Ken Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-28 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

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

  • The X-Files

    The X-Files

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

  • Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

  • Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • black-ish

    black-ish

  • Sliders

    Sliders

  • Sliders

    Sliders

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Cougar Town

    Cougar Town

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events

    A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • Harvey Beaks

    Harvey Beaks

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • The Stand

    The Stand

  • Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

  • Executive Decision

    Executive Decision

  • I Am Sam

    I Am Sam

  • Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire

  • Oh Baby

    Oh Baby

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Homefront

    Homefront

  • Mancuso, F.B.I.

    Mancuso, F.B.I.

  • Disaster at Silo 7

    Disaster at Silo 7

  • All the Way

    All the Way

  • Lucky Numbers

    Lucky Numbers

  • And the Band Played On

    And the Band Played On

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

    In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

  • Edge of Honor

    Edge of Honor

  • Clockstoppers

    Clockstoppers

  • By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

  • Descending Angel

    Descending Angel

  • Thirst

    Thirst

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Fled

    Fled

  • Air America

    Air America

  • A Time to Heal

    A Time to Heal

  • In Country

    In Country

  • Back in the Game

    Back in the Game

  • The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

  • Dark Avenger

    Dark Avenger

  • Unconquered

    Unconquered

  • What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

  • White Mile

    White Mile

  • Crossing the Bridge

    Crossing the Bridge

  • Past the Bleachers

    Past the Bleachers

  • Matewan

    Matewan

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • Heart of Steel

    Heart of Steel

  • The Outside Woman

    The Outside Woman

  • Home Room

    Home Room

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • Welcome to Paradise

    Welcome to Paradise

  • Shattered Dreams

    Shattered Dreams

  • Girls Weekend

    Girls Weekend

  • In Fashion

    In Fashion

  • A House of Secrets and Lies

    A House of Secrets and Lies