Background
Jenkins was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a graduate of Richard J. Reynolds High School and Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Jenkins was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a graduate of Richard J. Reynolds High School and Lenoir-Rhyne University.
He portrayed religious leader John Wesley in the award-winning independent film Wesley (2009) with Kevin McCarthy and June Lockhart. On television, Jenkins played Bobby Irons throughout season six on the hit CW series One Tree Hill, recurred on Marry Maine with Lucy Liu and Tony & Ridley Scott"s A&East Thriller COMA. He has guest starred on numerous shows including: Drop Dead Diva, Revolution, Judge Advocate General and many more. Jenkins starred in the true story Unshackled with Stacy Keach. and was nominated as Best Actor at the Boston Festival for his portrayal of Bruce Snow in Insignificant Others.
The series reunited Jenkins with his Remember the Titans co-star Hayden Panettiere.
Jenkins signed onto season seven of the Lifetime Network"s flagship original series Army Wives. He played Staff Sergeant Eddie Hall, married to Maggie Hall (Torrey DeVitto), as part of a new family entering the cast.
In 2014, Jenkins was cast as Billy Abbott in the Daytime Emmy-winning Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera The Young and the Restless.