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Ken Jenkins

Highest Rated: 89% The Abyss (1989)

Lowest Rated: 13% Air America (1990)

Birthday: Aug 28, 1940

Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA

A noted character actor and forty year veteran of the American theater, Ken Jenkins had been a television staple since the mid-1980's. Frequently cast as a hardnosed authority figure, Jenkins played bureaucratic types and/or military men in several features during the nineties and into the next millennium, most notably his roles in "Hiroshima" (1995), "Courage Under Fire" (1996) and the HBO miniseries, "And the Band Played On" (1993).

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Highest rated movies

89% 83% The Abyss Watchlist
59% 49% The Sum of All Fears
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55% 78% Home Room
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42% 51% Last Man Standing
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30% 57% Last Dance
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13% 34% Air America
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Thirst
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Breaking Point
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Past the Bleachers
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Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins SUM OF ALL FEARS, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ken Jenkins, John Beasley, Philip Baker Hall, James Cromwell, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, 2002 (c) Paramount Cougar Town, Josh Hopkins (L), Ken Jenkins (C), Courteney Cox (R), 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS Cougar Town, Josh Hopkins (L), Ken Jenkins (R), 'Love is a Long Road', Season 5, Ep. #12, 03/25/2014, ©TBS Cougar Town, Josh Hopkins (L), Ken Jenkins (R), 'Love is a Long Road', Season 5, Ep. #12, 03/25/2014, ©TBS Cougar Town, from left: Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Josh Hopkins, Brian Van Holt, Courteney Cox, Ken Jenkins, 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS Cougar Town, Josh Hopkins (L), Ken Jenkins (C), Courteney Cox (R), 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS Cougar Town, Ken Jenkins (L), Courteney Cox (C), Tippi Hedren (R), 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS Cougar Town, Tippi Hedren (L), Ken Jenkins (R), 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS Cougar Town, Tippi Hedren (L), Ken Jenkins (R), 'Have Love will Travel', Season 4, Ep. #15, 04/09/2013, ©TBS View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet 9/11: The Myth and the Reality Director - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Heart That Forgives Executive Producer - 2016
No Score Yet 67% Welcome to Paradise Reverend McNamara (Character) - 2007
55% 78% Home Room Police Captain (Character) - 2003
59% 49% The Sum of All Fears Admiral Pollack (Character) $118.5M 2002
No Score Yet 37% Balloon Farm Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thirst Lou Wolford (Character) - 1998
18% 23% Fled Warden Nichols (Character) $17.2M 1996
42% 51% Last Man Standing Capt. Tom Pickett (Character) $18.1M 1996
30% 57% Last Dance Warden Laverty (Character) $5.9M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Past the Bleachers Hilton Burberry (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 83% Hiroshima Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Time to Heal Don Peterson (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 53% Crossing the Bridge Lou Morgan (Character) $430.4K 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet A House of Secrets and Lies Ed Norwood (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Edge Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 65% Edge of Honor Bo Dubs (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 60% Shattered Dreams Hal Witt (Character) - 1990
13% 34% Air America Major Donald Lemond (Character) $29.2M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Avenger District Attorney Underwood (Character) - 1990
89% 83% The Abyss Gerard Kirkhill (Character) $54.3M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breaking Point Col. Lowe (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outside Woman Junior Miller (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Comes Around Larry (Character) - 1985

TV

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89% 82% Cougar Town Chick (Guest Star) 2010-2015
92% 57% black-ish Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
83% 86% Scrubs Dr. Bob Kelso (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		2001-2010
67% No Score Yet Homefront Mike Sloan, Sr. (Character) 1991-1993 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Souls Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
74% 86% The X-Files Deputy Chief Karras (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2000
64% No Score Yet Brutally Normal Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 93% Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pensacola: Wings of Gold Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 75% Sliders Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh Baby Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
19% No Score Yet Vengeance Unlimited Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Edition Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
33% No Score Yet The Magnificent Seven Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murphy Brown Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 92% Babylon 5 Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
83% 95% NYPD Blue Marshall Hastings (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Incident Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
60% No Score Yet Legend Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bitter Blood Unknown (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Jack Farrer (Guest Star) 1993
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Lars Durstin (Character) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Paul Beckstead (Guest Star) 1988-1990
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Dr. Paul Stubbs (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Sheriff (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Aubin (Character) 1974