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