics professor Walter Vale in The Visitor.Film.com: Catch Up With The... (December 15, 2008)

In 2008, Jenkins appeared in a number of movies, including Burn After Reading, Step Brothers and The Visitor. He has also appeared in the stage productions of The Suicide, The Iceman Cometh and In the Belly of the Beast.

The Visitor is an independent American film selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for best original screenplay by the Writers Guild of America.Los Angeles Times: The Writers Guild of America names its 2008 nominees (January 8, 2009)In the film Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a college professor, finds an immigrant couple occupying his New York City apartment. He befriends them and pays for an immigration lawyer, when one of them is arrested and threatened with deportation.

• 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
• 1993: And the Band Played On
• 1996: The Boys Next Door
• 1999: The Mod Squad
• 2001: The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2005: North Country
• 2007: The Kingdom

"I was up having a cup of coffee in my living room. I didn't think I was going to be nominated. I was stunned and humbled, that's the truth. It's not something that was ever on my radar. This whole year has been a surprise."—regarding his 2009 Oscar nomination: LA Envelope: Jenkins Relish... (January 23, 2009)

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• May 4, 1947: Born

• 1987 The Witches of Eastwick: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1995 The Indian in the Cupboard: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1998 There's Something About Mary: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1999 The Mod Squad: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2000 Me, Myself & Irene: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2003 The Core: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2003 Intolerable Cruelty: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2005 Shall We Dance?: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2005 Fun with Dick and Jane: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2005 North Country: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2006 Six Feet Under: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2006 Rumor Has It: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2007 The Visitor: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2010 Cabin in the Woods IMDb | Mahalo