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