As of August 2026, J. Kenneth Campbell is best known for Matlock. Find every show and movie J. Kenneth Campbell has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
J. Kenneth Campbell

J. Kenneth Campbell

Actor Born 1947 Flushing, New York, USA 1 TV Shows 8 Movies

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 has built a filmography of 9 credits over a career spanning from 1980 to 2005.

J. Kenneth Campbell's most notable role to date came in Mars Attacks! (1996), where he played Doctor #1. He also appeared in The Abyss (1989) as DeMarco. Most recently appeared in Blue Streak (1999) as Peterson, FBI.

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📺 J. Kenneth Campbell's TV Shows

Matlock
Ed Wingate
1986

🎬 J. Kenneth Campbell's Movies

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Ross
1992
Mars Attacks!
Doctor #1
1996
The Abyss
DeMarco
1989
Blue Streak
Peterson, FBI
1999
Guess Who
Nathan Rogers
2005
Collateral Damage
Ed Coonts
2002
The Changeling
Security Guard
1980
Bulworth
Anthony
1998

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