Acting · Flushing, New York, USA · Born July 22, 1947
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.
MovieBluebird
2014
as Deputy
MovieThe Only Good Indian
2009
as McCoy
MovieThe Butcher's Daughter
2008
as Richard Beaumont
TVCommander in Chief
2005
as The Admiral
MovieGuess Who
2005
as Nathan Rogers
TVThreat Matrix
2003
MovieStraight from the Heart
2003
as Howard Jamison
MovieCollateral Damage
2002
as Ed Coonts
TVThe Guardian
2001
as Mr. Lightstone
MovieTomcats
2001
as Mr. MacDonald
TVAngel
1999
as Angel's Father
MovieBlue Streak
1999
as Peterson, FBI
MovieMichael Landon, the Father I Knew
1999
as Andy Glennon
TVCharmed
1998
as Elias Lundy
MovieBulworth
1998
as Anthony
MovieOperation Delta Force 2: Mayday
1998
as Flint Lukash
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Donald Yorkin
MovieUlee's Gold
1997
as Sheriff Bill Floyd
TVBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall")
MovieTurbulence
1997
as Captain Matt Powell
MovieMars Attacks!
1996
as Doctor #1
MovieCobb
1994
as William Herschel Cobb
MovieCosmic Slop
1994
as Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Cotton
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Col. Lucian Chandler
MovieDeadfall
1993
as Huey
TVFrasier
1993
as Mr. Michaels
MovieInterceptor
1992
as Engineer
TVRenegade
1992
as D.A. Dennis Piaza
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Sheriff Spencer
MovieStop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
as Ross
MovieMurder 101
1991
as Tim Ryder
MovieFlight of the Intruder
1991
as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
MovieThe Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Todd Harris
MovieJohnny Ryan
1990
as D.A. Frank Hogan
MovieThe Last of the Finest
1990
as Calvert
TVDrug Wars: The Camarena Story
1990
as Stephen Matson
MovieAn Innocent Man
1989
as Lieutenant Freebery
MovieThe Abyss
1989
as DeMarco
TVFavorite Son
1988
as Thomas
MovieDeadline: Madrid
1988
as Paul Johnson
MovieWaxwork
1988
as Marquis de Sade
MovieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as (voice)
MovieThe Survivalist
1987
as President's Spokesman
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986
as Ray Anderson
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Judge Walter Stone
MovieRoanoak
1986
as Walter Ralegh
TVRoanoak
1986
as Walter Ralegh
TVMatlock
1986
as Ed Wingate
TVChiefs
1983
as Dr. Tom Manton
TVCheers
1982
as Bob Speakes
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Walter Raleigh
MovieThe Changeling
1980
as Security Guard
MovieLove and Bullets
1979
as Newscaster (uncredited)
MovieThe Crash of Flight 401
1978
MovieCops and Robin
1978
as Det. Furie
TVWonder Woman
1975
as Taft
