Jay R. Ferguson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor. Best known as Taylor Newton in Evening Shade (1990-1994), Stan Rizzo in Mad Men (2010-2015), and Ben in The Conners (2018-present). Ferguson was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1989, Ferguson played Ponyboy Curtis in the television adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.[1] His notable television roles include Taylor Newton in four seasons of the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, Dr. Todd Hooper on Judging Amy, Rich Connelly in the 2005 NBC television series Surface, Agent Warren Russell on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell, Stan Rizzo on the AMC series Mad Men, and as Pat O'Neal, the father of the O'Neal family in the ABC series The Real O'Neals. His film roles include Billy in Higher Learning, Elmer Conway in The Killer Inside Me, and Keith Clayton in The Lucky One. In 2018, he played Chip Curry in the CBS sitcom Living Biblically. Since 2018, he has played Darlene's boss (and eventual lover), Ben, in The Conners.
Known For
Filmography
The Bard
Movie
The Paper
TV · as Randy · 1 ep
Briarpatch
TV · as Jake Spivey · 10 eps
The Conners
TV · as Ben · 95 eps
The Romanoffs
TV · as Joe Garner · 1 ep
Living Biblically
TV · as Chip Curry · 13 eps
A Stand Up Guy
Movie · as Manny
The Real O'Neals
TV · as Pat O'Neal · 29 eps
American Crime Story
TV · as Agent Keith Evans, FBI · 2 eps
Club Life
Movie · as Steven
Little Loopers
Movie · as Todd
Back in the Day
Movie · as Mark
The Makings of You
Movie · as Wallis
Ray Donovan
TV · as Thomas Volcheck · 1 ep
The Lucky One
Movie · as Keith Clayton
The Mindy Project
TV · as Drew Schakowsky · 2 eps
The Unknown
TV · 6 eps
The Killer Inside Me
Movie · as Elmer Conway
Castle
TV · as Dick Coonan · 1 ep
Lie to Me
TV · as Jimmy · 1 ep
Easy Money
TV · 8 eps
Mad Men
TV · as Stan Rizzo · 46 eps
Burn Notice
TV · as John O'Lear · 1 ep
Medium
TV · as Tommy Lehane · 1 ep
Surface
TV · as Rich Connelly · 15 eps
Weeds
TV · as Keith · 1 ep
Sleeper Cell
TV · 6 eps
Criminology 101
Movie · as Johnny
The Year That Trembled
Movie · as Isaac Hoskins
CSI: Miami
TV · as Larry Hopkins · 1 ep
Glory Days
TV · as Rudy Dunlop · 9 eps
The In Crowd
Movie · as Andy
Hollywood Palms
Movie · as Riley
Blue Ridge Fall
Movie · as Shane
Judging Amy
TV · as Dr. Todd Hooper · 7 eps
Girl
Movie · as Parker Blackman
Campfire Tales
Movie · as Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Movie
The Price of Love
Movie · as Beau
Higher Learning
Movie · as Billy
Shattered Dreams
Movie · as Older Dotti
Evening Shade
TV · as Taylor Newton · 100 eps
The Outsiders
TV · as Ponyboy Curtis · 13 eps
Twin Peaks
TV · as Randall Headley · 4 eps