Ken Jenkins

Actor Aug 28 (age 85) Dayton, Ohio, USA 1971–2019 (48 year career)

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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), Baby…

Known For

Film

I Am Sam

Judge Philip McNeily

Film

The Abyss

Gerard Kirkhill

Film

The Sum of All Fears

Admiral Pollack

Film

Courage Under Fire

Joel Walden

Film

Last Man Standing

Captain Tom Pickett

Film

Executive Decision

General Wood

Film

All the Way

Howard W. Smith

Film

The Tailor of Panama

Morecombe

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (40)

Girls Weekend

as Tom

All the Way

as Howard W. Smith

Scrubs: Interns

as Bob Kelso

Welcome to Paradise

as Reverend McNamara

The Sum of All Fears

as Admiral Pollack

Clockstoppers

as NSA Agent Moore

Home Room

as Police Captain

I Am Sam

as Judge Philip McNeily

The Tailor of Panama

as Morecombe

Lucky Numbers

as Dan Schuff

Thirst

as Lou Wolford

Courage Under Fire

as Joel Walden

Fled

as Warden Nichols

Executive Decision

as General Wood

Last Man Standing

as Captain Tom Pickett

Past the Bleachers

as Hilton Burberry

White Mile

as Jerry Taggart

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

as Bob Newsom

A Time to Heal

as Don

And the Band Played On

1993

as Dr. Dennis Donohue

6.4

A House of Secrets and Lies

as Ed Norwood

Crossing the Bridge

as Lou Morgan

Edge of Honor

as Bo Dubs

In Broad Daylight

as Bob Webb

Air America

as Major Donald Lemond

5.8

By Dawn's Early Light

as Sam

Descending Angel

as Sam Murray

Dark Avenger

Shattered Dreams

as Hal Witt

The Abyss

as Gerard Kirkhill

The Outside Woman

as Junior Miller

Unconquered

as Dr. Smith

In Country

as Jim Holly

Roe vs. Wade

Breaking Point

as Col. Lowe

Disaster at Silo 7

as Clarence

Matewan

as Sephus Purcell

What Comes Around

as Larry

Heart of Steel

as Priest

In Fashion

as Aubin

Television (33)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Elder Sam

Harvey Beaks

as Blister (voice)

black-ish

as Bernie

Back in the Game

as Warden

Gravity Falls

as Pa (voice)

Cougar Town

as Chick

Scrubs

as Bob Kelso

Scrubs

as Bob Kelso

Scrubs

as Bob Kelso

Family Law

as Judge William Jankowski

8.2

The Magnificent Seven

as Frank

Oh Baby

as Fred Calloway

Early Edition

as Winston Thorpe

Sliders

as Robert Clark

Cybill

as Ed

Hiroshima

as Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

8.0

Babylon 5

1994

as Captain Trevor Hall

Chicago Hope

as Stanley McGee

The Stand

as Peter Goldsmith

The X-Files

as Deputy Chief Karras

Mad About You

as Jack Farrer

Hearts Afire

as Mr. Conway

Homefront

Love, Lies and Murder

as Rubright

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Pastor Neal

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Dr. Paul Stubbs

Wiseguy

thirtysomething

The Equalizer

as Sheriff

Newhart

Knots Landing

as Border Thug

Great Performances

as Aubin