J. Kenneth Campbell
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
All Movies (36)
- Bluebird2014 · as Deputy
- The Only Good Indian2009 · as McCoy
- The Butcher's Daughter2008 · as Richard Beaumont
- Guess Who2005 · as Nathan Rogers
- Straight From the Heart2003 · as Howard Jamison
- Collateral Damage2002 · as Ed Coonts
- Tomcats2001 · as Mr. MacDonald
- Blue Streak1999 · as Peterson, FBI
- Michael Landon, the Father I Knew1999 · as Andy Glennon
- Bulworth1998 · as Anthony
- Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday1998 · as Flint Lukash
- Ulee's Gold1997 · as Sheriff Bill Floyd
- Turbulence1997 · as Captain Matt Powell
- Mars Attacks!1996 · as Doctor #1
- Cobb1994 · as William Herschel Cobb
- Cosmic Slop1994 · as Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
- Deadfall1993 · as Huey
- Interceptor1992 · as Engineer
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot1992 · as Ross
- Murder 1011991 · as Tim Ryder
- Flight of the Intruder1991 · as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake1990 · as Todd Harris
- Johnny Ryan1990 · as D.A. Frank Hogan
- The Last of the Finest1990 · as Calvert
- An Innocent Man1989 · as Lieutenant Freebery
- The Abyss1989 · as DeMarco
- Deadline: Madrid1988 · as Paul Johnson
- Waxwork1988 · as Marquis de Sade
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987 · as (voice)
- The Survivalist1987 · as President's Spokesman
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star1986 · as Ray Anderson
- Roanoak1986 · as Walter Ralegh
- The Changeling1980 · as Security Guard
- Love and Bullets1979 · as Newscaster (uncredited)
- The Crash of Flight 4011978
- Cops and Robin1978 · as Det. Furie
All TV Shows (20)
- Commander in Chief2005 · as The Admiral
- Threat Matrix2003
- The Guardian2001 · as Mr. Lightstone
- Angel1999 · as Angel's Father
- Charmed1998 · as Elias Lundy
- Ally McBeal1997 · as Donald Yorkin
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction1997 · as Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall")
- Touched by an Angel1994 · as Cotton
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Col. Lucian Chandler
- Frasier1993 · as Mr. Michaels
- Renegade1992 · as D.A. Dennis Piaza
- Melrose Place1992 · as Sheriff Spencer
- Drug Wars: The Camarena Story1990 · as Stephen Matson
- Favorite Son1988 · as Thomas
- Roanoak1986 · as Walter Ralegh
- Matlock1986 · as Ed Wingate
- Matlock1986 · as Scott Walker
- Chiefs1983 · as Dr. Tom Manton
- Cheers1982 · as Bob Speakes
- Wonder Woman1975 · as Taft






