Ken Jenkins Biography

I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams and to discover in myself a love for the theater that has shaped my life says Jenkins. Jenkins went on to study acting at Antioch College while continuing to perform on Broadway and in regional companies throughout his college years. In 1969 he co-founded and served for three years as Associate Artistic Director for the prestigious Actor's Theatre of Louisville which became known as a breeding ground for some of America's best new playwrights including Beth Henley and Marsha Norman. Jenkins continued to work with the theater as an actor director and writer through 1983.
Over his 30 years in the theater Jenkins has been associated with an average of 10 plays a year as an actor director or playwright. He has portrayed Hamlet and Cyrano and performed in other classics by Shakespeare Ibsen Shaw and Molière. One of his favorite roles however was The Duke which he played opposite his son 'Daniel Jenkins' in the 1985 Broadway musical Big River.
In 1987 Jenkins appeared in John Sayles' critically acclaimed feature film Matewan (1987) which opened the actor to the joys of acting for the camera. Most recently seen in The Sum of All Fears (2002) with 'Morgan Freeman' and I Am Sam (2001) with Sean Penn his other feature-film credits include Courage Under Fire (1996) Air America (1990) and Last Man Standing (1996).

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