Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born July 3, 1969) is an American
actor
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, perhaps best known as the winner of the first season of the SOAPnet
reality television
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His prize for winning the contest was a 13-week-contract on '' General Hospital'' as Officer Byron Murphy, though he was dropped to recurring after the contract was over. Jenkins exited the soap when his character was shot and killed. His final appearance was on July 22, 2005.
He began appearing on ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
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'' on November 21, 2007, again playing the police officer, Charlie Baker.
In 2010, he co-starred with Scott Adkins in the
direct-to-video
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martial arts film
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Double Jeopardy
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'' (1999) as Doorman
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Baller Blockin'
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'' (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
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Stuck In The Suburbs
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'' (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
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The Bold and the Beautiful
''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...
'' (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
*'' Teleios'' (2017) as Dr. Orson
*'' Same Kind of Different as Me'' (2017) as B.B.
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The Paper Tigers
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Medical Investigation
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In Justice
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'' (2006) Billy Daniels
*'' CSI: Miami'' (2006) Chris Ryder
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Ugly Betty
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A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
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") (2007) Tavares
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McDonald's
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Commercial'' (2012) New Spicy Chicken McBites, Pool Game