Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

1940-08-28 Dayton, Ohio, USA Male 70 Known Credits

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. ​

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-28

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Known Credits

70

Known For

Acting

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

The Abyss

1989

Gerard Kirkhill

I Am Sam

2001

Judge Philip McNeily

Lucky Numbers

2000

Dan Schuff

Last Man Standing

1996

Captain Tom Pickett

The Outside Woman

1989

Junior Miller

The Sum of All Fears

2002

Admiral Pollack

Edge of Honor

1991

Bo Dubs

Executive Decision

1996

General Wood

Fled

1996

Warden Nichols

White Mile

1994

Jerry Taggart

Courage Under Fire

1996

Joel Walden

Heart of Steel

1983

Priest

Clockstoppers

2002

NSA Agent Moore

Air America

1990

Major Donald Lemond

Descending Angel

1990

Sam Murray

The Tailor of Panama

2001

Morecombe

Unconquered

1989

Dr. Smith

Matewan

1987

Sephus Purcell

Thirst

1998

Lou Wolford

All the Way

2016

Howard W. Smith

And the Band Played On

1993

Dr. Dennis Donohue

Home Room

2002

Police Captain

In Country

1989

Jim Holly

Welcome to Paradise

2007

Reverend McNamara

In Fashion

1974

Aubin

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

Clarence

Shattered Dreams

1990

Hal Witt

Crossing the Bridge

1992

Lou Morgan

In Broad Daylight

1991

Bob Webb

Breaking Point

1989

Col. Lowe

Past the Bleachers

1995

Hilton Burberry

TV Credits

The X-Files

1993

Deputy Chief Karras (1 episodes)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Dr. Paul Stubbs (1 episodes)

Scrubs

2001

Bob Kelso (176 episodes)

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990

Pastor Neal (3 episodes)

Gravity Falls

2012

Pa Duskerton (voice) (1 episodes)

Babylon 5

1994

Captain Trevor Hall (1 episodes)

Great Performances

1971

Aubin (1 episodes)

The Equalizer

1985

Sheriff (1 episodes)

Knots Landing

1979

Border Thug (1 episodes)

Chicago Hope

1994

Stanley McGee (1 episodes)

black-ish

2014

Bernie (1 episodes)

Sliders

1995

Professor Jack Bigelow (1 episodes)

Mad About You

1992

Jack Farrer (1 episodes)

Cougar Town

2009

Chick (19 episodes)

Newhart

1982

(1 episodes)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

Elder Sam (2 episodes)

Early Edition

1996

Winston Thorpe (1 episodes)

thirtysomething

1987

(1 episodes)

Cybill

1995

Ed (1 episodes)

The Stand

1994

Peter Goldsmith (1 episodes)

Wiseguy

1987

(9 episodes)

Harvey Beaks

2015

Blister (voice) (3 episodes)

Family Law

1999

Judge William Jankowski (2 episodes)

Hearts Afire

1992

Mr. Conway (1 episodes)

The Magnificent Seven

1998

Frank (1 episodes)

Oh Baby

1998

Fred Calloway (6 episodes)

Mancuso, F.B.I.

1989

(3 episodes)

Homefront

1991

(42 episodes)

Back in the Game

2013

Warden (1 episodes)

Love, Lies and Murder

1991

Rubright (2 episodes)

Hiroshima

1995

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (2 episodes)

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