Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO limited series “DTF St. Louis,” Variety has learned.
Jenkins will appear in the series alongside previously announced leads Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini. The show was picked up for seven episodes at HBO back in November and is now in pre-production.
The official logline now states the show is “about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise, that leads to one of them ending up dead.” Jenkins will appear in the role of Detective Donoghue Homer.
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Jenkins is a highly-accomplished and versatile actor with strong credentials in drama and comedy across film and television. He won the Emmy Award for best actor in a limited series or movie for the HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge.” He was nominated for another Emmy in 2023 for his work in the Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” His other TV credits include “Berlin Station” and “Six Feet Under.” In film, Jenkins has been nominated for two Oscars — one for best actor in 2009 for the film “The Visitor” and another for best supporting actor in the best picture winner “The Shape of Water.”
He is repped by Gersh.
Steven Conrad serves as writer, showrunner, executive producer, and director on “DTF St. Louis.” Both Harbour and Bateman will executive produce, with Bateman doing so under his Aggregate Films banner. Additional executive producers include: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists; Molly Allen; Bruce Terris; Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films; Kristina Wenson for Bravo Axolotl; and MGM Television.