Kent Shocknek

Kent Shocknek is an American newscaster and actor who moved into screen work after a long television news career. Born in Berkeley, California, he attended the University of Southern California and worked at the Long Beach Press Telegram before his first TV reporting job in Sioux City, Iowa, and a three-year anchor and Space Shuttle reporting stint in Orlando, Florida. He joined KNBC-TV in 1983 and anchored the start-up of Today in LA, the city's first morning news program, for 15 years, covering the Los Angeles riots and natural disasters. He later anchored at KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, retiring from news in 2014. Since then he has played newscasters and authority figures in more than 100 films and TV dramas, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and has made over a dozen appearances as the newsman Guy Ross on NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, with recurring roles on Criminal Minds and Bosch. His honors include eight regional Emmy Awards.