Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

  • Birthday: 1940-08-28
  • Place of birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Biography

Ken Jenkins (born August 28, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the curmudgeonly Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs. In 1969, he co-founded the Actors Theatre of Louisville and served as the Associate Artistic Director for three years. This institution has produced playwrights such as Beth Henley and Marsha Norman. Jenkins previously appeared on the series Adult Math, as well as episodes of Homefront, The X-Files (episode "Medusa", season 8), Babylon 5 and "Evolution", the Season three premiere episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation "Sliders" (2 episodes, 1999–2000) Dust (2000) TV episode .... Professor Jack Bigelow - Revelations (1999) TV episode .... Robert Clark. He has appeared in the movies Executive Decision, The Abyss, Air America, Last Man Standing, Fled, Gone in 60 Seconds, I Am Sam, The Sum of All Fears, Matewan, Courage Under Fire and the 1998 remake of Psycho. He appeared as the father of Fran Goldsmith in Stephen King's TV miniseries, The Stand. Jenkins also had a role in Clockstoppers. Jenkins can sing and play the acoustic guitar, and is seen doing so on the Scrubs episodes "My Tuscaloosa Heart" and "My Musical". Jenkins also has a recurring role on Cougar Town since October 27, 2010 as Jules' (played by Courteney Cox) father. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Filmography

The Abyss

1989

As Gerard Kirkhill

And the Band Played On

1993

As Dr. Dennis Donohue

The Sum of All Fears

2002

As Admiral Pollack

Matewan

1987

As Sephus Purcell

Air America

1990

As Major Donald Lemond

Last Man Standing

1996

As Captain Tom Pickett

Fled

1996

As Warden Nichols

Home Room

2002

As Police Captain

Welcome to Paradise

2007

As Reverend McNamara

In Broad Daylight

1991

As Bob Webb

Dark Avenger

1990

As

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

As Clarence

Thirst

1998

As Lou Wolford

Clockstoppers

2002

As NSA Agent Moore

Edge of Honor

1991

As Bo Dubs

Heart of Steel

1983

As Priest

Shattered Dreams

1990

As Hal Witt

Descending Angel

1990

As Sam Murray

A House of Secrets and Lies

1992

As Ed Norwood

Unconquered

1989

As Dr. Smith

I Am Sam

2001

As Judge Philip McNeily

What Comes Around

1985

As Larry

Executive Decision

1996

As General Wood

Crossing the Bridge

1992

As Lou Morgan

Courage Under Fire

1996

As Joel Walden

Breaking Point

1989

As Col. Lowe

All the Way

2016

As Howard W. Smith

A Time to Heal

1994

As Don

Girls Weekend

2019

As Tom

Lucky Numbers

2000

As Dan Schuff

In Country

1989

As Jim Holly

The Tailor of Panama

2001

As Morecombe

White Mile

1994

As Jerry Taggart

The Outside Woman

1989

As Junior Miller

Past the Bleachers

1995

As Hilton Burberry

Roe vs. Wade

1989

As

In Fashion

1974

As Aubin

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