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Ken Jenkins
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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 c…
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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.
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2019
Girls Weekend
Movie Tom
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2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV show Elder Sam
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2016
All the Way
Movie Howard W. Smith
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2015
Harvey Beaks
TV show Blister (voice)
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2014
black-ish
TV show Bernie
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2013
Back in the Game
TV show Warden
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2012
Gravity Falls
TV show Pa Duskerton (voice)
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2009
Cougar Town
TV show Chick
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2009
Scrubs: Interns
TV show Bob Kelso
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2007
Welcome to Paradise
Movie Reverend McNamara
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2002
The Sum of All Fears
Movie Admiral Pollack
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2002
Home Room
Movie Police Captain
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2002
Clockstoppers
Movie NSA Agent Moore
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2001
I Am Sam
Movie Judge Philip McNeily
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2001
Scrubs
TV show Bob Kelso
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2001
The Tailor of Panama
Movie Morecombe
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2000
Lucky Numbers
Movie Dan Schuff
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1999
Family Law
TV show Judge William Jankowski
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1998
Psycho
Movie District Attorney
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1998
Thirst
Movie Lou Wolford
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1998
Oh Baby
TV show Fred Calloway
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1998
The Magnificent Seven
TV show Frank
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1996
Early Edition
TV show Winston Thorpe
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1996
Last Man Standing
Movie Captain Tom Pickett
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1996
Fled
Movie Warden Nichols
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1996
Courage Under Fire
Movie Joel Walden
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1996
Executive Decision
Movie General Wood
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1995
Hiroshima
TV show Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
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1995
Past the Bleachers
Movie Hilton Burberry
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1995
Sliders
TV show Professor Jack Bigelow
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1995
Cybill
TV show Ed
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1994
Chicago Hope
TV show Stanley McGee
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1994
White Mile
Movie Jerry Taggart
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1994
The Stand
TV show Peter Goldsmith
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1994
A Time to Heal
Movie Don
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1994
Babylon 5
TV show Captain Trevor Hall
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1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Movie Bob Newsom
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1993
And the Band Played On
Movie Dr. Dennis Donohue
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1993
The X-Files
TV show Deputy Chief Karras
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1992
A House of Secrets and Lies
Movie Ed Norwood
