J. Kenneth Campbell
Born
July 22, 1947 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Flushing, New York, USA
J. Kenneth Campbell's acting career has taken him from Broadway to feature films and television. His many films include Bulworth, Ulee's Gold, Guess Who?, Mars Attacks and The Abyss. He recently completed filming director Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Only Good Indian, in which Campbell plays a lead role, alongside Wes Studi (Avatar, Last of the Mohicans). On television, Campbell has appeared in Commander in Chief, Frasier, Charmed, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Matlock, L.A. Law and many other series. Campbell was born in Flushing, New York, in 1947 the second of seven children. He was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. It was at The University of Arizona where he discovered his calling. Forsaking the "security" of a college degree, he entered "The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater" to study acting with Sanford Miesner. Non-academic acting students in 1967 became automatically eligible for the Selective Service and in the middle of his second year at the Playhouse, Campbell was drafted into the U.S. Army. He retaliated, by joining the Marines. He was wounded in action, and after months of recuperation, he returned to The Playhouse and finished the program. Campbell has worked, on stage, in film and on television ever since.
Bluebird
Deputy
2014
The Only Good Indian
McCoy
2009
The Butcher's Daughter
Richard Beaumont
2008
Commander in Chief
The Admiral · (1 episode)
2005
Guess Who
Nathan Rogers
2005
Threat Matrix
(1 episode)
2003
Straight From the Heart
Howard Jamison
2003
Collateral Damage
Ed Coonts
2002
The Guardian
Mr. Lightstone · (1 episode)
2001
Tomcats
Mr. MacDonald
2001
Angel
Angel's Father · (1 episode)
1999
Blue Streak
Peterson, FBI
1999
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
Andy Glennon
1999
Charmed
Elias Lundy · (1 episode)
1998
Bulworth
Anthony
1998
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
Flint Lukash
1998
Ally McBeal
Donald Yorkin · (1 episode)
1997
Ulee's Gold
Sheriff Bill Floyd
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall") · (1 episode)
1997
Turbulence
Captain Matt Powell
1997
Mars Attacks!
Doctor #1
1996
Cobb
William Herschel Cobb
1994
Cosmic Slop
Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
1994
Touched by an Angel
Cotton · (1 episode)
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Col. Lucian Chandler · (1 episode)
1993
Deadfall
Huey
1993
Frasier
Mr. Michaels · (1 episode)
1993
Interceptor
Engineer
1992
Renegade
D.A. Dennis Piaza · (1 episode)
1992
Melrose Place
Sheriff Spencer · (1 episode)
1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Ross
1992
Murder 101
Tim Ryder
1991
Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Todd Harris
1990
The Last of the Finest
Calvert
1990
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Stephen Matson · (3 episodes)
1990
An Innocent Man
Lieutenant Freebery
1989
The Abyss
DeMarco
1989
Favorite Son
Thomas · (3 episodes)
1988
Deadline: Madrid
Paul Johnson
1988
Waxwork
Marquis de Sade
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
1987
The Survivalist
President's Spokesman
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Ray Anderson
1986
Roanoak
Walter Ralegh
1986
Chiefs
Dr. Tom Manton · (3 episodes)
1983
Cheers
Bob Speakes · (1 episode)
1982
The Changeling
Security Guard
1980
Love and Bullets
Newscaster (uncredited)
1979
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Cops and Robin
Det. Furie
1978
Wonder Woman
Taft · (1 episode)
1975