The Visitor’s Richard Jenkins is one of my favorite people to see in a movie - which is good because he appears in so many of them.  And while his small roles tend to shine through and make each movie that he is in better, I was so excited that he finally got a leading role that showcased his amazing talent with last year’s The Visitor.

I think A.O. Scott got it right when he wrote:

and Mr. Jenkins, a durable character actor known to HBO subscribers as the spectral father on “Six Feet Under,” plays his repressed, circumspect character with exquisite tact. Walter loses his composure only once, and even then Mr. Jenkins keeps the outburst within the boundaries of his shy, professorial temperament.

Do check out a scene from the The Visitor below in honor of Mr. Jenkins’ birthday!