Raised in DeKalb, Illinois, Jenkins earned a drama degree from Illinois Wesleyan University before joining the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, where he later served as artistic director (1990-94) and began appearing on screen with a 1974 television film. Over the ensuing decades he built a prolific supporting-actor résumé, featuring roles in The Witches of Eastwick, Flirting with Disaster… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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Henry Kitteridge ★ 7.5 The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
Walter Abundas ★ 7.5 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
Dr. Wilkes Series ★ 7.4 Miami Vice 1984
DEA Agent Ed Waters ★ 7.3 North Country 2005
Hank Aimes Series ★ 7.2 Berlin Station 2016
Steven Frost ★ 7.1 The Visitor 2008
Prof. Walter Vale Series ★ 7 Alex Haley's Queen 1993
Mr. Benson ★ 6.8 The Kingdom 2007
Robert Grace ★ 6.7 Absolute Power 1997
Michael McCarty ★ 6.7 It Could Happen to You 1994
C. Vernon Hale ★ 6.6 The Mudge Boy 2003
Edgar Mudge ★ 6.6 Sea of Love 1989
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Professor Peter Hoberg ★ 6.5 Happythankyoumoreplease 2011
Paul Gertmanian Series ★ 6.5 Ally McBeal 1997
Mr. Bo ★ 6.4 LBJ 2017
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Howell ★ 6.4 And the Band Played On 1993
Dr. Marc Conant ★ 6.3 Kajillionaire 2020
Robert ★ 6.3 The Hollars 2016
Don Hollar ★ 6.3 I ♥ Huckabees 2004
Mr. Hooten (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Changing Lanes 2002
Walter Arnell ★ 6.3 Stealing Home 1988
Hank Chandler ★ 6.2 Lullaby 2014
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Jed Lewis ★ 6.2 The Tale of Despereaux 2008
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Paul Harmon ★ 6.2 Blaze 1989
Picayune ★ 6.2 In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders 1988
Detective Hamill ★ 6.2 The Manhattan Project 1986
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Doug Long ★ 6.1 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
Sheriff Art Moran ★ 6.1 Wolf 1994
Detective Carl Bridger Series ★ 6.1 Great Performances 1971
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Freddy Bender ★ 6 The Impostors 1998
Johnny Leguard (Frenchman) ★ 6 Undercover Blues 1993
Frank ★ 6 How I Got Into College 1989
Bill Browne ★ 6 Little Nikita 1988
Richard Grant ★ 5.9 4 Minute Mile 2014
Coleman ★ 5.9 The Rum Diary 2011
Lotterman ★ 5.9 Waiting for Forever 2010
Richard Twist ★ 5.9 One Night at McCool's 2001
Father Jimmy ★ 5.9 Outside Providence 1999
Barney ★ 5.9 Eye of God 1997
Willard Sprague ★ 5.8 God's Pocket 2014
Richard Shelburn ★ 5.8 Hall Pass 2011
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Cass O'Donnell ★ 5.8 A Couch in New York 1996
Campton ★ 5.8 Blue Steel 1990
Attorney Mel Dawson ★ 5.7 The Last Shift 2020
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