Jay R. Ferguson

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Jay R. Ferguson

Acting 52 July 25, 1974

Dallas, Texas, USA

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 Con…

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Castle

Castle

8.0 2009 TV Show
The Lucky One

The Lucky One

7.2 2012 Movie
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

8.3 1990 TV Show
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

7.7 2002 TV Show
Mad Men

Mad Men

8.1 2007 TV Show
Lie to Me

Lie to Me

7.9 2009 TV Show
Weeds

Weeds

7.5 2005 TV Show
American Crime Story

American Crime Story

7.6 2016 TV Show
Medium

Medium

7.5 2005 TV Show
Burn Notice

Burn Notice

7.5 2007 TV Show
Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan

7.5 2013 TV Show
The Mindy Project

The Mindy Project

6.3 2012 TV Show

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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 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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Paper

    TV show Randy

  2. 2020
    Briarpatch

    TV show Jake Spivey

  3. 2018
    The Conners

    TV show Ben

  4. 2018
    The Romanoffs

    TV show Joe Garner

  5. 2018
    Living Biblically

    TV show Chip Curry

  6. 2016
    The Real O'Neals

    TV show Pat O'Neal

  7. 2016
    A Stand Up Guy

    Movie Manny

  8. 2016
    American Crime Story

    TV show Agent Keith Evans, FBI

  9. 2015
    Club Life

    Movie Steven

  10. 2015
    Little Loopers

    Movie Todd

  11. 2014
    The Makings of You

    Movie Wallis

  12. 2014
    Back in the Day

    Movie Mark

  13. 2013
    Ray Donovan

    TV show Thomas Volcheck

  14. 2012
    The Mindy Project

    TV show Drew Schakowsky

  15. 2012
    The Unknown

    TV show

  16. 2012
    The Lucky One

    Movie Keith Clayton

More credits
  1. 2010
    The Killer Inside Me

    Movie Elmer Conway

  2. 2009
    Castle

    TV show Dick Coonan

  3. 2009
    Lie to Me

    TV show Jimmy

  4. 2008
    Easy Money

    TV show

  5. 2007
    Mad Men

    TV show Stan Rizzo

  6. 2007
    Burn Notice

    TV show John O'Lear

  7. 2005
    Sleeper Cell

    TV show

  8. 2005
    Surface

    TV show Rich Connelly

  9. 2005
    Weeds

    TV show Keith

  10. 2005
    Medium

    TV show Tommy Lehane

  11. 2003
    Criminology 101

    Movie Johnny

  12. 2002
    CSI: Miami

    TV show Larry Hopkins

  13. 2002
    The Year That Trembled

    Movie Isaac Hoskins

  14. 2002
    Glory Days

    TV show Rudy Dunlop

  15. 2000
    Hollywood Palms

    Movie Riley

  16. 2000
    The In Crowd

    Movie Andy

  17. 1999
    Blue Ridge Fall

    Movie Shane

  18. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Dr. Todd Hooper

  19. 1998
    Girl

    Movie Parker Blackman

  20. 1997
    Pink as the Day She Was Born

    Movie

  21. 1997
    Campfire Tales

    Movie Cliff (segment "The Campfire")

  22. 1995
    The Price of Love

    Movie Beau

  23. 1995
    Higher Learning

    Movie Billy

  24. 1990
    Evening Shade

    TV show Taylor Newton