Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

1940-08-28

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. ​

Also appears in

The Abyss

The Abyss

7.4

I Am Sam

I Am Sam

7.6

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

6.3

Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

6.5

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

6.4

Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

5.1

Executive Decision

Executive Decision

6.3

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

6.0

Air America

Air America

5.8

Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

5.3

By Dawn’s Early Light

By Dawn’s Early Light

6.5

Matewan

Matewan

7.3

All the Way

All the Way

6.7

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

6.5

Fled

Fled

5.6

In Country

In Country

5.4

White Mile

White Mile

5.7

Home Room

Home Room

6.7

Disaster at Silo 7

Disaster at Silo 7

6.3

Dark Avenger

Dark Avenger

4.4