Kent Shocknek
Actor
December 2, 1956 (69 years)
Kent Shocknek (born Kent Schoknecht, December 2, 1956, in Berkeley, California) is an American actor and former television news anchor. He simplified the spelling of his surname upon arriving in Los Angeles and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California. Over a 36-year journalism career, he became Southern California's first and longest-running morning news anchor, later anchoring prime-time newscasts at CBS-owned stations KCBS and KCAL. By the time he retired from news anchoring in August 2014, he was credited with having logged more hours anchoring local TV news than anyone else in Los Angeles history, and the city designated two separate "Kent Shocknek Days" in his honor. He won eight regional Emmy Awards for his reporting. His transition to acting was facilitated by his on-screen familiarity, and he has since appeared in over 100 film and television productions, typically portraying newscasters, executives, attorneys, and other authority figures. His most notable film credits include Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Catch Me If You Can (2002, directed by Steven Spielberg), Transformers (2007), Fast Five (2011), Disturbia (2007), Nightcrawler (2014), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Eagle Eye (2008), and Jobs (2013). On television, he is best known for his recurring role as newsman Guy Ross in NCIS (2004–2019) and its spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles, with additional credits in Criminal Minds and Bosch. He also hosts the nationally syndicated radio show Premiere Magazine Live! with his wife Karen Walters.
Filmography
| 2026 | Lanterns · as News Anchor |
| 2026 | The Dink · as Reporter #2 |
| 2026 | R.J. Decker · as News Anchor |
| 2025 | Lilly Lives Alone · as Man Outside Grocery Store |
| 2025 | Gator Lake · as Reporter PaulOn Plex |
| 2023 | Raveland · as Jacobed's Father |
| 2022 | Psycho Sweet 16 · as News Anchor |
| 2021 | Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon · as Tv News Anchor |
| 2021 | Secrets of Sulphur Springs · as News Anchor |
| 2020 | Tommy · as Anchor |
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky · as Cast |
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones · as Announcer |
| 2019 | Shrill · as Anchor |
| 2018 | Manifest · as News Commentator |
| 2018 | The Purge · as Reporter |
| 2018 | Con Man · as ReporterOn Plex |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 · as National News Anchor |
| 2017 | Law & Order True Crime · as Newscaster |
| 2017 | Manhunt (2017) · as News AnchorOn Plex |
| 2016 | Bull (2016) · as Reporter #1 |
| 2015 | Supergirl · as Newscaster |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! · as Tv Reporter |
| 2015 | The Vatican Tapes · as Tv Interviewer |
| 2014 | The Cookie Mobster · as Local Reporter |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary · as News Anchor #1 |
| 2014 | Legends (2014) · as Cbn Reporter |
| 2014 | Intelligence (2014) · as Reporter |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine · as Slade Austin |
| 2013 | Jobs · as 1980 News Caster |
| 2013 | Under the Dome · as Newscaster |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man · as Tv Newscaster |
| 2012 | Brake · as News Anchor Jack SternOn Plex |
| 2012 | Ultraman Saga · as Capt. Hibiki |
| 2011 | Fast Five · as News Anchor |
| 2010 | The Company Men · as Rittenour |
| 2010 | The Chosen One · as Newscaster |
| 2009 | Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends - The Movie · as Battlenizer |
| 2009 | FlashForward · as Hansen |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles · as Reporter |
| 2009 | Imagine That · as Financial Reporter |
| 2009 | Meteor: Path to Destruction · as Anchorman |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye · as Newscaster |
| 2008 | The Mentalist · as Newscaster |
| 2008 | Grave Misconduct · as Tv Reporter |
| 2008 | Winged Creatures · as Tv Reporter |
| 2008 | Superhero Movie · as News AnchorOn Plex |
| 2007 | Dirty Sexy Money · as Channel 10 Reporter |
| 2007 | Disturbia · as News Anchor |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program · as Tv Reporter |
| 2007 | Primeval · as Newscaster |
| 2006 | Shark · as Tv Reporter |
| 2006 | The Unit · as Tv Newscaster |
| 2005 | Commander In Chief · as News Anchor Ben |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds · as News Reporter |
| 2005 | xXx: State of the Union · as Newscaster |
| 2005 | Medium · as Newscaster |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy · as Network Reporter |
| 2004 | First Daughter · as Contentious Reporter |
| 2004 | CSI: NY · as Reporter |
| 2004 | The Terminal · as Newscaster |
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · as Network Reporter |
| 2004 | Envy · as Newscaster |
| 2003 | NCIS · as Guy Ross |
| 2002 | Monk · as Tv Reporter |
| 1999 | The West Wing · as Anchorman |
| 1994 | ER · as Newsreporter |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2021 | Take Me to Tarzana · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2020 | Challenger: The Final Flight · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | SpongeBob DocuPants · as Self |
| 2019 | Sherman's Showcase · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2014 | Nightcrawler · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2014 | Bosch · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) · as Self |
| 2008 | Parasomnia · as Kent Shocknek |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! · as Self |
| 1990 | Blossom · as Kent Shocknek |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |