Mykel Shannon Jenkins

Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born July 3, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker whose professional career started when he became winner of the first season of the SOAPnet series I Wanna Be a Soap Star. Jenkin's career spans across numerous film and television productions, from soaps to network television to independent and studio films.
Career
His prize for winning I Wanna Be a Soap Star was a 13-week-contract on General Hospital as Officer Byron Murphy. He was dropped to a recurring role after his first the contract was over, and exited the soap when his character was shot and killed in 2005. In 2023 he was recast in a new role, a physical therapist for Curtis Ashford, a character on the show played by Donnell Turner.
After Jenkin's first run on General Hospital, he was cast in The Bold and the Beautiful on 2007, playing officer Charlie Baker.
In 2010, he co-starred with Scott Adkins in the direct-to-video martial arts film Undisputed III: Redemption. In 2017 Jenkins was in several projects, playing B.B. in Same Kind of Different as Me along with Greg Kinnear and Renée Zellweger, Detective Dawkins in The Wrong Mother for Lifetime Television, Dr. Orson in Teleios, and as Mickey James in The Gods, a film he also wrote and produced. In 2021 Jenkins played Jim in Bao Tran's action comedy The Paper Tigers, released by Well Go USA Entertainment. The sequel of The Gods, The Gods II, was released in 2023 by Echelon Studios.
Jenkins is slated to co-star with Morgan Freeman and Luke Hemsworth on Gunner, a film directed by Dimitri Logothetis.
Personal life
Jenkins graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Filmography
Double Jeopardy (1999) as Doorman
Baller Blockin' (2000) as Garr
Employee Dang (2003) as Mike
I Wanna Be a Soap Star (2004) as himself
General Hospital (2004–05) as Officer Byron Murphy
Stuck In The Suburbs (2004) as V.J.
Mr. 3000 (2004) as Reporter
Gang Warz (2004) as Dex
"Dad's Positive"(2006) as Brother
Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil (2006) as Meideros
Family Curse (2006) as Arthur
Lucky You (2007) as Gary
The Bold and the Beautiful (2007-2012) as Detective Charlie Baker
The Great Observer (2008) (post-production) as Frankie Duson
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) as Jericho 'Turbo' Jones
Kick Ass 2 (2013) as James
The Masked Saint (2016) as Detective Harper
The Last Heist (2016) as Unknown
The Gods (2017) as Mickey James
Teleios (2017) as Dr. Orson
Same Kind of Different as Me (2017) as B.B.
The Paper Tigers (2020) as Jim
The Gods II: The Dark Side (2023) as Mickey James
Guest appearances
I'm with Her (2003) Attendant
I Wanna Be a Soap Star (2004) Himself
Dr. Vegas (2004) Darell 'Sandman' Bay
Medical Investigation (2004) David Thorn
General Hospital (2004–2005) Officer Byron Murphy
Soap Talk (2005) Himself
Charmed (Episode: "Still Charmed & Kicking" and "Malice in Wonderland") (2005) Paul Haas
In Justice (2006) Billy Daniels
CSI: Miami (2006) Chris Ryder
Ugly Betty (Episodes: "Petra-Gate" and "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara") (2007) Tavares
McDonald's Commercial (2012) New Spicy Chicken McBites, Pool Game
References
External links
1969 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
African-American male actors
American male film actors
Reality casting show winners
American male soap opera actors
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American people