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Jay R. Ferguson

Born · July 25, 1974 (50 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA

Bio

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

The Lucky One

The Lucky One

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Castle

Castle

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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