Born 1940 (age 85) · Dayton, Ohio, USA
Appears in 70 titles

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. ​

Filmography

The Abyss
7.3
The Abyss
1989
as Gerard Kirkhill
I Am Sam
7.6
I Am Sam
2001
as Judge Philip McNeily
The Sum of All Fears
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Admiral Pollack
Courage Under Fire
6.5
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Joel Walden
Executive Decision
6.3
Executive Decision
1996
as General Wood
Last Man Standing
6.4
Last Man Standing
1996
as Captain Tom Pickett
Air America
5.8
Air America
1990
as Major Donald Lemond
The Tailor of Panama
6.0
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Morecombe
Clockstoppers
5.3
Clockstoppers
2002
as NSA Agent Moore
All the Way
6.7
All the Way
2016
as Howard W. Smith
Fled
5.6
Fled
1996
as Warden Nichols
Lucky Numbers
5.1
Lucky Numbers
2000
as Dan Schuff
Matewan
7.4
Matewan
1987
as Sephus Purcell
And the Band Played On
6.5
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Dennis Donohue
By Dawn's Early Light
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Sam
In Country
5.6
In Country
1989
as Jim Holly
Home Room
6.8
Home Room
2002
as Police Captain
White Mile
5.9
White Mile
1994
as Jerry Taggart
Crossing the Bridge
5.7
Crossing the Bridge
1992
as Lou Morgan
Roe vs. Wade
6.0
Roe vs. Wade
1989