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