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Ken Medlock


Biography

Ken Medlock was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. Medlock's early roles were in action films like "Extreme Prejudice" (1987) with Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe and "Bulletproof" (1988) starring Gary Busey. He additionally landed roles in the TV movies "Getting Married" (CBS, 1977-78) and "Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold" (NBC, 1978-79). He kep...

Biography

Ken Medlock was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. Medlock's early roles were in action films like "Extreme Prejudice" (1987) with Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe and "Bulletproof" (1988) starring Gary Busey. He additionally landed roles in the TV movies "Getting Married" (CBS, 1977-78) and "Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold" (NBC, 1978-79). He kept working in film throughout the eighties and the nineties, starring in the crime picture "Johnny Handsome" (1989) with Mickey Rourke, the Eddie Murphy action film "Another 48 Hours" (1990) and the Edward James Olmos dramatic sports film "Talent for the Game" (1991). Recently, he continued to act in "Last Man Standing" (1996) with Bruce Willis, "Undisputed" (2002) with Wesley Snipes and "The Bad News Bears" (2005) with Billy Bob Thornton. He also appeared in the sports comedy "The Comebacks" (2007) with David Koechner. Most recently, Medlock acted in the Brad Pitt biographical drama "Moneyball" (2011).

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