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Biography

Ken Jenkins has been acting for the vast majority of his life. He began acting in various high school theatre productions in Dayton, where…more

Born

8/28/1940, Dayton, Ohio

Birth Name

Kenneth Jenkins

Gender

Male

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Role
- Scrubs
  Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso
  - S 8: Ep 19 My Finale, Part 2
    5/6/09
  - S 8: Ep 18 My Finale
    5/6/09
  - S 8: Ep 17 My Chief Concern
    5/5/09
  - S 8: Ep 16 My Cuz
    4/22/09
  - S 8: Ep 15 My Soul On Fire, Part 2
    4/15/09
  - + 164 More Credits
- Homefront
  Mike Sloan
  - S 2: Ep 18 All Good Things
    4/26/93
  - S 2: Ep 17 Shabbat Shalom
    4/26/93
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Lacemakers
    4/13/93
  - S 2: Ep 15 By Word or Act
    4/6/93
  - S 2: Ep 14 Garfield Slept Here
    3/30/93
  - + 35 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Scrubs
  Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso
  - S 9: Ep 12 Our Driving Issues
    3/10/10
  - S 9: Ep 11 Our Dear Leaders
    1/26/10
  - S 9: Ep 10 Our True Lies
    1/19/10
  - S 9: Ep 7 Our White Coats
    1/5/10
  - S 9: Ep 6 Our New Girl-Bro
    1/1/10
  - + 4 More Credits
- Wiseguy
  Paul Beckstead
  - S 4: Ep 1 Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (1)
    11/10/90
  - S 3: Ep 18 Hello Buckwheat
    3/14/90
  - S 2: Ep 19 Living and Dying in 4/4 Time
    5/10/89
  - S 2: Ep 17 Hip Hop on the Gravy Train
    4/12/89
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Rip-Off Stick
    3/22/89
  - + 7 More Credits
Guest Star (35)

Role
- Cougar Town
  Chick
  - S 3: Ep 12 Square One
    5/15/12
  - S 3: Ep 5 A One Story Town
    3/13/12
- All Souls
  Dr. Lohman
  - S 1: Ep 5 Running Scared
    8/24/01
- The X-Files
  Deputy Chief Karras
  - S 8: Ep 12 Medusa
    2/11/01
- Family Law
  Judge William Jankowski
  - S 2: Ep 10 Generations
    12/11/00
  - S 1: Ep 22 Love and Money
    5/1/00
- Brutally Normal
  Mr. Kirschner / Thomas Jefferson
  - S 1: Ep 2 Barricade
    1/24/00
- Sliders
  Professor Jack Bigelow
  - S 5: Ep 16 Dust
    1/21/00
- Chicago Hope
  Jim Carroll
  - S 6: Ep 12 Letting Go
    1/20/00
- Beverly Hills 90210
  Pastor Neal
  - S 10: Ep 13 Tainted Love
    1/12/00
  - S 10: Ep 8 Baby You Can Drive My Car
    11/10/99
  - S 10: Ep 7 Laying Pipe
    11/3/99
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  General Mitchell Burke
  - S 3: Ep 7 Burke's Breach
    10/23/99
- Sliders
  Robert Clark
  - S 4: Ep 22 Revelations
    4/23/99
- Vengeance Unlimited
  Jack Humphrey
  - S 1: Ep 15 Legalese
    2/11/99
- Oh Baby
  Fred Calloway
  - S 1: Ep 12 Anniversary
    12/1/98
- Early Edition
  Winston Thorpe
  - S 3: Ep 8 Deadline
    11/14/98
- The Magnificent Seven
  Mr. Wheeler
  - S 1: Ep 6 Witness
    1/31/98
- Murphy Brown
  Paul Cookson
  - S 10: Ep 9 Tempus Fugit
    11/24/97
- Babylon 5
  Captain Trevor Hall
  - S 4: Ep 15 No Surrender, No Retreat
    5/29/97
- NYPD Blue
  Mr. Marshall Hastings
  - S 4: Ep 18 I Love Lucy
    4/22/97
- Chicago Hope
  Stanley McGee
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Virus
    5/8/95
- Legend
  Ethan Catridge Steele
  - S 1: Ep 3 Legend on His President's Secret Service
    5/2/95
- Cybill
  Ed
  - S 1: Ep 3 As The World Turns to Crap
    1/16/95
- Stephen King's The Stand
  Peter Goldsmith
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Dreams
    5/9/94
- Hearts Afire
  Mr. Conway
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Big Yes
    4/25/94
- Mad About You
  Jack Farrer
  - S 2: Ep 4 Married to the Job
    10/7/93
- Sisters
  Judge Guisewite
  - S 4: Ep 1 Back on Track
    9/25/93
- thirtysomething
  Lars Durstin
  - S 4: Ep 21 A Stop at Willoughby
    5/14/91
- Mancuso, FBI
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 18 Night of the Living Shred
    3/30/90
  - S 1: Ep 15 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (2)
    2/16/90
  - S 1: Ep 14 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1)
    2/16/90
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Dr. Paul Stubbs
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evolution
    9/25/89
- The Young Riders
  Dog Man - edited out
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Kid
    9/20/89
- Hard Time on Planet Earth
  Sergeant Burdick
  - S 1: Ep 3 Losing Control
    3/15/89
- Dallas
  Captain
  - S 12: Ep 5 Road Work
    12/2/88
- Knots Landing
  Chick
  - S 10: Ep 2 Borderline
    11/3/88
- Newhart
  Al Griswold
  - S 7: Ep 1 Town Without Pity
    10/24/88
- Amen
  The Pilot
  - S 3: Ep 1 Fear of Flying
    10/8/88
- The Equalizer
  Sheriff
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Children's Song
    10/30/85
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 129 March 17, 1972
    3/17/72

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Kara is Officially Gone from American Idol

By Tim Surette, Sep 07, 2010

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- Ken is said to be the actor least like his character on Scrubs
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- Ken Jenkins is most famous for his role on NBC sitcom Scrubs as Dr. Bob Kelso.
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- The first film Ken Jenkins appeared in was Matewan (which opened in 1987).
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- Ken Jenkins: (about working with Bill Lawrence) Bill is so good at preparing things for the last second, it's no use preparing for a character because at the last second, it's going to change beautifully.
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- Ken Jenkins: (on working with the crew of Scrubs) To have the opportunity to play with the same team for a number of years so you really know each other's timing, each other's move, it's a fantastic gift.
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- Ken Jenkins: (on why he does not watch American Idol) I don't like watching contests because I don't like watching people lose. It makes me squirm.
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