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