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Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

Known for: Acting

Born 28/08/1940
Place of birth Dayton, Ohio, USA

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 X-Files Series ★ 8,4

The X-Files

Deputy Chief Karras

1993

Star Trek: The Next Generation Series ★ 8,4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Dr. Paul Stubbs

1987

Beverly Hills, 90210 Series ★ 7,3

Beverly Hills, 90210

Pastor Neal

1990

Scrubs Series ★ 8,2

Scrubs

Bob Kelso

2001

Babylon 5 Series ★ 8,0

Babylon 5

Captain Trevor Hall

1994

Knots Landing Series ★ 6,9

Knots Landing

Border Thug

1979

Chicago Hope Series ★ 7,3

Chicago Hope

Stanley McGee

1994

Chicago Hope Series ★ 7,3

Chicago Hope

Jim Carroll

1994

Gravity Falls Series ★ 8,6

Gravity Falls

Pa Duskerton (voice)

2012

Gravity Falls Series ★ 8,6

Gravity Falls

Pa (voice)

2012

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Aubin

1971

Mad About You Series ★ 6,7

Mad About You

Jack Farrer

1992

The Equalizer Series ★ 7,1

The Equalizer

Sheriff

1985

black-ish Series ★ 7,1

black-ish

Bernie

2014

Sliders Series ★ 7,6

Sliders

Robert Clark

1995

Sliders Series ★ 7,6

Sliders

Professor Jack Bigelow

1995

Early Edition Series ★ 7,4

Early Edition

Winston Thorpe

1996

Newhart Series ★ 7,1

Newhart

1982

thirtysomething Series ★ 6,3

thirtysomething

1987

Cougar Town Series ★ 6,5

Cougar Town

Chick

2009

Family Law Series ★ 8,1

Family Law

Judge William Jankowski

1999

Cybill Series ★ 5,9

Cybill

Ed

1995

A Series of Unfortunate Events Series ★ 7,4

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Elder Sam

2017

Wiseguy Series ★ 6,6

Wiseguy

1987

The Magnificent Seven Series ★ 6,6

The Magnificent Seven

Frank

1998

Harvey Beaks Series ★ 6,5

Harvey Beaks

Blister (voice)

2015

The Stand Series ★ 6,8

The Stand

Peter Goldsmith

1994

Hearts Afire Series ★ 7,8

Hearts Afire

Mr. Conway

1992

The Abyss Film ★ 7,4

The Abyss

Gerard Kirkhill

1989

Homefront Series ★ 5,6

Homefront

1991

Oh Baby Series ★ 7,5

Oh Baby

Fred Calloway

1998

I Am Sam Film ★ 7,6

I Am Sam

Judge Philip McNeily

2001

The Sum of All Fears Film ★ 6,4

The Sum of All Fears

Admiral Pollack

2002

Fled Film ★ 5,7

Fled

Warden Nichols

1996

Executive Decision Film ★ 6,3

Executive Decision

General Wood

1996

Mancuso, F.B.I. Series ★ 6,4

Mancuso, F.B.I.

1989

Last Man Standing Film ★ 6,4

Last Man Standing

Captain Tom Pickett

1996

Courage Under Fire Film ★ 6,5

Courage Under Fire

Joel Walden

1996

Back in the Game Series ★ 6,0

Back in the Game

Warden

2013

Lucky Numbers Film ★ 5,2

Lucky Numbers

Dan Schuff

2000

Air America Film ★ 5,8

Air America

Major Donald Lemond

1990

Clockstoppers Film ★ 5,3

Clockstoppers

NSA Agent Moore

2002

The Tailor of Panama Film ★ 6,0

The Tailor of Panama

Morecombe

2001

Love, Lies and Murder Series ★ 4,9

Love, Lies and Murder

Rubright

1991

Breaking Point Film ★ 5,3

Breaking Point

Col. Lowe

1989

Thirst Film ★ 4,7

Thirst

Lou Wolford

1998

Hiroshima Series ★ 8,0

Hiroshima

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

1995

Matewan Film ★ 7,4

Matewan

Sephus Purcell

1987

In Country Film ★ 5,6

In Country

Jim Holly

1989

All the Way Film ★ 6,7

All the Way

Howard W. Smith

2016

And the Band Played On Film ★ 6,5

And the Band Played On

Dr. Dennis Donohue

1993

By Dawn's Early Light Film ★ 6,5

By Dawn's Early Light

Sam

1990

Disaster at Silo 7 Film ★ 7,3

Disaster at Silo 7

Clarence

1988

Crossing the Bridge Film ★ 5,7

Crossing the Bridge

Lou Morgan

1992

Unconquered Film ★ 9,3

Unconquered

Dr. Smith

1989

Roe vs. Wade Film ★ 6,0

Roe vs. Wade

1989

Home Room Film ★ 6,8

Home Room

Police Captain

2002

White Mile Film ★ 5,9

White Mile

Jerry Taggart

1994

Welcome to Paradise Film ★ 6,8

Welcome to Paradise

Reverend McNamara

2007

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness Film ★ 7,3

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

Bob Newsom

1994

In Broad Daylight Film ★ 6,1

In Broad Daylight

Bob Webb

1991

Dark Avenger Film ★ 4,6

Dark Avenger

1990

Descending Angel Film ★ 5,5

Descending Angel

Sam Murray

1990

Edge of Honor Film ★ 4,7

Edge of Honor

Bo Dubs

1991

Shattered Dreams Film ★ 6,0

Shattered Dreams

Hal Witt

1990

A Time to Heal Film ★ 9,0

A Time to Heal

Don

1994

In Fashion Film

In Fashion

Aubin

1974

Past the Bleachers Film ★ 5,3

Past the Bleachers

Hilton Burberry

1995

Heart of Steel Film ★ 6,8

Heart of Steel

Priest

1983

What Comes Around Film ★ 3,8

What Comes Around

Larry

1985

Film ★ 3,0

A House of Secrets and Lies

Ed Norwood

1992

Girls Weekend Film ★ 0,5

Girls Weekend

Tom

2019

The Outside Woman Film ★ 10,0

The Outside Woman

Junior Miller

1989