Ken Jenkins profile
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Ken Jenkins

28th August 1940 Dayton, Ohio, USA Acting

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. ​

39 Movies 31 TV Shows 70 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

I Am Sam poster
I Am Sam 28th December 2001 as Judge Philip McNeily
Thirst poster
Thirst 24th October 1998 as Lou Wolford
Fled poster
Fled 19th July 1996 as Warden Nichols
Matewan poster
Matewan 28th August 1987 as Sephus Purcell
Scrubs poster
Scrubs 2nd October 2001 as Bob Kelso
Family Law poster
Family Law 20th September 1999 as Judge William Jankowski
Oh Baby poster
Oh Baby 26th August 1998 as Fred Calloway
Hiroshima poster
Hiroshima 6th August 1995 as Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
Sliders poster
Sliders 22nd March 1995 as Professor Jack Bigelow
Babylon 5 poster
Babylon 5 26th January 1994 as Captain Trevor Hall