Ken Jenkins born August 28 1940 is an American actor best known for his role as Dr Bob Kelso the curmudgeonly Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs In 1969 he cofounded the Actors Theatre of Louisville and served as the Associate Artistic Director for three years This institution has produced playwrights such as Beth Henley and Marsha Norman Jenkins previously appeared on the series Adult Math as well as episodes of Homefront The XFiles episode Medusa season 8 Babylon 5 and Evolution the Season three premiere episode of Star Trek The Next Generation Sliders 2 episodes 19992000 Dust 2000 TV episode Professor Jack Bigelow Revelations 1999 TV episode Robert Clark He has appeared in the movies Executive Decision The Abyss Air America Last Man Standing Fled Gone in 60 Seconds I Am Sam The Sum of All Fears Matewan Courage Under Fire and the 1998 remake of Psycho He appeared as the father of Fran Goldsmith in Stephen Kings TV miniseries The Stand Jenkins also had a role in Clockstoppers Jenkins can sing and play the acoustic guitar and is seen doing so on the Scrubs episodes My Tuscaloosa Heart and My Musical Jenkins also has a recurring role on Cougar Town since October 27 2010 as Jules played by Courteney Cox father Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Jenkins licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia