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A versatile veteran of film, television and theater, Ken Jenkins began his acting career performing in high school theater productions in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and to discover in myself a love for the theater that has shaped my life"... See full bio »

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2010-2013 Cougar Town (TV series)
Chick
– Don't Fade on Me (2013) … Chick
– Have Love Will Travel (2013) … Chick
– Make It Better (2013) … Chick
– My Life/Your World: Part 1 (2012) … Chick
– My Life/Your World: Part 2 (2012) … Chick
See all 10 episodes »
 
2012 Local Talent (TV series)
Mr. Fallon
 
2012 House Husbands (TV movie)
Dean Worthington
 
2012 Gravity Falls (TV series)
Old Man Ghost
– The Inconveniencing (2012) … Old Man Ghost (voice)
 
2001-2010 Scrubs (TV series)
Dr. Bob Kelso
– Our Driving Issues (2010) … Dr. Bob Kelso
– Our Dear Leaders (2010) … Dr. Bob Kelso
– Our True Lies (2010) … Dr. Bob Kelso
– Our White Coats (2010) … Dr. Bob Kelso
– Our New Girl-Bro (2010) … Dr. Bob Kelso
See all 178 episodes »
 
2009 Scrubs: Interns (TV series)
Bob Kelso
 
2007 Welcome to Paradise
Reverend McNamara
 
2007 5 Minutes to Midnight (short)
General Kubrick
 
2007 I-Nasty (short)
Sheriff Bernie
 
2002 The Sum of All Fears
Admiral Pollack
 
2002 Home Room
Police Captain
 
2002 Clockstoppers
NSA Agent Moore
 
2002 Fidel (TV movie)
Herbert Matthews
 
2001 I Am Sam
Judge Philip McNeily
 
2001 All Souls (TV series)
Dr. Lohman
– Running Scared (2001) … Dr. Lohman
 
2001 The Tailor of Panama
Morecombe
 
2001 The X-Files (TV series)
Deputy Chief Karras
– Medusa (2001) … Deputy Chief Karras
 
2000 Family Law (TV series)
Judge William Jankowski
– Generations (2000) … Judge William Jankowski
– Love and Money (2000) … Judge William Jankowski
 
2000 Lucky Numbers
Dan Schuff
 
2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds
Televangelist (uncredited)
 
2000 Brutally Normal (TV series)
Mr. Kirschner / Thomas Jefferson
– Barricade (2000) … Mr. Kirschner / Thomas Jefferson
 
1999-2000 Sliders (TV series)
Professor Jack Bigelow / Robert Clark
– Dust (2000) … Professor Jack Bigelow
– Revelations (1999) … Robert Clark
 
1995-2000 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Health Marshal Stanley McGee / Jim Carroll
– Letting Go (2000) … Jim Carroll
– The Virus (1995) … Health Marshal Stanley McGee
 
1999-2000 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
Pastor Neal
– Tainted Love (2000) … Pastor Neal
– Baby, You Can Drive My Car (1999) … Pastor Neal
– Laying Pipe (1999) … Pastor Neal
 
1998-1999 Oh Baby (TV series)
Fred Calloway
– Family History (1999) … Fred Calloway
– Birth: Part 2 (1999) … Fred Calloway
– Birth: Part 1 (1999) … Fred Calloway
– Anniversary (1998) … Fred Calloway
 
1999 Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV series)
General Mitchell Burke
– Burke's Breach (1999) … General Mitchell Burke
 
1999 The Last Marshal
Judge Wooley
 
1999 Mutiny (TV movie)
 
1999 Balloon Farm (TV movie)
 
1999 Vengeance Unlimited (TV series)
Jack Humphrey
– Legalese (1999) … Jack Humphrey
 
1998 Psycho
District Attorney
 
1998 Early Edition (TV series)
Winston Thorpe
– Deadline (1998) … Winston Thorpe
 
1998 Thirst (TV movie)
Lou Wolford
 
1998 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (TV movie)
 
1998 Where's Marlowe?
Linguist
 
1998 The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Virginia's Father
– Witness (1998) … Virginia's Father
 
1997 Murphy Brown (TV series)
Paul Cookson
– Tempus Fugit (1997) … Paul Cookson
 
1997 Babylon 5 (TV series)
Captain Trevor Hall
– No Surrender, No Retreat (1997) … Captain Trevor Hall
 
1997 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Marshall Hastings
– I Love Lucy (1997) … Marshall Hastings
 
1996 Last Man Standing
Capt. Tom Pickett
 
1996 Fled
Warden Nichols
 
1996 Courage Under Fire
Joel Walden
 
1996 Last Dance
Warden Laverty
 
1996 Executive Decision
General Wood
 
1995 Hiroshima (TV movie)
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
 
1995 Past the Bleachers (TV movie)
Hilton Burberry
 
1995 Legend (TV series)
Ethan Catridge Steele
– Legend on His President's Secret Service (1995) … Ethan Catridge Steele
 
1995 Cybill (TV series)
Ed
– As the World Turns to Crap (1995) … Ed
 
1994 White Mile (TV movie)
Jerry Taggart
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
Peter Goldsmith
– The Plague (1994) … Peter Goldsmith
 
1994 Hearts Afire (TV series)
Mr. Conway
– The Big Yes (1994) … Mr. Conway
 
1994 A Time to Heal (TV movie)
Don Peterson
 
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (TV movie)
Bob Newsom
 
1993 Mad About You (TV series)
Jack Farrer
– Married to the Job (1993) … Jack Farrer
 
1993 Sisters (TV series)
Judge Guisewite
– Back on Track (1993) … Judge Guisewite
 
1993 And the Band Played On (TV movie)
Dr. Dennis Donohue
 
1991-1993 Homefront (TV series)
Mike Sloan, Sr.
– All Good Things (1993) … Mike Sloan, Sr.
– Shabbat Shalom (1993) … Mike Sloan, Sr.
– The Lacemakers (1993) … Mike Sloan, Sr. (credit only)
– By Word or Act (1993) … Mike Sloan, Sr.
– Garfield Slept Here (1993) … Mike Sloan, Sr.
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1992 A House of Secrets and Lies (TV movie)
Ed Norwood
 
1992 Crossing the Bridge
Lou Morgan
 
1992 A Private Matter (TV movie)
Frank Kearns
 
1991 thirtysomething (TV series)
Lars Durstin
– A Stop at Willoughby (1991) … Lars Durstin
 
1991 Edge of Honor
Bo Dubs
 
1991 Love, Lies and Murder (TV movie)
Rubright
 
1991 In Broad Daylight (TV movie)
Bob Webb
 
1990 Descending Angel (TV movie)
Sam Murray
 
1990 Gabriel's Fire (TV series)
Potter
– I'm Nobody (1990) … Potter
 
1990 Dark Avenger (TV movie)
 
1990 Air America
Major Donald Lemond
 
1990 By Dawn's Early Light (TV movie)
Looking Glass Colonel - 'Sam'
 
1990 Shattered Dreams (TV movie)
Hal Witt
 
1990 Mancuso, FBI (TV series)
– Night of the Living Shred (1990)
– Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 1 (1990)
– Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 2 (1990)
 
1988-1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Paul Beckstead
– Meltdown (1990) … Paul Beckstead
– Dead Right (1990) … Paul Beckstead
– Living and Dying in 4/4 Time (1989) … Paul Beckstead
– Hip Hop on the Gravy Train (1989) … Paul Beckstead
– The Rip-Off Stick (1989) … Paul Beckstead
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1990 Family of Spies (TV movie)
 
1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
Dr. Paul Stubbs
– Evolution (1989) … Dr. Paul Stubbs
 
1989 In Country
Jim Holly
 
1989 Breaking Point (TV movie)
Col. Lowe
 
1989 The Abyss
Gerard Kirkhill
 
1989 Roe vs. Wade (TV movie)
 
1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth (TV series)
Sergeant Burdick
– Losing Control (1989) … Sergeant Burdick
 
1989 The Outside Woman (TV movie)
Junior Miller
 
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Echer
– Words to Live By (1989) … Echer
 
1988 Disaster at Silo 7 (TV movie)
Clarence
 
1988 Knots Landing (TV series)
Border Thug #1
– Borderline (1988) … Border Thug #1
 
1988 Newhart (TV series)
Al Griswold
– Town Without Pity (1988) … Al Griswold
 
1988 Amen (TV series)
The Pilot
– Fear of Flying (1988) … The Pilot
 
1988 The Wizard of Loneliness
Joel Spender
 
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Dwayne Pewe
– Whattley by the Bay (1988) … Dwayne Pewe
 
1987 Matewan
Sephus Purcell
 
1985 The Equalizer (TV series)
Sheriff
– The Children's Song (1985) … Sheriff
 
1985 What Comes Around
Larry
 
1983 Heart of Steel (TV movie)
Priest
 
1974 Great Performances (TV series)
Aubin
– In Fashion (1974) … Aubin
 
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2002-2007 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Musical (2007) (performer: "Welcome to Sacred Heart", "Gonna Miss You Carla", "When the Truth Comes Out", "Friends Forever / What's Going to Happen")
– My Philosophy (2003) (performer: "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" - uncredited)
– My Tuscaloosa Heart (2002) (performer: "My Tuscaloosa Heart")
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1992 The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Dramatic Program
 
1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.129 (1972) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Trivia:

Father of actor Daniel Jenkins plus Matthew and Joshua. See more »

Trademark:

Hoarse, commanding voice See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo