Jay R. Ferguson
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-07-25 in Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
Most Known For
Castle
as Dick Coonan
Twin Peaks
as Randall Headley
CSI: Miami
as Larry Hopkins
Mad Men
as Stan Rizzo
Medium
as Tommy Lehane
Weeds
as Keith
Ray Donovan
as Thomas Volcheck
Lie to Me
Burn Notice
as John O'Lear
The Mindy Project
as Drew Schakowsky
American Crime Story
as Agent Keith Evans, FBI
The Conners
as Ben
Judging Amy
as Dr. Todd Hooper
The Lucky One
as Keith Clayton
The Romanoffs
as Joe Garner
Evening Shade
as Taylor Newton
Surface
as Rich Connelly
Sleeper Cell
Briarpatch
as Jake Spivey
The Real O'Neals
as Pat O'Neal