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Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

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. ​

Personal information

Birthday

1940-08-28

Birth Place

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A House of Secrets and Lies

A House of Secrets and Lies

1992

1.0

Movie
poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

7.4

TV
A Time to Heal

A Time to Heal

1994

10.0

Movie
Air America

Air America

1990

5.8

Movie
All the Way

All the Way

2016

6.7

Movie
And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993

6.5

Movie
poster

Babylon 5

1994

8.0

TV
poster

Back in the Game

2013

6.5

TV
poster

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990

7.4

TV
poster

black-ish

2014

7.2

TV
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

1989

4.7

Movie
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

1990

6.5

Movie
poster

Chicago Hope

1994

7.2

TV
Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

2002

5.3

Movie
poster

Cougar Town

2009

6.4

TV
Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

1996

6.5

Movie
Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

1992

5.9

Movie
poster

Cybill

1995

5.8

TV
Dark Avenger

Dark Avenger

1990

4.4

Movie
Descending Angel

Descending Angel

1990

5.0

Movie
Disaster at Silo 7

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

6.3

Movie
poster

Early Edition

1996

7.3

TV
Edge of Honor

Edge of Honor

1991

4.6

Movie
Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996

6.3

Movie
poster

Family Law

1999

8.2

TV
Fled

Fled

1996

5.6

Movie
Girls Weekend

Girls Weekend

2019

0.5

Movie
poster

Gravity Falls

2012

8.6

TV
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
poster

Harvey Beaks

2015

6.2

TV
Heart of Steel

Heart of Steel

1983

7.7

Movie
poster

Hearts Afire

1992

8.0

TV
poster

Hiroshima

1995

8.0

TV
Home Room

Home Room

2002

6.7

Movie
poster

Homefront

1991

5.1

TV
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001

7.6

Movie
In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

1991

5.7

Movie
In Country

In Country

1989

5.4

Movie
In Fashion

In Fashion

1974

0.0

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

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

1994

6.5

Movie
poster

Knots Landing

1979

6.8

TV
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

1996

6.4

Movie
Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

2000

5.1

Movie
poster

Mad About You

1992

6.7

TV
poster

Mancuso, F.B.I.

1989

6.0

TV
Matewan

Matewan

1987

7.3

Movie
poster

Newhart

1982

7.2

TV
poster

Oh Baby

1998

5.0

TV
Past the Bleachers

Past the Bleachers

1995

6.0

Movie
Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade

1989

6.8

Movie
poster

Scrubs

2001

8.0

TV
Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

1990

5.5

Movie
poster

Sliders

1995

7.6

TV
poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

8.4

TV
The Abyss

The Abyss

1989

7.4

Movie
poster

The Equalizer

1985

7.1

TV
The Outside Woman

The Outside Woman

1989

0.0

Movie
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002

6.3

Movie
The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001

6.0

Movie
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
Thirst

Thirst

1998

4.4

Movie
poster

thirtysomething

1987

6.3

TV
Unconquered

Unconquered

1989

10.0

Movie
Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

2007

6.8

Movie
What Comes Around

What Comes Around

1985

3.5

Movie
White Mile

White Mile

1994

5.7

Movie
poster

Wiseguy

1987

6.5

TV