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Kent Shocknek
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Kent Shocknek

Actor

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1956Born, Berkeley
47Credits

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…

Known for

Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeKent Shocknek
NightcrawlerKent Shocknek
Fast FiveNews Anchor
The MentalistNewscaster
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyNetwork Reporter

Filmography

AllMoviesShows
2025Lilly Lives AloneMan Outside Grocery StoreMovie
2023RavelandJacobed's FatherMovie
2022Bosch: LegacyKent Shocknek · 3 episodesShow
2021Take Me to TarzanaKent ShocknekMovie
2021Secrets of Sulphur SpringsNews Anchor · 1 episodeShow
2018ManifestNews Commentator · 1 episodeShow
2018Con ManReporterMovie
2017ManhuntNews Anchor · 1 episodeShow
2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeKent ShocknekMovie
2015BoschKent Shocknek · 10 episodesShow
2014The Cookie MobsterLocal ReporterMovie
2014NightcrawlerKent ShocknekMovie
2014Madam SecretaryAnchor, News Anchor #1, News Anchor · 1 episodeShow
2014LegendsCBN Reporter · 1 episodeShow
2013Brooklyn Nine-NineSlade Austin · 1 episodeShow
2013Jobs1980 News CasterMovie
2012BrakeNews Anchor Jack SternMovie
2011Fast FiveNews AnchorMovie
2010The Chosen OneNewscasterMovie
2009FlashForwardHansen, Medical Correspondent · 2 episodesShow
2009NCIS: Los AngelesReporter, News Anchor · 5 episodesShow
2009MeteorAnchorman · 2 episodesShow
2009Winged CreaturesTV ReporterMovie
2009Imagine ThatFinancial ReporterMovie
2008True Jackson, VP2 episodesShow
2008Grave MisconductTV ReporterMovie
2008Eagle EyeNewscasterMovie
2008Superhero MovieNews AnchorMovie
2007DisturbiaNews AnchorMovie
2007The Sarah Silverman ProgramTV Reporter, Anchor · 1 episodeShow
2006SharkTV Reporter, Newscaster · 2 episodesShow
2006The UnitTV Newscaster · 1 episodeShow
2005Commander in ChiefNews Anchor Ben · 2 episodesShow
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieNetwork ReporterMovie
2004First DaughterContentious ReporterMovie
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyNetwork ReporterMovie
2004EnvyNewscasterMovie
1999The West WingAnchorman · 1 episodeShow

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