Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

Birthday: 1940-08-28

Place of birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0420898

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. ​

Played in movies:

A Time to Heal

Score: 10.0

Unconquered

Score: 10.0

The Outside Woman

Score: 10.0

I Am Sam

Score: 7.6

Matewan

Score: 7.4

The Abyss

Score: 7.4

Home Room

Score: 6.8

Welcome to Paradise

Score: 6.8

All the Way

Score: 6.7

By Dawn's Early Light

Score: 6.6

Courage Under Fire

Score: 6.5

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

Score: 6.5

And the Band Played On

Score: 6.5

Last Man Standing

Score: 6.4

The Sum of All Fears

Score: 6.4

Executive Decision

Score: 6.3

Roe vs. Wade

Score: 6.3

Disaster at Silo 7

Score: 6.3

The Tailor of Panama

Score: 6.0

Heart of Steel

Score: 6.0

Crossing the Bridge

Score: 5.8

Air America

Score: 5.8

In Broad Daylight

Score: 5.7

White Mile

Score: 5.6

Fled

Score: 5.6

In Country

Score: 5.5

Shattered Dreams

Score: 5.5

Clockstoppers

Score: 5.3

Lucky Numbers

Score: 5.2

Descending Angel

Score: 5.0

Breaking Point

Score: 4.7

Past the Bleachers

Score: 4.5

Thirst

Score: 4.4

Edge of Honor

Score: 4.1

Dark Avenger

Score: 3.8

What Comes Around

Score: 2.7

A House of Secrets and Lies

Score: 1.0

Girls Weekend

Score: 0.5

In Fashion

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Gravity Falls

Score: 8.6

Gravity Falls

Score: 8.6

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

Family Law

Score: 8.2

Babylon 5

Score: 8.0

Hiroshima

Score: 8.0

Scrubs

Score: 8.0

Sliders

Score: 7.6

Sliders

Score: 7.6

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Score: 7.4

Beverly Hills, 90210

Score: 7.3

Hearts Afire

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

black-ish

Score: 7.2

The Equalizer

Score: 7.1

Newhart

Score: 7.1

The Stand

Score: 6.8

Knots Landing

Score: 6.7

Mad About You

Score: 6.7

Back in the Game

Score: 6.5

Wiseguy

Score: 6.5

Cougar Town

Score: 6.4

Harvey Beaks

Score: 6.3

thirtysomething

Score: 6.3

The Magnificent Seven

Score: 6.0

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Score: 6.0

Cybill

Score: 5.8

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

Homefront

Score: 5.4

Oh Baby

Score: 5.0