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