Acting
Community Rating
6.1
Initial estimate
Born
August 28, 1940 (age 85)
Born in
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 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.

Girls Weekend
as Tom
2019

A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Elder Sam
2017

All the Way
as Howard W. Smith
2016

Harvey Beaks
as Blister (voice)
2015

black-ish
as Bernie
2014

Back in the Game
as Warden
2013

Gravity Falls
as Pa Duskerton (voice)
2012

Cougar Town
as Chick
2009

Welcome to Paradise
as Reverend McNamara
2007

The Sum of All Fears
as Admiral Pollack
2002

Home Room
as Police Captain
2002

Clockstoppers
as NSA Agent Moore
2002

I Am Sam
as Judge Philip McNeily
2001

Scrubs
as Bob Kelso
2001

The Tailor of Panama
as Morecombe
2001

Lucky Numbers
as Dan Schuff
2000

Family Law
as Judge William Jankowski
1999

Thirst
as Lou Wolford
1998

Oh Baby
as Fred Calloway
1998

The Magnificent Seven
as Frank
1998