J. Kenneth Campbell
Born July 22, 1947 (Age: 78)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Bluebird
2014
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as Deputy
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Age: 66
Guess Who
2005
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as Nathan Rogers
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Age: 57
Collateral Damage
2002
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as Ed Coonts
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Age: 54
Tomcats
2001
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as Mr. MacDonald
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Age: 53
Blue Streak
1999
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as Peterson, FBI
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Age: 52
Bulworth
1998
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as Anthony
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Age: 50
Turbulence
1997
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as Captain Matt Powell
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Age: 49
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Doctor #1
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Age: 49
Cobb
1994
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as William Herschel Cobb
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Age: 47
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
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as Ross
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Age: 44
Flight of the Intruder
1991
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as Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
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Age: 43
The Last of the Finest
1990
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as Calvert
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Age: 42
An Innocent Man
1989
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as Lieutenant Freebery
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Age: 42
The Abyss
1989
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as DeMarco
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Age: 42
Waxwork
1988
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as Marquis de Sade
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Age: 40
The Changeling
1980
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as Security Guard
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Age: 32
Cops and Robin
1978
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as Det. Furie
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Age: 30