FrameThrower · Actors · Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins
15 films · 1,112 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1987–2020
Born 4 May 1947 · DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Richard Dale Jenkins 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 15 films · 1,112 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1987–2020
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2015
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture2008
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,112 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Richard takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 15 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day — the look of the work Richard takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Shape of Water
2017 · Giles
The Hollars
2016 · Don Hollar
God’s Pocket
2014 · Richard Shelburn
Let Me In
2010 · The Father
Dear John
2010 · Mr. Tyree
Kajillionaire
2020 · Robert
Killing Them Softly
2012 · Driver
The Cabin In The Woods
2012 · Richard Sitterson
Burn After Reading
2008 · Ted
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · Frank Bascombe
Rumor Has It...
2005 · Earl Huttinger
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Freddy Bender
The Man Who Wasn’t There
2001 · Walter Abundas
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Sheriff Art Moran
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Clyde Alden
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,112 frames from Richard Jenkins's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.