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