who plays the district attorney in jack reacher

by Olaf O'Hara 10 min read

Richard Jenkins

Who are the actors in the movie Jack Reacher?

Reacher (TV Series 2022– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Who owns the film rights to Jack Reacher?

Jack Reacher (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Who is Richard Jenkins from Jack Reacher?

The American theatre and film actor, Richard Jenkins plays the role of Alex Rodin in the film. Richard as Alex plays the district attorney and the father of Helen Rodin. He offers Barr a choice between life in prison for exchanging a full confession or a guaranteed death row.

Who is Barr's defense attorney Helen Rodin in Tom Reacher?

Richard Jenkins is an American theatre and film actor. In Jack Reacher, he has played the role of Alex Rodin, father of Helen Rodin. He is also shown as the district attorney in the movie who gives Barr two options to choose from - a death penalty or life in prison for confessing to the crime.

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Who plays the lawyer in Jack Reacher?

Rosamund PikeJack Reacher, a thriller from Paramount based on One Shot, the ninth book in the best-selling series by the mystery writer Lee Child, opened last month with a cast headed by Tom Cruise, as the former military-police officer Reacher, and Rosamund Pike, the British beauty, as Helen Rodin, the lawyer who has to track ...Jan 7, 2013

Who is Helen Rodin in Jack Reacher?

Rosamund PikeHelen Rodin is a character appearing in the 2012 Film Jack Reacher. She is played by Rosamund Pike. She is an attorney in Pittsburgh, PA who takes on the case of defending James Barr who has been accused of killing 5 people. She is the daughter of the District Attorney, Alex Rodin.

Did Rosamund Pike date Tom Cruise?

Their on-screen chemistry makes it clear that Cruise and Pike enjoyed a good professional relationship. 'Certain stars would have - or might have - said: “Get someone else, she's pregnant!” That sort of thing goes on in this day and age,' she told me.Oct 4, 2012

Why was Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher?

While fans of the books who approached the movie with a preexisting mental image of Reacher may have objected to Cruise, he said that new fans really enjoyed Cruise's performance. So when it came time to cast the show he wanted to balance the interests of both groups.Feb 5, 2022

Who will play the next Jack Reacher?

Alan RitchsonAlan Ritchson (left) plays Jack Reacher in the new Amazon series Reacher, the same role that Tom Cruise played in two films.Feb 4, 2022

Who is the new Jack Reacher actor?

RitchsonUltimately, it took seven or eight different auditions before Ritchson landed the role, at which point he got to work gaining muscle so that book readers who were expecting to see a huge Jack Reacher wouldn't be disappointed, like many were when the Tom Cruise movie came out.Feb 13, 2022

Who is female actor on Jack Reacher?

Following the casting of Cruise, Rosamund Pike was cast as the female lead.

What height is Tom Cruise?

5′ 7″Tom Cruise / Height

Where is Rosamund Pike today?

PragueGolden Globe winner Rosamund Pike is currently living in Prague with her partner Robie Uniacke and their children Solo and Atom.Nov 4, 2021

Did Lee Child approve of Tom Cruise?

Lee Child has explained why fans of his Jack Reacher books didn't approve of Tom Cruise's casting in the film franchise. Cruise played the former Military Police officer in two films in 2012 and 2016, but a contingent of book fans didn't think he was right for the role.Feb 9, 2022

How many Jack Reacher books have been made into movies?

Two novelsTwo novels about Reacher have been adapted into films starring Tom Cruise as Reacher, while a third has been adapted into an Amazon Prime Video television series starring Alan Ritchson as Reacher.

Where is the TV show Reacher filmed?

Based on Lee Child's novel series, Amazon's action thriller, Reacher, unfolds in the backdrop of a small fictional rural town called Margrave, which was entirely recreated and filmed in Ontario, Canada.Feb 9, 2022

Overview

Jack Reacher is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, based on Lee Child's 2005 novel One Shot. The film stars Tom Cruise as the title character, with Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Jai Courtney, Werner Herzog, and Robert Duvall also starring. The film entered production in October 2011, and was completed in January 2012. It was filmed entirely on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It received mixed reviews but was suc…

Plot

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a man drives a van into a parking garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park, dropping a quarter into the meter. He readies a Springfield Armory M1Aand assassinates five people on the river's North Shore Trail from long range before driving off. The police, headed by Detective Calvin Emerson, find a shell casing as well as the quarter used to pay for parking. A fingerprint on the coin belongs to James Barr, a former U.S. Army sniper. When th…

Cast

• Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher
• Rosamund Pike as Helen Rodin
• Richard Jenkins as District Attorney Alex Rodin
• Werner Herzog as Zek Chelovek

Production

Attempts to adapt author Lee Child's Jack Reacher novel series into a film have been made ever since the character debuted in 1997's Killing Floor. After being optioned with no success to PolyGram and later New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions acquired the film rights in 2005. Screenwriter Josh Olson was then hired to adapt Child's then-most recent novel in the Reacher series, One Shot (2005). In July 2010, Christopher McQuarrie, who previously …

Distribution

The trailer for Jack Reacher was officially released on Cruise's birthday, July 3, 2012.
Jack Reacher, then titled One Shot, was originally slated to be released in February 2013. In March 2012, the release date was brought forward by Paramount Pictures to December 21, 2012, hoping to capitalize on the box office success of Cruise's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which was released at a similar point in 2011. The film's new release date pushed the release of World …

Reception

Jack Reacher grossed $80.1 million in North America and $138.3 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $218.3 million, against a budget of $60 million.
In North America, the film opened in 3,352 cinemas. Jack Reacher went on to gross $5.1 million on its opening day in the U.S. and Canada, and $15.6 million in its opening weekend. The film held well in its second weekend, dropping only 10.2% to a total of $14.1 million and ranking at No. 5.

Sequel

While Jack Reacher was intended to be a tent-pole for a film series, it was initially reported that a sequelwould be unlikely due to its lackluster run at the North American box office. However, in February 2013, the possibility of a sequel became more likely after the film surpassed a gross of $200 million worldwide. On December 9, 2013, it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions were moving forward with the development of a sequel, reportedly based …

External links

• Jack Reacher at IMDb
• Jack Reacher at Box Office Mojo
• Jack Reacher at Rotten Tomatoes
• Jack Reacher at Metacritic