Jay R. Ferguson

Biography

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

Castle

CSI: Miami

Medium

Mad Men

Twin Peaks

Burn Notice

Weeds

Lie to Me

All Movies (19)

• A Stand Up Guy2016 · as Manny
• Club Life2015 · as Steven
• Little Loopers2015 · as Todd
• The Makings of You2014 · as Wallis
• Back in the Day2014 · as Mark
• The Lucky One2012 · as Keith Clayton
• The Killer Inside Me2010 · as Elmer Conway
• Criminology 1012003 · as Johnny
• The Year That Trembled2002 · as Isaac Hoskins
• Hollywood Palms2000 · as Riley
• The In Crowd2000 · as Andy
• Blue Ridge Fall1999 · as Shane
• Girl1998 · as Parker Blackman
• Pink as the Day She Was Born1997
• Campfire Tales1997 · as Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
• The Price of Love1995 · as Beau
• Higher Learning1995 · as Billy
• Shattered Dreams1990 · as Older Dotti
• The Bard—

All TV Shows (24)

• Briarpatch2020 · as Jake Spivey
• The Conners2018 · as Ben
• The Romanoffs2018 · as Joe Garner
• Living Biblically2018 · as Chip Curry
• The Real O'Neals2016 · as Pat O'Neal
• American Crime Story2016 · as Agent Keith Evans, FBI
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Thomas Volcheck
• The Mindy Project2012 · as Drew Schakowsky
• The Unknown2012
• Castle2009 · as Dick Coonan
• Lie to Me2009 · as Jimmy
• Easy Money2008
• Mad Men2007 · as Stan Rizzo
• Burn Notice2007 · as John O'Lear
• Sleeper Cell2005
• Surface2005 · as Rich Connelly
• Weeds2005 · as Keith
• Medium2005 · as Tommy Lehane
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Larry Hopkins
• Glory Days2002 · as Rudy Dunlop
• Judging Amy1999 · as Dr. Todd Hooper
• Evening Shade1990 · as Taylor Newton
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Randall Headley
• The Outsiders1990 · as Ponyboy Curtis