Ken Jenkins (August 28, 1940) is an American actor best known for Scrubs (2001-2009), Last Man Standing (1996) (1996), and The Sum of All Fears (2002).
He was married to Joan Patchen, currently married to Katharine Houghton, and has three children, including actor Daniel Jenkins.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1983: Heart Of Steel as Priest
- 1985: What Comes Around as Larry
- 1987: Matewan as Sephus Purcell
- 1988: The Wizard Of Loneliness as Joel Spender
- 1988: Disaster At Silo 7 as Clarence
- 1989: Unconquered as Dr. Smith
- 1989: The Outside Woman as Junior Miller
- 1989: The Abyss as Gerard Kirkhill
- 1989: Breaking Point 1989 as Col. Lowe
- 1989: In Country as Jim Holly
- 1990: By Dawn's Early Light as Looking Glass Colonel
- 1990: Shattered Dreams as Hal Witt
- 1990: Air America as Major Donald Lemond
- 1990: Dark Avenger as DA Underwood
- 1990: Descending Angel as Sam Murray
- 1991: In Broad Daylight as Bob Webb
- 1991: Edge Of Honor as Bo Dubs
- 1992: A Private Matter as Frank Kearns
- 1992: Crossing The Bridge as Lou Morgan
- 1992: A House Of Secrets And Lies as Ed Norwood
- 1993: And the Band Played On as Dr. Dennis Donohue
- 1994: In The Best Of Families Marriage Pride And Madness as Bob Newsom
- 1994: A Time To Heal as Don Peterson
- 1994: White Mile as Jerry Taggart
- 1995: Past The Bleachers as Hilton Burberry
- 1995: Hiroshima as Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
- 1996: Executive Decision as Gen. Wood
- 1996: Last Dance as Warden Laverty
- 1996: Courage Under Fire as Joel Walden
- 1996: Fled as Warden Nichols
- 1996: Last Man Standing (1996) as Capt. Tom Pickett
- 1998: Wheres Marlowe as Linguist
- 1998: Thirst as Lou Wolford
- 1998: Psycho (1998) as District Attorney
- 1999: The Last Marshal as Judge Wooley
- 2000: Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) as Televangelist (Uncredited Role)
- 2000: Lucky Numbers as Dan Schuff
- 2001: The Tailor of Panama as Morecombe
- 2001: i am sam as Judge McNeily
- 2002: Fidel as Herbert Matthews
- 2002: Clockstoppers as NSA Agent Moore
- 2002: Home Room as Police Captain
- 2002: The Sum of All Fears as Admiral Pollack
- 2007: Welcome To Paradise as Rev. McNamara
- 2016: All the Way as Rep. 'Judge' Smith
- 2019: Girls Weekend as Tom
Television Roles
- 1974: Great Performances as Aubin
- 1985: The Equalizer as Sheriff
- 1988: CBS Summer Playhouse as Dwayne Pewe
- 1988: Amen as The Pilot
- 1988: Newhart as Al Griswold
- 1988: Knots Landing as Border Thug #1
- 1988: Dallas as Captain
- 1989: CBS Schoolbreak Special as Echer
- 1989: Hard Time on Planet Earth as Sgt. Burdick
- 1989: Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Paul Stubbs
- 1989-1990: Wiseguy as Paul Beckstead
- 1990: Gabriels Fire as Potter
- 1991: Evening Shade as Judge
- 1991: Love, Lies and Murder as Rubright
- 1991: thirtysomething as Lars Durstin
- 1991-1997: Homefront as Mike Sloan Sr.
- 1993: Sisters as Judge Guisewite
- 1993: Mad About You as Jack Farrer
- 1994: Hearts Afire as Mr. Conway
- 1994: The Stand as Peter Goldsmith
- 1995: Cybill as Ed
- 1995: Legend as Ethan Catridge Steel
- 1995-2000: Chicago Hope as Jim Carroll/Health Marshal Stanley McGee
- 1996: The Lazarus Man as Preacher
- 1997: High Incident as Burt
- 1997: NYPD Blue as Marshal Hastings
- 1997: Babylon 5 as Captain Trevor Hall
- 1997: Murphy Brown as Sen. Paul Cookson
- 1998: The Magnificent Seven (1998) as Frank
- 1998: Early Edition as Winston Thorpe
- 1998-1999: Oh Baby as Fred Calloway
- 1999: Vengeance Unlimited as Jack Humphrey
- 1999: Pensacola: Wings of Gold as Gen. Mitchell Burke
- 1999-2000: Beverly Hills, 90210 as Pastor Neal
- 1999-2000: Sliders as Prof. Jack Bigelow/Robert Clark
- 2000: Brutally Normal as Mr. Kirschner/Thomas Jefferson
- 2000: Family Law as Judge William Jankowski
- 2001: The X-Files as Deputy Chief Karras
- 2001: All Souls as Dr. Lohman
- 2001-2009: Scrubs as Dr. Bob Kelso
- 2010-2015: Cougar Town as Chick
- 2012-2015: Gravity Falls as Pa Duskerton/Old Man Ghost
- 2013: Back in the Game as Warden
- 2014: blackâ˘ish as Bernie
- 2017: Harvey Beaks as Blister
- 2018: A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017) as Elder Sam
