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. ​

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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Mad About You

Mad About You

6.67
thirtysomething

thirtysomething

6.259
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.368
Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.357
Early Edition

Early Edition

7.3
Cybill

Cybill

5.781
Homefront

Homefront

5.4
Knots Landing

Knots Landing

6.7
Newhart

Newhart

7.102
Mancuso, F.B.I.

Mancuso, F.B.I.

6
Babylon 5

Babylon 5

8.044
The X-Files

The X-Files

8.378
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

7.197
Scrubs

Scrubs

8.011
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

7.243
Wiseguy

Wiseguy

6.5
Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

8.6
Family Law

Family Law

8.2
black-ish

black-ish

7.17
Back in the Game

Back in the Game

6.5
Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

8.6
Hearts Afire

Hearts Afire

7.3
Harvey Beaks

Harvey Beaks

6.087
Oh Baby

Oh Baby

5
A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events

7.397
Cougar Town

Cougar Town

6.407
Sliders

Sliders

7.61
Sliders

Sliders

7.61
Great Performances

Great Performances

5.5
Hiroshima

Hiroshima

8
The Stand

The Stand

6.826
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

6

Movies

The Abyss

The Abyss

7.4
And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

6.5
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

6.361
Matewan

Matewan

7.354
Air America

Air America

5.8
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

6.363
The Outside Woman

The Outside Woman

10
Fled

Fled

5.565
Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

6.8
Home Room

Home Room

6.8
In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

5.7
Dark Avenger

Dark Avenger

3.833
Disaster at Silo 7

Disaster at Silo 7

6.3
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

6.6
In Fashion

In Fashion

0
Thirst

Thirst

4.4
Past the Bleachers

Past the Bleachers

4.5
Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

5.3
Edge of Honor

Edge of Honor

4.1
Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade

6.35
Heart of Steel

Heart of Steel

6
Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

5.5
Descending Angel

Descending Angel

5
A House of Secrets and Lies

A House of Secrets and Lies

1
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

6.5
Unconquered

Unconquered

10
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

7.557
What Comes Around

What Comes Around

2.667
Executive Decision

Executive Decision

6.313
Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

5.833
Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

6.512
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

4.667
All the Way

All the Way

6.664
A Time to Heal

A Time to Heal

10
Girls Weekend

Girls Weekend

0.5
Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

5.153
In Country

In Country

5.5
The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

6
White Mile

White Mile

5.6