Richard Jenkins

It was several years ago. I was sitting in a dark gym, that was supposedly transformed in an atmosphere of nightclub with a jazz band. We sat at large circular tables, found some average food, smorgasbord style and there was a disco ball hanging from the ceiling - saying it was expected that there would be some dancing. The music was better than the average high school band. But this school was Moses Brown - a private Quaker school in Providence, Rhode Island. My son was playing tenor saxophone in the Upper School's Jazz Band. And usually I don't mind going to things alone, ... Read Full Story

At the start of The Visitor , Richard Jenkins ( Cheaper by the Dozen ) is your typical burned out professor who just white outs the term and year on the syllabus, and only if he remembers. Criticism isn’t his strong suit either as he has been through five piano teachers without a second lesson. Just your typical mid life crisis, but about ten years after he should have grown out of it. All that changes when he has to go to a conference in New York City and a couple has taken up residence in his apartment there in his absence. Instead of ... Read Full Story

I heard about this movie on “Cinebanter”, a couple of months ago and I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. In “The Visitor”, Richard Jenkins plays Walter Vale; a widowed college professor from New England who comes back to New York City for a lecture at a local conference. When he comes into an old apartment he keeps in the city, he stumbles upon a young couple staying in the apartment, Tarek, a Syrian man and Zainab, a Senegalese woman. The film starts out very quiet and subdued in Connecticut and then when Walter reaches NYC and the young couple, he ... Read Full Story

Richard Jenkins is well known to television audiences for his role as mortuary owner Nathaniel Fisher Sr. on HBO's critically acclaimed hit series, SIX FEET UNDER. His recent film work includes CHEAPER ... Read Full Story

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