J. Kenneth Campbell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Flushing, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Bluebird
Movie · as Deputy
The Only Good Indian
Movie · as McCoy
The Butcher's Daughter
Movie · as Richard Beaumont
Guess Who
Movie · as Nathan Rogers
Commander in Chief
TV · as The Admiral · 1 ep
Straight from the Heart
Movie · as Howard Jamison
Threat Matrix
TV · 1 ep
Collateral Damage
Movie · as Ed Coonts
Tomcats
Movie · as Mr. MacDonald
The Guardian
TV · as Mr. Lightstone · 1 ep
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
Movie · as Andy Glennon
Blue Streak
Movie · as Peterson, FBI
Angel
TV · as Angel's Father · 1 ep
Bulworth
Movie · as Anthony
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
Movie · as Flint Lukash
Charmed
TV · as Elias Lundy · 1 ep
Turbulence
Movie · as Captain Matt Powell
Ulee's Gold
Movie · as Sheriff Bill Floyd
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV · as Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall") · 1 ep
Ally McBeal
TV · as Donald Yorkin · 1 ep
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Doctor #1
Cosmic Slop
Movie · as Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
Cobb
Movie · as William Herschel Cobb
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Cotton · 1 ep
Deadfall
Movie · as Huey
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Col. Lucian Chandler · 1 ep
Frasier
TV · as Mr. Michaels · 1 ep
Interceptor
Movie · as Engineer
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Movie · as Ross
Melrose Place
TV · as Sheriff Spencer · 1 ep
Renegade
TV · as D.A. Dennis Piaza · 1 ep
Murder 101
Movie · as Tim Ryder
Flight of the Intruder
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Movie · as Todd Harris
The Last of the Finest
Movie · as Calvert
Johnny Ryan
Movie · as D.A. Frank Hogan
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
TV · as Stephen Matson · 3 eps
The Abyss
Movie · as DeMarco
An Innocent Man
Movie · as Lieutenant Freebery
Deadline: Madrid
Movie · as Paul Johnson
Waxwork
Movie · as Marquis de Sade
Favorite Son
TV · as Thomas · 3 eps
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie · as (voice)
The Survivalist
Movie · as President's Spokesman
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Movie · as Ray Anderson
Matlock
TV · as Ed Wingate, Scott Walker · 4 eps
Roanoak
TV · as Walter Ralegh · 3 eps
L.A. Law
TV · as Judge Walter Stone · 1 ep
Chiefs
TV · as Dr. Tom Manton · 1 ep
Cheers
TV · as Bob Speakes · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Walter Raleigh · 3 eps
The Changeling
Movie · as Security Guard
Love and Bullets
Movie · as Newscaster (uncredited)
The Crash of Flight 401
Movie
Cops and Robin
Movie · as Det. Furie
Wonder Woman
TV · as Taft · 1 ep