Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 28, 1940
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Credits
73 titles
Ken Jenkins
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.
Known For
Filmography
Girls Weekend
Tom
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Elder Sam
All the Way
Howard W. Smith
Harvey Beaks
Blister (voice)
black-ish
Bernie
Back in the Game
Warden
Gravity Falls
Pa Duskerton (voice)
Cougar Town
Chick
Scrubs: Interns
Bob Kelso
Welcome to Paradise
Reverend McNamara
The Sum of All Fears
Admiral Pollack
Home Room
Police Captain
Clockstoppers
NSA Agent Moore
I Am Sam
Judge Philip McNeily
Scrubs
Bob Kelso
The Tailor of Panama
Morecombe
Lucky Numbers
Dan Schuff
Family Law
Judge William Jankowski
Psycho
District Attorney
Thirst
Lou Wolford
Oh Baby
Fred Calloway
The Magnificent Seven
Frank
Early Edition
Winston Thorpe
Last Man Standing
Captain Tom Pickett
Fled
Warden Nichols
Courage Under Fire
Joel Walden
Executive Decision
General Wood
Hiroshima
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
Past the Bleachers
Hilton Burberry
Sliders
Professor Jack Bigelow
Cybill
Ed
Chicago Hope
Stanley McGee
White Mile
Jerry Taggart
The Stand
Peter Goldsmith
A Time to Heal
Don
Babylon 5
Captain Trevor Hall
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Bob Newsom
And the Band Played On
Dr. Dennis Donohue
The X-Files
Deputy Chief Karras
A House of Secrets and Lies
Ed Norwood
Mad About You
Jack Farrer
Hearts Afire
Mr. Conway
Crossing the Bridge
Lou Morgan
Homefront
Love, Lies and Murder
Rubright
In Broad Daylight
Bob Webb
Edge of Honor
Bo Dubs
Descending Angel
Sam Murray
Dark Avenger
Beverly Hills, 90210
Pastor Neal