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.
Movie | The Only Good Indian | McCoy | 2009-12-01 |
Movie | Guess Who | Nathan Rogers | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Straight From the Heart | Howard Jamison | 2003-02-09 |
Movie | Collateral Damage | Ed Coonts | 2002-02-06 |
Movie | Tomcats | Mr. MacDonald | 2001-03-30 |
Movie | Michael Landon, the Father I Knew | Andy Glennon | 1999-05-23 |
Movie | Blue Streak | Peterson, FBI | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday | Flint Lukash | 1998-04-10 |
Movie | Bulworth | Anthony | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Ulee's Gold | Sheriff Bill Floyd | 1997-06-13 |
Movie | Turbulence | Captain Matt Powell | 1997-01-09 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | Doctor #1 | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | Cosmic Slop | Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment') | 1994-11-08 |
Movie | Cobb | William Herschel Cobb | 1994-12-02 |
Series | Frasier | Mr. Michaels | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Deadfall | Huey | 1993-10-08 |
Movie | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Ross | 1992-02-21 |
Movie | Interceptor | Engineer | 1992-10-13 |
Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker | 1991-01-18 |
Movie | Murder 101 | Tim Ryder | 1991-03-20 |
Series | Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Stephen Matson | 1990-01-07 |
Movie | The Last of the Finest | Calvert | 1990-03-09 |
Movie | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Todd Harris | 1990-11-11 |
Movie | The Abyss | DeMarco | 1989-08-09 |
Movie | An Innocent Man | Lieutenant Freebery | 1989-10-06 |
Movie | Waxwork | Marquis de Sade | 1988-06-17 |
Series | Favorite Son | Thomas | 1988-10-30 |
Movie | The Survivalist | President's Spokesman | 1987-01-02 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Roanoak | Walter Ralegh | 1986-05-26 |
Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star | Ray Anderson | 1986-11-08 |
Movie | The Changeling | Security Guard | 1980-03-28 |
Movie | Love and Bullets | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1979-04-05 |
Movie | Cops and Robin | Det. Furie | 1978-03-28 |
Movie | The Crash of Flight 401 | 1978-10-29 |