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Ken Jenkins

Acting

Born August 28, 1940 · 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. ​

Filmography41 titles

Gravity Falls

2012as Pa (voice)

The X-Files

1993as Deputy Chief Karras

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Dr. Paul Stubbs

Scrubs

2001as Bob Kelso

Babylon 5

1994as Captain Trevor Hall

Hearts Afire

as Mr. Conway

I Am Sam

2001as Judge Philip McNeily

Sliders

1995as Professor Jack Bigelow

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017as Elder Sam

The Abyss

1989as Gerard Kirkhill

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Pastor Neal

black-ish

2014as Bernie

Knots Landing

1979as Border Thug

Welcome to Paradise

2007as Reverend McNamara

The Stand

1994as Peter Goldsmith

All the Way

2016as Howard W. Smith

Mad About You

1992as Jack Farrer

The Magnificent Seven

1998as Frank

Wiseguy

1987

Harvey Beaks

2015as Blister (voice)

Cougar Town

2009as Chick

Courage Under Fire

1996as Joel Walden

And the Band Played On

1993as Dr. Dennis Donohue

By Dawn's Early Light

1990as Sam

The Sum of All Fears

2002as Admiral Pollack

Last Man Standing

1996as Captain Tom Pickett

Executive Decision

1996as General Wood

Great Performances

1971as Aubin

The Tailor of Panama

2001as Morecombe

Shattered Dreams

1990as Hal Witt

Back in the Game

as Warden

Cybill

1995as Ed

White Mile

1994as Jerry Taggart

Air America

1990as Major Donald Lemond

Fled

1996as Warden Nichols

Crossing the Bridge

1992as Lou Morgan

In Country

1989as Jim Holly

Clockstoppers

2002as NSA Agent Moore

Past the Bleachers

1995as Hilton Burberry

Lucky Numbers

2000as Dan Schuff

What Comes Around

1985as Larry