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Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

Acting

August 28, 1940 (85 years old)
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Male
39 Movies
34 TV Shows

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. ​

Scrubs
Scrubs

Scrubs

2001 8.2

as Bob Kelso

Age 61 (now 85)
176 eps
Air America
Air America

Air America

1990 5.8

as Major Donald Lemond

Age 49 (now 85)
Cougar Town
Cougar Town

Cougar Town

2009 6.5

as Chick

Age 69 (now 85)
19 eps
Matewan
Matewan

Matewan

1987 7.4

as Sephus Purcell

Age 46 (now 85)
Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

1996 6.4

as Captain Tom Pickett

Age 56 (now 85)
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002 6.4

as Admiral Pollack

Age 61 (now 85)
All the Way
All the Way

All the Way

2016 6.7

as Howard W. Smith

Age 75 (now 85)
I Am Sam
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001 7.6

as Judge Philip McNeily

Age 61 (now 85)
The Abyss
The Abyss

The Abyss

1989 7.4

as Gerard Kirkhill

Age 48 (now 85)
Clockstoppers
Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

2002 5.3

as NSA Agent Moore

Age 61 (now 85)
Fled
Fled

Fled

1996 5.7

as Warden Nichols

Age 55 (now 85)
Home Room
Home Room

Home Room

2002 6.8

as Police Captain

Age 61 (now 85)
Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

1996 6.5

as Joel Walden

Age 55 (now 85)
Executive Decision
Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996 6.3

as General Wood

Age 55 (now 85)
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990 7.3

as Pastor Neal

Age 50 (now 85)
3 eps
The Tailor of Panama
The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001 6.0

as Morecombe

Age 60 (now 85)