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Jay R. Ferguson

Jay R. Ferguson

Birthday: 1974-07-25 | Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Briarpatch

as    Jake Spivey

2018
Living Biblically

as    Chip Curry

2016
A Stand Up Guy

as    Manny

2016
The Real O'Neals

as    Pat O'Neal

2015
Club Life

as    Steven

2014
Back in the Day

as    Mark

2012
The Lucky One

as    Keith Clayton

2005
Surface

as    Rich Connelly

2002
The Year That Trembled

as    Isaac Hoskins

2002
Glory Days

as    Rudy Dunlop

2000
The In Crowd

as    Andy

1999
Blue Ridge Fall

as    Shane

1997
Campfire Tales

as    Cliff (segment "The Campfire")

1990
The Outsiders

as    Ponyboy Curtis

1990
Evening Shade

as    Taylor Newton