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

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

  • Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

  • Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • black-ish

    black-ish

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • Sliders

    Sliders

  • Sliders

    Sliders

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Cougar Town

    Cougar Town

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events

    A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • I Am Sam

    I Am Sam

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • The Stand

    The Stand

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • Harvey Beaks

    Harvey Beaks

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Oh Baby

    Oh Baby

  • Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

  • Descending Angel

    Descending Angel

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Executive Decision

    Executive Decision

  • In Country

    In Country

  • Air America

    Air America

  • Homefront

    Homefront

  • Home Room

    Home Room

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • White Mile

    White Mile

  • Dark Avenger

    Dark Avenger

  • Thirst

    Thirst

  • Clockstoppers

    Clockstoppers

  • Fled

    Fled

  • Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire

  • Matewan

    Matewan

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Mancuso, F.B.I.

    Mancuso, F.B.I.

  • And the Band Played On

    And the Band Played On

  • Shattered Dreams

    Shattered Dreams

  • Lucky Numbers

    Lucky Numbers

  • Girls Weekend

    Girls Weekend

  • All the Way

    All the Way

  • Unconquered

    Unconquered

  • By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

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

    In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

  • Back in the Game

    Back in the Game

  • Welcome to Paradise

    Welcome to Paradise

  • Disaster at Silo 7

    Disaster at Silo 7

  • A Time to Heal

    A Time to Heal

  • Crossing the Bridge

    Crossing the Bridge

  • The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

  • Edge of Honor

    Edge of Honor

  • Past the Bleachers

    Past the Bleachers

  • The Outside Woman

    The Outside Woman

  • In Fashion

    In Fashion

  • Heart of Steel

    Heart of Steel

  • What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • A House of Secrets and Lies

    A House of Secrets and Lies