Jay R. Ferguson
Born: 1974-07-25 in Dallas, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
- Briarpatch as Jake Spivey
2018
- The Conners as Ben
- The Romanoffs as Joe Garner
- Living Biblically as Chip Curry
2016
- American Crime Story as Agent Keith Evans, FBI
- The Real O'Neals as Pat O'Neal
- A Stand Up Guy as Manny
2015
- Club Life as Steven
- Little Loopers as Todd
2014
- Back in the Day as Mark
- The Makings of You as Wallis
2013
- Ray Donovan as Thomas Volcheck
2012
- The Mindy Project as Drew Schakowsky
- The Lucky One as Keith Clayton
- The Unknown
2010
- The Killer Inside Me as Elmer Conway
2008
2007
- Mad Men as Stan Rizzo
- Burn Notice as John O'Lear
2005
- Medium as Tommy Lehane
- Weeds as Keith
- Surface as Rich Connelly
- Sleeper Cell
2003
- Criminology 101 as Johnny
2002
- CSI: Miami as Larry Hopkins
- Glory Days as Rudy Dunlop
- The Year That Trembled as Isaac Hoskins
2000
- Hollywood Palms as Riley
- The In Crowd as Andy
1999
- Judging Amy as Dr. Todd Hooper
- Blue Ridge Fall as Shane
1998
- Girl as Parker Blackman
1997
- Campfire Tales as Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
- Pink as the Day She Was Born
1995
- Higher Learning as Billy
- The Price of Love as Beau
1990
- Twin Peaks as Randall Headley
- Evening Shade as Taylor Newton
- The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis
- Shattered Dreams as Older Dotti