Ken Hudson Campbell

Ken Hudson Campbell
Born	Kenneth Hudson Campbell (1962-06-05) June 5, 1962 Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, improvisational comedian

Kenneth Hudson Campbell (born June 5, 1962) is an American actor.

Early life

Ken Campbell attended York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Columbia College Chicago as a film major. He began training in comedic improvisation at The Players Worksop of The Second City in 1983. He then performed with the comedy group Contents Under Pressure before joining The Second City's National Touring Company. He then became a member of the Resident Company of The Second City Northwest, and after 3 revues there he was hired on to The Second City's e.t.c. Theater as well, before moving to Los Angeles, CA.

Career

While he was still a member of The Second City, Campbell played Santa in Home Alone. He then played "Animal" for three years on the Fox television series Herman's Head. He was Buckman in the Fox 1996 submarine comedy Down Periscope. Campbell appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Seven", where he played Ken, the husband of Susan's first cousin, Carrie. He played "Bruce", the owner of a bookstore in the 1997 Disney Channel Original Movie Under Wraps. He appeared as oil driller Max Lennert in the film Armageddon, and as the "Man in Hall" in Groundhog Day. Campbell provided the voice of Baby Bob in the CBS television series Baby Bob and commercial campaigns for FreeInternet.com and Quiznos.

Campbell was the voice of the beaver Gordon along with Norm Macdonald in Canadian Bell Mobility phone commercials and served for a decade as the primary imaging voice for Cleveland adult hits station WHLK "106.5 The Lake." He is presently the primary voice heard on KYOT 95.5 "The Mountain" radio in Phoenix, Arizona.

He voiced the bear, Boomer, in the animated film Wonder Park (2019), and the consequent animated series on Nickelodeon.

Personal life

In October 2023, Campbell was diagnosed with cancer. After securing money through a fundraiser, he underwent surgery in December of that year to remove a tumor that had grown on the bottom of his mouth.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Home Alone	Santa
1993	Groundhog Day	Man in Hallway
1996	Down Periscope	Buckman
1997	Under Wraps	Bruce
1998	Armageddon	Max Lennert
1998	The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story	Wolf 1
1999	Breakfast of Champions	Eliot Rosewater / Gilbert
2000	Titan A.E.	Po
2000	Coyote Ugly	Biker
2000	The Ladies Man	Hal
2000	Joseph: King of Dreams	Baker
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Various roles
2002	Showtime	Cop in Gym
2002	Boat Trip	Tom
2004	A One Time Thing	Sean
2005	Bewitched	Writer
2007	Stories USA	Chester
2014	Live Nude Girls	Cannonball Calhoun
2017	Above Ground	Jake Liebig
2017	The Trouble with Mistletoe	Uber Driver
2018	Adolescence	Record Store Owner
2019	Wonder Park	Boomer	Voice Role
2021	Digging to Death	Mark Armstrong

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Life As We Know It!	Ensemble	Television film
1991–1994	Herman's Head	Animal (Lust) / Chuck	72 episodes
1992	Dinosaurs	Crazy Lou	Episode: "Leader of the Pack"
1995	What a Cartoon!	Elmo	Episode: "Drip Dry Drips"
1996	Seinfeld	Ken	Episode: "The Seven"
1996	Duckman	Guyville Denizen	Episode: "Exile in Guyville"
1996	Local Heroes	Eddie Trakacs	7 episodes
1996, 1997	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Various voices	2 episodes
1997	The Naked Truth	Roland, the Cab Driver	Episode: "A Year in a Life"
1997	Life with Louie	Ben Glenn	2 episodes
1997	Under Wraps	Bruce	Television film
1998	Caroline in the City	Gil	Episode: "Caroline and the Drycleaner"
1998	Fantasy Island	Jerry Potsweiler	Episode: "Handymen"
2000	Strangers with Candy	Glenn the Bus Driver	Episode: "The Blank Page"
2000	God, the Devil and Bob	Barry	5 episodes
2002–2003	Baby Bob	Baby Bob / Neighbor	14 episodes
2003	My Big Fat Greek Life	Joe the Cop	Episode: "The Free Lunch"
2003	The Practice	Roland Huff	4 episodes
2006	The Loop	Spencer	Episode: "Bear Drop Soup"
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Painter	Episode: "The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial"
2010	United States of Tara	Caterer	Episode: "From This Day Forward"
2011	Meter Men	Dr. Lima	Television film
2012	Gravity Falls	Ergman Bratzman	Episode: "Boyz Crazy"
2015	Mike & Molly	Big Stain	Episode: "Buy the Book"
2015	You'll Be Fine	Merlin	Episode: "Merlin the Mistake"
2015	Girl Meets World	Jingles the Clown	Episode: "Girl Meets Cory and Topanga"

External links

• Ken Hudson Campbell at IMDb