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Home/People/Ken Jenkins
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Born
Aug 28, 1940
Age 85
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

39
Movies
34
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Ken Jenkins

Acting

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. ​
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Girls Weekend

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2019
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All the Way

as Howard W. Smith
2016
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Welcome to Paradise

as Reverend McNamara
2007
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The Sum of All Fears

as Admiral Pollack
2002
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Home Room

as Police Captain
2002
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Clockstoppers

as NSA Agent Moore
2002
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I Am Sam

as Judge Philip McNeily
2001
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The Tailor of Panama

as Morecombe
2001
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Lucky Numbers

as Dan Schuff
2000
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Thirst

as Lou Wolford
1998
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Last Man Standing

as Captain Tom Pickett
1996
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Fled

as Warden Nichols
1996
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Courage Under Fire

as Joel Walden
1996
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Executive Decision

as General Wood
1996
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Past the Bleachers

as Hilton Burberry
1995
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White Mile

as Jerry Taggart
1994
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A Time to Heal

as Don
1994
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

as Bob Newsom
1994
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And the Band Played On

as Dr. Dennis Donohue
1993
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A House of Secrets and Lies

as Ed Norwood
1992