Actor
Jay R. Ferguson
Born July 25, 1974 in Dallas, Texas, USA19 films
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).
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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.
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First watchThe Lucky One20127.2as Keith ClaytonA Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films as actor- TBAThe Bard
- 2016A Stand Up GuyManny
- 2015Club LifeSteven
- 2015Little LoopersTodd
- 2014The Makings of YouWallis
- 2014Back in the DayMark
- 2012The Lucky OneKeith Clayton
- 2010The Killer Inside MeElmer Conway
- 2003Criminology 101Johnny
- 2002The Year That TrembledIsaac Hoskins
- 2000Hollywood PalmsRiley
- 2000The In CrowdAndy
- 1999Blue Ridge FallShane
- 1998GirlParker Blackman
- 1997Pink as the Day She Was Born
- 1997Campfire TalesCliff (segment "The Campfire")
- 1995The Price of LoveBeau
- 1995Higher LearningBilly
- 1990Shattered DreamsOlder Dotti