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Jay R. Ferguson

Jay R. Ferguson

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 25, 1974 (51)
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Mar 25, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 adapt ... ation 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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A Stand Up Guy

A Stand Up Guy

2016

as Manny

Club Life

Club Life

2015

as Steven

Little Loopers

Little Loopers

2015

as Todd

The Makings of You

The Makings of You

2014

as Wallis

Back in the Day

Back in the Day

2014

as Mark

The Lucky One

The Lucky One

2012

as Keith Clayton

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

2010

as Elmer Conway

The Year That Trembled

The Year That Trembled

2002

as Isaac Hoskins

Hollywood Palms

Hollywood Palms

2000

as Riley

The In Crowd

The In Crowd

2000

as Andy

Blue Ridge Fall

Blue Ridge Fall

1999

as Shane

Girl

Girl

1998

as Parker Blackman

Campfire Tales

Campfire Tales

1997

as Cliff (segment "The Campfire")

The Price of Love

The Price of Love

1995

as Beau

Higher Learning

Higher Learning

1995

as Billy

Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

1990

as Older Dotti

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Television Credits

Evening Shade

as Taylor Newton

Episodes: 100

First Aired: Sep 21, 1990

The Conners

as Ben

Episodes: 95

First Aired: Oct 16, 2018

Mad Men

as Stan Rizzo

Episodes: 46

First Aired: Jul 19, 2007

The Real O'Neals

as Pat O'Neal

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Mar 02, 2016

Surface

as Rich Connelly

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

The Outsiders

as Ponyboy Curtis

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Mar 25, 1990

Living Biblically

as Chip Curry

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Feb 26, 2018

Briarpatch

as Jake Spivey

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Feb 06, 2020

Glory Days

as Rudy Dunlop

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jan 16, 2002

Judging Amy

as Dr. Todd Hooper

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Twin Peaks

as Special Agent Randall Headley

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 08, 1990

The Mindy Project

as Drew Schakowsky

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 2012

American Crime Story

as Agent Keith Evans, FBI

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 02, 2016

Medium

as Tommy Lehane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2005

Castle

as Dick Coonan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 2009

Weeds

as Keith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 07, 2005

Burn Notice

as John O'Lear

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 28, 2007

Ray Donovan

as Thomas Volcheck

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2013

The Romanoffs

as Joe Garner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2018

Easy Money

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 05, 2008

The Unknown

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 13, 2012

Sleeper Cell

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Dec 04, 2005

CSI: Miami

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2002

Lie to Me

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 2009

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