
J. Kenneth Campbell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-22 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Flushing, New York, USA
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.
Acting
(2014)
Bluebird
as Deputy
(2009)
The Only Good Indian
as McCoy
(2008)
The Butcher's Daughter
as Richard Beaumont
(2005)
Guess Who
as Nathan Rogers
(2003)
Straight From the Heart
as Howard Jamison
(2002)
Collateral Damage
as Ed Coonts
(2001)
Tomcats
as Mr. MacDonald
(1999)
Blue Streak
as Peterson, FBI
(1999)
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
as Andy Glennon
(1998)
Bulworth
as Anthony
(1998)
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
as Flint Lukash
(1997)
Turbulence
as Captain Matt Powell
(1997)
Ulee's Gold
as Sheriff Bill Floyd
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Doctor #1
(1994)
Cobb
as William Herschel Cobb
(1994)
Cosmic Slop
as Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
(1993)
Deadfall
as Huey
(1992)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Ross
(1992)
Interceptor
as Engineer
(1991)
Flight of the Intruder
as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
(1991)
Murder 101
as Tim Ryder
(1990)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Todd Harris
(1990)
The Last of the Finest
as Calvert
(1989)
The Abyss
as DeMarco
(1989)
An Innocent Man
as Lieutenant Freebery
(1988)
Waxwork
as Marquis de Sade
(1988)
Deadline: Madrid
as Paul Johnson
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
(1987)
The Survivalist
as President's Spokesman
(1986)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
as Ray Anderson
(1986)
Roanoak
as Walter Ralegh
(1980)
The Changeling
as Security Guard
(1979)
Love and Bullets
as Newscaster (uncredited)
(1978)
(1978)
Cops and Robin
as Det. Furie