J. Kenneth Campbell
Born: 1947-07-22 in Flushing, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2014
- Bluebird as Deputy
2009
- The Only Good Indian as McCoy
2008
- The Butcher's Daughter as Richard Beaumont
2005
- Commander in Chief as The Admiral
- Guess Who as Nathan Rogers
2003
- Threat Matrix
- Straight From the Heart as Howard Jamison
2002
- Collateral Damage as Ed Coonts
2001
- The Guardian as Mr. Lightstone
- Tomcats as Mr. MacDonald
1999
- Angel as Angel's Father
- Blue Streak as Peterson, FBI
- Michael Landon, the Father I Knew as Andy Glennon
1998
- Charmed as Elias Lundy
- Bulworth as Anthony
- Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday as Flint Lukash
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall")
- Ally McBeal as Donald Yorkin
- Turbulence as Captain Matt Powell
- Ulee's Gold as Sheriff Bill Floyd
1996
- Mars Attacks! as Doctor #1
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Cotton
- Cobb as William Herschel Cobb
- Cosmic Slop as Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
1993
- Frasier as Mr. Michaels
- Diagnosis: Murder as Col. Lucian Chandler
- Deadfall as Huey
1992
- Melrose Place as Sheriff Spencer
- Renegade as D.A. Dennis Piaza
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Ross
- Interceptor as Engineer
1991
- Flight of the Intruder as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
- Murder 101 as Tim Ryder
1990
- Drug Wars: The Camarena Story as Stephen Matson
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Todd Harris
- The Last of the Finest as Calvert
- Johnny Ryan as D.A. Frank Hogan
1989
- The Abyss as DeMarco
- An Innocent Man as Lieutenant Freebery
1988
- Favorite Son as Thomas
- Waxwork as Marquis de Sade
- Deadline: Madrid as Paul Johnson
1987
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
- The Survivalist as President's Spokesman
1986
- Matlock as Ed Wingate
- Roanoak as Walter Ralegh
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star as Ray Anderson
- Roanoak as Walter Ralegh
1983
- Chiefs as Dr. Tom Manton
1982
- Cheers as Bob Speakes
1980
- The Changeling as Security Guard
1979
- Love and Bullets as Newscaster (uncredited)
1978
- The Crash of Flight 401
- Cops and Robin as Det. Furie
1975
- Wonder Woman as Taft