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.

Briarpatch
Jake Spivey · (10 episodes)
2020

The Conners
Ben · (95 episodes)
2018

The Romanoffs
Joe Garner · (1 episode)
2018

Living Biblically
Chip Curry · (13 episodes)
2018

The Real O'Neals
Pat O'Neal · (29 episodes)
2016

A Stand Up Guy
Manny
2016

American Crime Story
Agent Keith Evans, FBI · (2 episodes)
2016

Club Life
Steven
2015

Little Loopers
Todd
2015

The Makings of You
Wallis
2014

Back in the Day
Mark
2014

Ray Donovan
Thomas Volcheck · (1 episode)
2013

The Mindy Project
Drew Schakowsky · (2 episodes)
2012

The Unknown
(6 episodes)
2012

The Lucky One
Keith Clayton
2012

The Killer Inside Me
Elmer Conway
2010

Castle
Dick Coonan · (1 episode)
2009

Lie to Me
(1 episode)
2009

Easy Money
(8 episodes)
2008

Mad Men
Stan Rizzo · (46 episodes)
2007

Burn Notice
John O'Lear · (1 episode)
2007

Sleeper Cell
(6 episodes)
2005

Surface
Rich Connelly · (15 episodes)
2005

Weeds
Keith · (1 episode)
2005

Medium
Tommy Lehane · (1 episode)
2005
Criminology 101
Johnny
2003

CSI: Miami
(1 episode)
2002

The Year That Trembled
Isaac Hoskins
2002

Glory Days
Rudy Dunlop · (9 episodes)
2002

Hollywood Palms
Riley
2000

The In Crowd
Andy
2000

Blue Ridge Fall
Shane
1999

Judging Amy
Dr. Todd Hooper · (7 episodes)
1999

Girl
Parker Blackman
1998
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997

Campfire Tales
Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
1997

The Price of Love
Beau
1995

Higher Learning
Billy
1995

Evening Shade
Taylor Newton · (100 episodes)
1990

Shattered Dreams
Older Dotti
1990

Twin Peaks
Randall Headley · (4 episodes)
1990

The Outsiders
Ponyboy Curtis · (13 episodes)
1990