Jay R. Ferguson
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
Credits
- 2020 · Briarpatch as Jake Spivey
- 2018 · The Romanoffs: End of the Line as Joe Garner
- 2018 · The Conners as Ben
- 2018 · The Romanoffs as Joe Garner
- 2018 · Living Biblically as Chip Curry
- 2016 · The Real O'Neals as Pat O'Neal
- 2016 · A Stand Up Guy as Manny
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Agent Keith Evans, FBI
- 2015 · Club Life as Steven
- 2015 · Little Loopers as Todd
- 2014 · The Makings of You as Wallis
- 2014 · Back in the Day as Mark
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Thomas Volcheck
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Drew Schakowsky
- 2012 · The Unknown as
- 2012 · The Lucky One as Keith Clayton
- 2010 · The Killer Inside Me as Elmer Conway
- 2009 · Castle as Dick Coonan
- 2009 · Lie to Me as
- 2008 · Easy Money as
- 2007 · Mad Men as Stan Rizzo
- 2007 · Burn Notice as John O'Lear
- 2005 · Sleeper Cell as
- 2005 · Surface as Rich Connelly
- 2005 · Weeds as Keith
- 2005 · Medium as Tommy Lehane
- 2003 · Criminology 101 as Johnny
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2002 · The Year That Trembled as Isaac Hoskins
- 2002 · Glory Days as Rudy Dunlop
- 2000 · Hollywood Palms as Riley
- 2000 · The In Crowd as Andy
- 1999 · Blue Ridge Fall as Shane
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Dr. Todd Hooper
- 1998 · Girl as Parker Blackman
- 1997 · Pink as the Day She Was Born as
- 1997 · Campfire Tales as Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
- 1995 · The Price of Love as Beau
- 1995 · Higher Learning as Billy
- 1990 · Evening Shade as Taylor Newton
- 1990 · Shattered Dreams as Older Dotti
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Special Agent Randall Headley
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis