Jay R. Ferguson
Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor. He is known as Taylor Newton in Evening Shade (1990–1994), Stan Rizzo in Mad Men (2010–2015), Ben Olinsky in The Conners (2018–2025) and Pastor Tom on Leanne (1 episode in 2025)
Jay R. Ferguson

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- Name
- Jay R.
- Birth Name
- Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr.
- Born
- 25 July 1974
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Lorena Ruiz
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Hollywood High School
- Languages
- English
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Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor. He is known as Taylor Newton in Evening Shade (1990–1994), Stan Rizzo in Mad Men (2010–2015), Ben Olinsky in The Conners (2018–2025) and Pastor Tom on Leanne (1 episode in 2025)
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Jay R. Ferguson (born 1974) is an American actor and model. The actor was born in Dallas. Jay R. Ferguson studied at Hollywood High School. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jay R. Ferguson • Birth Name — Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. • Born — 25 July 1974 • Birthplace — Dallas, Texas, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1990–present • Spouse — Lorena Ruiz • Children — 3
Biography
Biography
Ferguson was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1990, he played Ponyboy Curtis in the television series adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders. 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. From 2018 to 2025, he played Ben Olinsky, the second husband of Darlene Conner (Sara Gilbert) on the ABC sitcom The Conners.
Television series
Television series
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1990 — The — Ponyboy Curtis — 13 episodes • 1990–1994 — Evening Shade — Taylor Newton — 98 episodes • 2002 — Glory Days — Sheriff Rudy Dunlop — 9 episodes • 2003–2004 — Judging Amy — Dr. Todd Hooper — 8 episodes • 2005 — Medium — Tommy Lahaine — Episode: "Lucky" • 2005–2006 — Surface — Richard Connelly — 15 episodes • 2006 — Sleeper Cell — Case Agent Warren Russell — 6 episodes • 2008 — CSI: Miami — Larry Hopkins — Episode: "Raising Caine" • 2008–2009 — Easy Money — Cooper Buffkin — 8 episodes • 2009 — Weeds — Keith — Episode: "Machete Up Top" • 2009 — Lie to Me — Jimmy — Episode: "Grievous Bodily Harm" • 2010 — Castle — Dick Coonan — Episode: "Sucker Punch" • 2010 — Ghost Whisperer — Gil Bradley — Episode: "Lethal Combination" • 2010–2015 — Mad Men — Stan Rizzo — 39 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013, 2016) • 2011 — No Ordinary Family — Agent Norris — Episode: "No Ordinary Future" • 2011 — Burn Notice — John O'Lear — Episode: "Besieged" • 2012 — The — Chef Nick Morrietti — Episode: "Prime Cut" • 2013 — Ray Donovan — FBI Agent Thomas Volcheck — Episode: "Bucky Fuckn' Dent" • 2015 — Chasing Life — Owen Gordon — 3 episodes • 2016–2017 — The — Pat O'Neal — 29 episodes • 2016 — The — Drew Schakowsky — 3 episodes • 2016 — Comedy Bang! Bang! — Paul Bunyan — Episode: "Kaley Cuoco Wears a Black Blazer and Slip on Sneakers" • 2017 — Twin Peaks — Special Agent Randall Headley — 4 episodes • 2018 — The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story — FBI Agent Keith Evans — 2 episodes • 2018 — Living Biblically — Chip — 13 episodes • 2018 — The Romanoffs — Joe Garner — Episode: "End of the Line" • 2018–2025 — The Conners — Ben Olinsky — Series regular • 2019–2020 — Briarpatch — Jake Spivey — 10 episodes • 2025 — Leanne — Pastor Tom — 1 episode

Jay R. Ferguson (left), formerly of the TV show The Outsiders, and Burt Reynolds' sitcom Evening Shade. At right is Dan Dillon. Photo taken on the red carpet at the 1990 Emmy Awards, 9/16/90 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can
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Jay R. Ferguson (left), formerly of the tv show The Outsiders, and Burt Reynold's sitcom Evening Shade 1990 Emmy Awards
Alan Light · photo by Alan Light · Jay R. Ferguson (left) Uploaded by MaybeMaybeMaybe
Film
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1995 — Higher Learning — Billy • 1997 — Campfire Tales — Cliff • 1997 — Pink as the Day She Was Born — Brad • 1998 — Girl — Parker Blackman • 1999 — Blue Ridge Fall — Shane • 2000 — The — Andy • 2001 — Hollywood Palms — Riley • 2002 — The Year That Trembled — Isaac Hoskins • 2006 — Passengers — Edsel — Short film • 2006 — Spreading the News — Sampson — Short film • 2010 — The — Elmer Conway • 2012 — The — Keith Clayton • 2014 — Back in the Day — Mark • 2014 — The Makings of You — Wallis — a.k.a. Never My Love • 2015 — Little Loopers — Todd • 2015 — Club Life — Steven • 2015 — The — Roth — Short film
Television films
Television films
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1990 — Shattered Dreams — Teenage Luke • 1995 — The — Beau
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- 1.Jay R. Ferguson Biography. TV Guide.
- 2.Birthdays. The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. 2A. 2022-07-25.
- 3.Jaimie Etkin. Jay R. Ferguson was a teen idol as was Vincent Kartheiser before 'Mad Men'. Huffington Post. May 2, 2013.
- 4.ABC. The Real O'Neals – Jay Ferguson.
- 5.'Living Biblically': Jay R. Ferguson Talks CBS' Feel-Good Sitcom. February 8, 2018.
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