Ken Jenkins (born August 28 1940, Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor, best known as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs, and the 1992 Tour Cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for playing young Toby.
In 1969, he co-founded the Actors Theatre of Louisville and served as the Associate Artistic Director for three years. This institution has produced some of America’s best budding 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", a season-3 episode of Star Trek The Next Generation.
He has also appeared in movies such as Gone in Sixty Seconds, I Am Sam, The Sum of All Fears and the 1998 remake of Psycho.
Jenkins can play the acoustic guitar, and is seen doing so on an episode of Scrubs.
Kenneth Walton Jenkins (born May 8, 1959 in Washington, D. C.) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Bucknell University.
A versatile veteran of film, television and theater, Ken Jenkins began his acting career performing in high school theater productions in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and to discover in myself a love for the theater that has shaped my life," says Jenkins. Jenkins went on to study acting at Antioch College while continuing to perform on Broadway and in regional companies throughout his college years. In 1969 he co-founded and served for three years as Associate Artistic Director for the prestigious Actor's Theatre of Louisville, which became known as a breeding ground for some of America's best new playwrights, including Beth Henley and Marsha Norman. Jenkins continued to work with the theater as an actor, director and writer through 1983. Over his 30 years in the theater, Jenkins has been associated with an average of 10 plays a year as an actor, director or playwright. He has portrayed Hamlet and Cyrano and performed in other classics by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Shaw and Molière. One of his favorite roles, however, was "The Duke," which he played opposite his son, 'Daniel Jenkins', in the 1985 Broadway musical, "Big River." In 1987 Jenkins appeared in John Sayles' critically acclaimed feature film, Matewan (1987) which opened the actor to the joys of acting for the camera. Most recently seen in _The Sum of All Fears (2002)_ with 'Morgan Freeman' and I Am Sam (2001) with Sean Penn (I), his other feature-film credits include Courage Under Fire (1996), _The Abyss (1989)_, Air America (1990) and _Last Man Standing (1996)_. Jenkins' television credits include a co-starring role for two seasons on _"Homefront"_ two seasons recurring on _"Wiseguy"(1987)_ and guest-starring roles on _"The X-Files"(1993)_, _"Family Law"(1999)_ and _"Chicago Hope"(1994)_. He has also starred in the television movies _Thirst(1998)_, _Hiroshima (1995)_ and _And the Band Played On (1993) _ Jenkins is an avid woodworker and a skilled dog trainer.
