Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

b. 1940 (age 86) Dayton, Ohio
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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. ​

Known For

Filmography

Girls Weekend
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★ 7.2
Girls Weekend
2019 Actor
Tom
All the Way
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★ 7.2
All the Way
2016 Actor
Rep. 'Judge' Smith
House Husbands
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★ 6.4
House Husbands
2012 Actor
Dean Worthington
Cougar Town
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★ 7.1
Cougar Town
2009 Actor
Chick
Welcome to Paradise
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★ 6.0
Welcome to Paradise
2007 Actor
Reverend Mcnamara
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.1
5 Minutes to Midnight
2007 Actor
General Kubrick
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.4
I-Nasty
2007 Actor
Sheriff Bernie
The Sum of All Fears
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★ 6.5
The Sum of All Fears
2002 Actor
Admiral Pollack
Home Room
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★ 7.1
Home Room
2002 Actor
Police Captain
Scrubs
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★ 8.4
Scrubs
2001 Actor
Dr. Kelso
Thirst
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★ 4.8
Thirst
1998 Actor
Lou Wolford
Oh Baby
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★ 6.6
Oh Baby
1998 Actor
Fred Calloway
Last Man Standing
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★ 6.4
Last Man Standing
1996 Actor
Capt. Tom Pickett
Fled
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★ 5.5
Fled
1996 Actor
Warden Nichols
Past the Bleachers
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★ 7.2
Past the Bleachers
1995 Actor
Hilton Burberry
White Mile
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★ 5.7
White Mile
1994 Actor
Jerry Taggart
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
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★ 7.0
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994 Actor
Bob Newsom
A Time to Heal
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★ 6.6
A Time to Heal
1994 Actor
Don Peterson
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.7
The First Gentleman
1994 Actor
Chief of staff
Crossing the Bridge
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★ 6.3
Crossing the Bridge
1992 Actor
Lou Morgan
A House of Secrets and Lies
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★ 5.9
A House of Secrets and Lies
1992 Actor
Ed Norwood
Homefront
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★ 8.9
Homefront
1991 Actor
Mike Sloan, Sr.
In Broad Daylight
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★ 7.1
In Broad Daylight
1991 Actor
Bob Webb
Edge of Honor
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★ 5.5
Edge of Honor
1991 Actor
Bo Dubs
Air America
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★ 5.8
Air America
1990 Actor
Major Donald Lemond
Descending Angel
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★ 6.0
Descending Angel
1990 Actor
Sam Murray
Family of Spies
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★ 6.4
Family of Spies
1990 Actor
Shattered Dreams
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★ 5.7
Shattered Dreams
1990 Actor
Hal Witt
Dark Avenger
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★ 4.3
Dark Avenger
1990 Actor
District Attorney Underwood
Breaking Point
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★ 5.5
Breaking Point
1989 Actor
Col. Lowe
Unconquered
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★ 6.4
Unconquered
1989 Actor
Dr. Smith
The Outside Woman
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★ 7.0
The Outside Woman
1989 Actor
Junior Miller
Matewan
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★ 7.9
Matewan
1987 Actor
Sephus Purcell
Wiseguy
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★ 7.8
Wiseguy
1987 Actor
Paul Beckstead
What Comes Around
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★ 5.1
What Comes Around
1985 Actor
Larry